How to uninstall and unconfigure SAS 9.4

The following are the steps for SAS 9.4 uninstallation and un-configuration.

1) First you need to unconfigure SAS 9.4.

a) Before un-configuration of SAS 9.4 please ensure only SAS Metadata Service is running
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b) Open SAS Deployment Manager using sasinstaller id with Admin priv.
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c) Choose default English language and click OK
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d) Choose Remove Existing Configuration and click Next
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e) Select default Configuration Directory and click Next
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f) Put credentials for SAS unrestricted internal account sasadm@saspw and click Next
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g) Select all products and click Next
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h) Click Start option
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i) Click Next
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2) Secondly, you need to uninstall SAS 9.4 using SAS Deployment Manager

a) Run SAS Deployment Manager as Administrator using sasinstaller id
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b) Choose default English language and click OK

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c) Select Uninstall SAS Software and click Next
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d) Select all products and click Next
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e) Click Next
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f) Click Start
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g) Click Next
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3) Now you need to manually delete these directories:

a) Delete C:\SAS
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b) Delete C:\Program Files\SASHome
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4) Do the following, appropriate for your operating system:

a) On UNIX and z/OS:
 i) For the SAS Installer account, delete the directory $HOME/.SASAppData.

b) On Windows:
 i) Delete all SAS Windows Start menu shortcuts for All Users and the SAS Installer user (for example, delete the SAS directory under C:\Documents and Settings\All Users).
 ii) Delete the SAS directory under C:\ProgramData
 iii) Delete the My SAS Files under C:\Users\SAS-Installer-ID\Documents
 iv) Delete the SAS directory under \Users\SAS-Installer-ID\AppData\Local\SAS for the SAS Installer user.
 v) Delete all SAS services definitions. For more information, refer to your Windows documentation.
 vi) Delete the following Windows Registry keys:
     a) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SAS Institute Inc.\Common Data
     b) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\SAS Institute Inc.\Common Data