This article shows the uninstalling or removing of Ansys Lumerical from the client machine.
Windows uninstall process
Uninstall from Settings
- Goto Windows Settings > Apps > Apps & features or Installes apps.
- Search and select "Ansys Lumerical..."
- Click the "Options" menu (3 dots) on the right and select "Uninstall".
- Follow the directions to remove the application from your machine.
Uninstall from Control Panel
- Open Control Panel
- Select Programs -> Programs and Features.
- Select "Ansys Lumerical..." then "Uninstall".
- Select "Ansys Optics Launcher.." then "Uninstall" to remove the Optics Launcher.
- Follow the directions to remove the application from your machine.
Linux uninstall process
- The default uninstall process is done from the Terminal
- Requires sudo/root access
RedHat, and CentOS 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/[[verpath]]
Remove the version's installation folder: (lumerical folder is kept for other installed versions)
rm -R /tools/lumerical/[[verpath]]