Uninstalling the Ansys Optics software

This article shows the uninstalling or removing Ansys Optics software from the client machine. 

Uninstalling the software on Windows

Uninstall from Settings

1. Goto Windows Settings > Apps > Apps & features or Installed apps. 
2. Search and select the Optics Software, e.g. Optics Launcher, Lumerical, Speos, or Zemax OpticStudio. 
3. Click the "Options" menu (3 dots) on the right and select "Uninstall".
4. Follow the directions to remove the application from your machine.

Uninstall from Control Panel 

1. Open Control Panel 
2. Select Programs -> Programs and Features.
3. Select the Optics Software, e.g. Optics Launcher, Lumerical, Speos, or Zemax OpticStudio. then "Uninstall".
4. Follow the directions to remove the application from your machine.
5. Repeat the process for each Ansys software to be removed from the machine. 

Uninstall from Ansys automated installer

• Navigate to "C:\Program Files\Ansys Inc\{version}\" in Windows explorer. 
• Open/Run "Uninstall.exe" 
• Continue as prompted by the uninstall wizard to complete the process. 
• For further information,  refer to the following guide on Ansys Help: Chapter 9: Uninstalling the Software.

Uninstalling Lumerical on Linux

• The default uninstall process is done from the Terminal
• Requires sudo/root access 
• For installations with the Ansys Automated Installer, see the following article on Ansys Help: "Chapter 8: Uninstalling the Software" on Linux

RedHat and Rocky distribution

• Uninstall using yum.

$ sudo yum remove Lumerical-{version}.x86_64

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

• Remove using zypper.

sudo zypper remove Lumerical-{version}

Ubuntu LTS

• Remove the installation with root/sudo access

sudo rm -R /opt/lumerical/{version}

Uninstall from a custom location without root access in Linux

• This process applies to custom/network location installation without root access. 
• Uninstall or remove Ansys Lumerical from the installation folder. 

For example, Lumerical is installed in the shared network folder '/tools/lumerical/':

/tools/lumerical/[[verpath]]

Remove the version's installation folder: (lumerical folder is kept for other installed versions)

rm -R /tools/lumerical/[[verpath]]