9.1. Uninstalling Licensing Components

Before proceeding with the following steps to remove the Ansys licensing components from your system, make certain that there are no Ansys, Inc. products on this machine or any other machines on the network that rely on these Ansys licensing components.

License Servers — Follow these steps on the license server machine. All commands must be run in an administrator command prompt window.

Stop the Ansys License Manager from the Ansys License Management Center.
Verify that the following processes are no longer running. If they are running, stop them before continuing the uninstall process.
- ansysli_server.exe
- ansysli_monitor.exe
- ansyslmd.exe
- lmgrd.exe
Go to the directory path below and verify whether the ansysli_server.exe file is in this directory.
<Install Directory>\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files\Licensing\winx64\
To uninstall the Ansys License Manager service, you must use one of the following commands:
If the ansysli_server.exe file is in your winx64 directory:
```
          "C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files\Licensing\winx64\ansysli_server" 
     -k uninstall
        
```
If the ansysli_server.exe file is NOT in your winx64 directory:
```
          sc delete "ANSYS, Inc. License Manager CVD"
        
```

Uninstall the Ansys Licensing Tomcat service. You must use the following commands to do so:

          sc stop "ANSYSLicensingTomcat"
          sc delete "ANSYSLicensingTomcat"

Delete the Shared Files subdirectory (C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files by default).
Note: Do not delete this directory if Ansys products are also installed in the installation directory.
Remove the Ansys License Manager folder from the Start menu.
Remove the ANSYSLIC_DIR and the ANSYSLIC_SYSDIR environment variables, if set.

Clients — Follow these steps on client machines:

Delete the Licensing subdirectory.
Remove the Ansys 2024 R2> Ansys Client Licensing folder from the Start menu or from the Apps screen.