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Uninstall AI Workbench#

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>AppDataLocal”

  3. Paste the path File Browser > Address Bar > C:Users<user-name>AppDataLocal

  4. Delete the folder nvidia-ai-workbench-updater

  5. Open C:Users<user-name>AppDataLocalNVIDIA 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>AppDataLocalNVIDIA CorporationAI Workbench Distro

Step Five: (optional, full local) Unregister the NVIDIA-Workbench distribution.

  1. Open a Windows terminal

  2. 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