Below are the steps the remove workflow manager completely. I have seen many instances where we had issues during installations.
Removing Workflow Proxy
- Central Administration à Application Management à Manage service applications
- Select and click delete the “Workflow Service Application Proxy”
- Click Remove Data check box and click OK.
Removing Workflow Manager Farm
- If you have more than one workflow manager machine. Remove each node from the farm using the
- Click Start à All Programs à Workflow Manager configuration à
Leave the Farm
à Click confirm button.
- Repeat step 2 on every other WFE.
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Open SQL Server Management Studio Delete all the following databases (All previous)
- 0x_WfManagementDB
- 0x_SbGatewayDatabase
- 0x_SBContainer01
- 0x_WFInstanceManagementDB
- 0x_WFResourceManagementDB
- 0x_SBManagementDB
- 0x_WfManagementDB
Removing Workflow Manager Binaries
- Open Control Panel à Uninstall a program à Updates
- Uninstall the CU of Service Bus from Updates
- Uninstall the CU and updates of Workflow Manager
- Click on Programs from left
- Now Uninstall Workflow Manager 1.0
- Now Uninstall Workflow Manager 1.0 Client
- Now Uninstall Service Bus 1.0
- Now Uninstall Windows Fabric
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Delete the following folders (if Exist).
- C:\Program Files\Windows Fabric
- C:\Program Files\Service Bus
- C:\Program Files\Workflow Manager
- C:\Program Files\Windows Fabric
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Delete the following registry key (if Exist).
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ServerManager
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Service Bus
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ServerManager
- Restart the server
- Repeat step 1 to 11 for all workflow manager server.
Uninstall the workflow Manager Client
- Open Control Panel à Uninstall a program à Right click on Workflow Manager Client
- Click Uninstall.
- Repeat this process for servers that has client installed.
This is great! Thanks for putting this together. It made my life so much easier.