This article is important for Admins, Database Administrators and developers. There is an easy procedure to uninstall a SQL Server instance in SQL Server 2008 R2 and 2008.
So let us look at the procedure to uninstall SQL Server.
Step 1
Click the Start Button and chose Control Panel. You will see the following screen.
![Control Panel]()
Step 2
Once the Control Panel is displayed, select the Programs and Features section.
![Control Panel in Windows Explorer]()
Step 3
Now the list of programs and features installed on that machine is displayed as below.
Chose SQL Server 2008 R2 then Right-click Uninstall /Change.
![Selecting Option to Uninstal]()
Step 4
A small window similar to the SQL Server Installation screen is displayed. Click on Remove.
![Selection Option in Sql Server Uninstallation]()
Step 5
You will see Setup Processes of current operation.
![Setup Process]()
Step 6
Now the Setup support Rules window is displayed that as shown below.
![Setup Support Rules in Sql Server]()
Step 7
Click OK to proceed. In the next screen select the instance of SQL Server to remove.
![Selecting Instance in Sql Server]()
Step 8
Now select the features for the SQL Server instance that you want to remove.
![Selecting Features in Sql Server]()
Step 9
Click Next to proceed to the Remove Rules.
![Removal Rules in Sql Serve]()
Step 10
Click Next to proceed. Ready to Remove Server 2008 R2 and 2008.
![Remove Instance in Sql Server]()
Step 11
Your SQL Server Instance has been removed successfully. Click the Close Button.
![Instance UnInstallation Successfull]()
Summary
This article showed how to uninstall a SQL Server instance in SQL Server 2008R2 and 2008.You can follow the same procedure to uninstall all SQL Server instances.