# Uninstalling discourse instance

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/uninstalling-discourse-instance/128637>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [September 15, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uninstalling-discourse-instance/128637 "2019-09-15T18:39:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![fzngagan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fzngagan/32/259349_2.png) [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uninstalling-discourse-instance/128637/2 "2019-09-15T18:41:46Z")

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According to the official installation guide, discourse lives inside its own docker container.  
So, you simply need to stop the container and remove `/var/discourse` folder.

## Steps.

1. ssh into your vps server.
2. `cd /var/discourse`
3. `./launcher stop app`
4. `./launcher destroy app`
5. `cd /var`
6. `sudo rm -rf discourse`

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