Uninstalling Nintex Workflow 2013 Removing the Nintex Workflow 2013 Solutions

Nintex Workflow 2013
Uninstalling Nintex Workflow 2013
The following are the steps to be taken for completely uninstalling Nintex Workflow 2013.
Removing the Nintex Workflow 2013 Solutions
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Disable web level features on all webs that use NW2013.
Disable site collection features on all site collections that use NW2013.
Go to SharePoint Central Administration.
In the Nintex Workflow Management section, click the Web Application Activation link.
Check the All content web applications option.
Click Deactivate.
In the Quick Launch menu, click System Settings. In the Farm Management section, click the
Manage farm solutions link.
8. Nintex Workflow 2013 installs three farm solutions nintexworkflow2013.wsp,
nintexworkflow2013enterprisefeatures.wsp and
nintexworkflow2013backwardscompatibilityui.wsp each of which should be retracted by
performing the following steps per solution:
a. Click the relevant Nintex farm solution link.
b. Click the Retract solution link.
c. Click on the relevant Nintex farm solution link again, then click the Remove solution
link.
Removing the Nintex Workflow Database
1. Open Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and delete the associated Nintex Workflow
database(s).
Removing entries from the Web.Config
1. On the server's file system, navigate to the folder hosting the web application (by default
"C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\virtualdirectories\80").
2. Open web.config with Notepad.
3. Verify there is no reference to “Nintex.Workflow”. If there are any, delete them.
4. In the SharePoint 2013 Management Shell, use the following commands to remove the farm
properties added by Nintex Workflow:
$farm = get-spfarm
$farm.properties.remove("NintexWorkflowServer2013License")
$farm.properties.remove("NW2007ConfigurationDatabase ")
$farm.update()
Note: The reference to the NW2007ConfigurationDatabase is correct.
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Nintex Workflow 2013
5. You should also remove the following libraries and lists :
/NintexWorkflows
/Lists/NintexWorkflowHistory
/Workflows/NintexWorkflow
Note: The following are the Nintex Workflow content types that are installed by default:
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Nintex Biztalk Task
Nintex Workflow Multi Outcome Task
Nintex Workflow Multi Outcome Task using InfoPath
Nintex Workflow Task
Nintex Workflow Task using InfoPath
Workflow
Workflow Snippet
Workflow Template
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