Complete Uninstall of Alteryx Designer

[MichaelF]

Complete Uninstall of Alteryx Designer

Steps for when Alteryx Designer needs to be completely removed from a machine.

Prerequisites

• Product - Alteryx Designer (with or without Predictive)

Procedure

1. ALWAYS attempt to uninstall via the control panel first (Control Panel -> Uninstall a program). It will be listed as Alteryx <Version Number> x64. (Predictive Install will be listed as “Alteryx Predictive Tools with R-<R Version Number>”)
   
   
2. Remove all folders in the following directories:
   
   C:\Program Files\Alteryx
   C:\ProgramData\Alteryx
   C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Alteryx
   C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\Alteryx
   
   
3. Open Regedit from Start Menu and remove the following keys
   
   Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\0EDA5878EDA066E4BB6504B20F8D1F72
   **Predictive Install** - Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\106B25CDBF4FEE641961EC7471AAE132

[CristianoJ]

Also make sure to remove these other folders if they are present:

C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\Alteryx

C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Alteryx

For additional reference also review this other document:

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/Full-Uninstall-of-Designer/m-p/334646#...

[mlingama]

We uninstalled and removed the folders as directed.  However, we could not find the keys in the registry to remove.  We re-installed, but Alteryx is now not starting up. It looks like it will start, but the startup screen never opens up.  We rebooted the computer after install.