I have a faulty installation of SQL Server and want to remove it completely. The problem is there are too many entries in Apps & features in control panel (Uninstall programs).
I followed this Microsoft documentation to uninstall and the key really is to selected the right item Microsoft SQL Server (version) (Bit)
and that brings up the right uninstall dialog to uninstall it. But it still leaves several items that has SQL Server
in the name. My question is, should I individually remove them as well for full removal? This includes Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio too.
By the way, I had to stop SQL Server (MSSQLServer)
service before uninstall otherwise it will fail at a couple of components. If that happens, you just stop the service and re-run the uninstaller again to remove the remaining items.
I want to clean the system completely and delete the folder C:\Program Files \Microsoft SQL Server
in part because this folder a whopping 345 GB with ton of .dmp file as you can see the last two folders seems to be some kind of duplicate.
So is good to uninstall all these entries with SQL Server in it? Or can I just delete 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server` for this time to clean up?
I have Visual Studio 2019 on my system and I want a properly installed SQL Server with it, which is what I would be installing again after full clean.