Alibaba Cloud CLI:Uninstall Alibaba Cloud CLI

Uninstall by using Homebrew

On macOS, run the following command to uninstall Alibaba Cloud CLI:

brew uninstall aliyun-cli

Uninstall from the CLI

1. Run the following command to delete the executable file of Alibaba Cloud CLI. You can also perform this action in the graphical user interface (GUI).

   sudo sh -c "which aliyun | xargs -r rm -v"

2. Remove the installation directory from the PATH environment variable.

   Note

   If you did not use a custom installation directory when you installed Alibaba Cloud CLI, you can skip this step.

   The following table lists common environment variable configuration files on Linux and macOS.

   Shell type	Configuration file
   Bash	~/.bashrc ~/.bash_profile ~/.profile /etc/profile
   Zsh	~/.zshrc ~/.zprofile /etc/zshenv /etc/zprofile /etc/zshrc

   You can use a text editor or a CLI such as grep to search for changes related to the Alibaba Cloud CLI installation directory and delete or comment out the relevant lines in the configuration file. For example, to search in ~/.bashrc:

   grep "PATH" ~/.bashrc

Uninstall by using a Bash script

1. Create a script file and copy the following content into it.

   Sample script

   #!/usr/bin/env bash
   
   set -euo pipefail
   
   show_help() {
   cat << EOF
   
         Alibaba Cloud Command Line Interface Uninstaller
   
       -h          Display this help and exit
   
       -C          Remove user config file
   
   EOF
   }
   
   abort() {
     printf "%s\n" "$@" >&2
     exit 1
   }
   
   CLEAN_CONFIG=false
   
   while getopts ":hC" opt; do
     case "$opt" in
       "h")
         show_help
         exit 0
         ;;
       "C")
         CLEAN_CONFIG=true
         ;;
       *)
         echo "Unexpected flag not supported"
         exit 1
         ;;
     esac
   done
   
   echo -e "
   ..............888888888888888888888 ........=8888888888888888888D=..............
   ...........88888888888888888888888 ..........D8888888888888888888888I...........
   .........,8888888888888ZI: ...........................=Z88D8888888888D..........
   .........+88888888 ..........................................88888888D..........
   .........+88888888 .......Welcome to use Alibaba Cloud.......O8888888D..........
   .........+88888888 ............. ************* ..............O8888888D..........
   .........+88888888 .... Command Line Interface(Reloaded) ....O8888888D..........
   .........+88888888...........................................88888888D..........
   ..........D888888888888DO+. ..........................?ND888888888888D..........
   ...........O8888888888888888888888...........D8888888888888888888888=...........
   ............ .:D8888888888888888888.........78888888888888888888O ..............
   "
   
   USER_CONFIG_DIR="${HOME}/.aliyun"
   CONFIG_FILE_PATH="${USER_CONFIG_DIR}/config.json"
   
   remove_aliyun_binary() {
     local binary
     binary=$(which aliyun)
   
     if [ -n "$binary" ]; then
       rm -vf "$binary"
       rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "$(dirname "$binary")" 2>/dev/null || true
     fi
   }
   
   remove_user_config() {
     if $CLEAN_CONFIG; then
       rm -f "${CONFIG_FILE_PATH}" || abort "Failed to remove config file: ${CONFIG_FILE_PATH}"
   
       if [ -d "${USER_CONFIG_DIR}" ]; then
         rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "${USER_CONFIG_DIR}" 2>/dev/null || true
       fi
     fi
   }
   
   remove_aliyun_binary
   remove_user_config
   
   echo "Aliyun CLI has been uninstalled."

2. Refer to the following examples to run the script and uninstall Alibaba Cloud CLI.

   # Uninstall only the executable file.
   bash <script_path>
   
   # Uninstall the executable file and delete the configuration file.
   bash <script_path> -C
   
   # View help information for the script.
   bash <script_path> -h

Uninstall from the GUI

1. In File Explorer, go to the Alibaba Cloud CLI installation directory and delete the executable file.

2. Press the Windows key and enter environment variables in the search box.

3. In the search results, click Edit environment variables for your account to open the Environment Variables window.

4. In the User variables section, select the Path environment variable and click Edit.

   

5. In the Edit environment variable window, select the path to the Alibaba Cloud CLI installation directory and click Delete. This removes the path from the Path environment variable. Example directory: C:\ExampleDir. Replace this with the actual path.

   

6. Click OK in all related dialog boxes to save the changes.

Uninstall by using a PowerShell script

1. Create a script file and copy the following content into it.

   Sample script

   # Uninstall-CLI-Windows.ps1
   # Purpose: Automatically detect and uninstall Aliyun CLI, and delete configuration files in user directory
   
   [CmdletBinding()]
   param (
       [switch]$Clean,
       [switch]$Help
   )
   
   function Show-Usage {
       Write-Output @"
   
         Alibaba Cloud Command Line Interface Uninstaller
   
       -Help                 Display this help and exit
   
       -Clean                Remove user config file
   
   "@
   }
   
   function Remove-DirectoryIfEmpty {
       param([string]$Path)
       if ((Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -Force).Count -eq 0) {
           Remove-Item -Path $Path -Force
       }
   }
   
   function Remove-AliyunCLIFromPath {
       param([string]$PathToRemove)
       $Key = 'HKCU:\Environment'
       $CurrentPath = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $Key -Name PATH).PATH
       if ($CurrentPath -like "*$PathToRemove*") {
           $newPath = ($CurrentPath -split ';' | Where-Object { $_ -ne $PathToRemove }) -join ';'
           Set-ItemProperty -Path $Key -Name PATH -Value $newPath
           $env:PATH = $newPath
       }
   }
   
   function Remove-AliyunCLI {
       $AliyunBinary = (Get-Command aliyun -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).Source
       if ($AliyunBinary -and (Test-Path $AliyunBinary)) {
           Remove-Item -Path $AliyunBinary -Force
           $AliyunInstallDir = Split-Path -Parent $AliyunBinary
           Remove-DirectoryIfEmpty -Path $AliyunInstallDir
           Remove-AliyunCLIFromPath -PathToRemove $AliyunInstallDir
           Write-Output "Aliyun CLI binary has been removed."
       }
   }
   
   function Remove-ConfigFile {
       $ConfigDir = Join-Path $HOME ".aliyun"
       $ConfigFile = Join-Path $ConfigDir "config.json"
       if (Test-Path $ConfigFile) {
           Remove-Item -Path $ConfigFile -Force
           Remove-DirectoryIfEmpty -Path $ConfigDir
           Write-Output "Aliyun CLI config file has been removed."
       }
   }
   
   if ($PSBoundParameters['Help']) {
       Show-Usage
       exit 0
   }
   
   Write-Output @"
   ..............888888888888888888888 ........=8888888888888888888D=..............
   ...........88888888888888888888888 ..........D8888888888888888888888I...........
   .........,8888888888888ZI: ...........................=Z88D8888888888D..........
   .........+88888888 ..........................................88888888D..........
   .........+88888888 .......Welcome to use Alibaba Cloud.......O8888888D..........
   .........+88888888 ............. ************* ..............O8888888D..........
   .........+88888888 .... Command Line Interface(Reloaded) ....O8888888D..........
   .........+88888888...........................................88888888D..........
   ..........D888888888888DO+. ..........................?ND888888888888D..........
   ...........O8888888888888888888888...........D8888888888888888888888=...........
   ............ .:D8888888888888888888.........78888888888888888888O ..............
   "@
   
   try {
       Remove-AliyunCLI
       if ($PSBoundParameters['Clean']) { Remove-ConfigFile }
       Write-Output "Aliyun CLI has been uninstalled."
   } catch {
       Write-Output "Failed to uninstall Aliyun CLI: $_"
   }

2. Refer to the following examples to run the script and uninstall Alibaba Cloud CLI.

   # Uninstall only the executable file.
   powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File <script_path>
   
   # Uninstall the executable file and delete the configuration file.
   powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File <script_path> -Clean
   
   # View help information for the script.
   powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File <script_path> -Help