{"id":1920,"date":"2020-06-08T11:35:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T03:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=1920"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:04:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:04:38","slug":"manual-uninstallation-backup-client-linux","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/manual-uninstallation-backup-client-linux","title":{"rendered":"5 Powerful Steps for Manual Uninstallation of Backup Client on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Manual Uninstallation of Backup Client for\u00a0Linux<\/h4>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.idriveonlinebackup.com\/source\/images\/idr_linux_cloud_backup_banner16.png\" alt=\"manual uninstallation of Backup Client for Linux\" width=\"415\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can uninstall Acronis Backup Client by starting the installation package and selecting\u00a0<em>Install Backup Client<\/em>\u00a0and then\u00a0<em>Remove\u00a0<\/em>or by running<em>\u00a0\/usr\/lib\/Acronis\/BackupAndRecovery\/uninstall\/uninstall<\/em>. Should this way not work, you can uninstall Backup Client manually for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linux.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Linux<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow these steps to completely delete Backup Client from your system:<\/p>\n<p>1. Remove all modules from dkms:<\/p>\n<p><em># dkms status<\/em><br \/>\nsnapapi26, 0.7.46, 2.6.9-1.667, i686: installed<\/p>\n<p><em># dkms remove -m snapapi26 -v 0.7.46 &#8211;all<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2. Remove all Acronis RPMs (ignore all messages about the non-presence of packages):<\/p>\n<p><em># su\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em># rpm -v &#8211;rebuilddb &#8211;define=&#8221;_rpmlock_path \/var\/lock\/rpm&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<em># rpm -e &#8211;allmatches &#8211;nodeps AcronisAgentLinux<br \/>\n# rpm -e &#8211;allmatches &#8211;nodeps BackupAndRecoveryAgent<br \/>\n# rpm -e &#8211;allmatches &#8211;nodeps snapapi26_modules<br \/>\n# rpm -e &#8211;allmatches &#8211;nodeps snapapi_modules<br \/>\n# rpm -e &#8211;allmatches &#8211;nodeps dkms<\/em><\/p>\n<p>3. Remove all files and folders related to Acronis software:<\/p>\n<p><em># rm -Rf \/etc\/Acronis<\/em><br \/>\n<em># rm -Rf \/var\/lib\/Acronis<\/em><br \/>\n<em># rm -Rf \/usr\/lib\/Acronis<\/em><br \/>\n<em># rm -Rf ~\/.Acronis<\/em><br \/>\n<em># rm -Rf \/usr\/src\/snapapi*<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mkb-page-title\">You can refer this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/guide-to-linux-server-backup-using-rclone-and-object-storage\">Guide to Linux Server Backup Using Rclone and Object Storage<\/a>\u00a0 if you are interested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manual Uninstallation of Backup Client for\u00a0Linux You can uninstall Acronis Backup Client by starting the installation package and selecting\u00a0Install Backup Client\u00a0and then\u00a0Remove\u00a0or by running\u00a0\/usr\/lib\/Acronis\/BackupAndRecovery\/uninstall\/uninstall. Should this way not work, you can uninstall Backup Client manually for Linux. Follow these steps to completely delete Backup Client from your system: 1. Remove all modules from dkms: # dkms status snapapi26, 0.7.46, 2.6.9-1.667,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[49],"kbtag":[1343,1158],"class_list":["post-1920","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-acronis-backup-cloud","kbtag-backup-client","kbtag-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1920"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6395,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1920\/revisions\/6395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=1920"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=1920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}