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Install AI Workbench

Uninstall AI Workbench

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Overview

The local uninstall changes slightly based on the full local install.

The local install installs more things on your system. The uninstall is thus slightly more involved.

Windows Uninstall

Step One: Quit the AI Workbench Desktop App completely.

  1. Right click System Tray > Show Hidden Icons > AI Workbench Icon
  2. Select Quit

If you don’t see the AI Workbench Icon then go to Step Two.

Step Two: Remove the Desktop Application.

  1. Type Windows search bar > “Add or remove programs”
  2. Select Add or remove programs
  3. Type Apps > Installed apps > Search apps > ""NVIDIA AI Workbench”
  4. Select NVIDIA AI Workbench Card > Option Dots (RHS) > Uninstall
  5. Confirm Uninstall
  6. Confirm Uninstall

Step Three: (optional) Remove the program files.

  1. Open a Windows file browser, File Browser
  2. Substitute your username in the path C:\Users\<your-user-name>\AppData\Local
  3. Paste the path File Browser > Address Bar > C:\Users\<user-name>\AppData\Local
  4. Delete the folder nvidia-ai-workbench-updater
  5. Open C:\Users\<user-name>\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation
  6. Delete the folder AI Workbench

Step Four: (optional, full local) Remove the NVIDIA-Workbench WSL distribution.

  1. Delete the folder C:\Users\<user-name>\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\AI Workbench Distro

Step Five: (optional, full local) Stop WSL and unregister the NVIDIA-Workbench distribution.

  1. Open a Windows terminal

  2. Stop WSL with the command:

    wsl --shutdown

  3. Run the following command:

    wsl --unregister NVIDIA-Workbench

To keep the files, back the distro up to a .tar file BEFORE unregistering.

wsl --export NVIDIA-Workbench <<BACKUP_FILE_PATH>>

Ubuntu Desktop Uninstall

Step One: Remove the Debian package with the following commands

sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-ai-workbench
sudo apt-get autoremove

Step Two: Remove the program files with the command.

rm -rf $HOME/.nvwb

Step Three: (optional, full local) Remove the projects folder with the command.

rm -rf $HOME/nvidia-workbench/

macOS Uninstall

Step One: Move the AI Workbench application to the trash.

This uninstalls the Desktop App.

Step Two: (optional, full local) Run the nvwb uninstall command.

This uninstalls the CLI.

sudo -E $HOME/.nvwb/bin/nvwb-cli uninstall

Step Three: (optional) Remove the .nvwb folder.

rm -rf $HOME/.nvwb

Step Four: (optional) Remove the project repositories.

rm -rf $HOME/nvidia-workbench

Remote Uninstall

Step One: SSH into the remote system.

You need to run a command in a terminal on the remote.

Step Two: Run the nvwb uninstall command with sudo.

sudo -E $HOME/.nvwb/bin/nvwb-cli uninstall

Step Three: (optional) Remove the .nvwb folder.

rm -rf $HOME/.nvwb

Step Four: (optional) Remove the project repositories.

rm -rf $HOME/nvidia-workbench