# Uninstalling the agent
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Uninstalling the AWS Replication Agent from a source server stops the replication of that server. Uninstalling the AWS Replication Agent removes the source server from the Elastic Disaster Recovery Console. 

## Uninstalling the Agent through the AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery console
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To uninstall the AWS Replication Agent through the AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery console. 

Navigate to the **Source servers** page. 

Check the box to the left of each server that you want to disconnect from Elastic Disaster Recovery (by uninstalling the AWS Replication Agent). Open the **Actions** menu, and choose the **Disconnect from AWS** option to disconnect the selected server from AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery and AWS.

When the **Disconnect X server/s from service** dialog appears, click **Disconnect**.

The AWS Replication Agent is uninstalled from all of the selected source servers.

## Uninstalling the Agent manually through the source server
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To uninstall the AWS Replication Agent manually through the source server:

**Windows**

Copy the following folder to a new location:`C:\Program Files (x86)\AWS Replication Agent\dist`

From the new location, run in CMD as an administrator:

`install_agent_windows.exe --remove`

**Linux**

As root, cd to `/var/lib/aws-replication-agent`.

Run the following commands from that folder:

`./stopAgent.sh`

`./uninstall_agent_linux.sh`