Uninstalling Oxygen XML Author

Uninstalling the Oxygen XML Author Standalone

CAUTION:
The following procedure will remove Oxygen XML Author from your system. All data stored in the installation directory will be removed, including any customizations or any other data you have stored within that directory. Make a back up of any data you want to keep before uninstalling Oxygen XML Author.
  1. Backup any data you want to keep from the Oxygen XML Author installation folder.
  2. Remove the application.
    • On Windows use the appropriate uninstaller shortcut provided with your OS.
    • On OS X and Unix manually delete the installation folder and all its contents.
  3. If you want to remove the user preferences:
    • On Windows Vista/7/8/10, remove the directory: %APPDATA%\Roaming\com.oxygenxml.author (usually %APPDATA% has the value [user-home-dir]\Application Data). Note that this is directory is hidden.
    • On Windows XP, remove the directory: %APPDATA%\com.oxygenxml.author (usually %APPDATA% has the value [user-home-dir]\Application Data).
    • On Linux, remove the directory: .com.oxygenxml.author from the user home directory.
    • On OS X, remove the directory: Library/Preferences/com.oxygenxml.author of the user home folder .

Unattended Uninstall

The unattended uninstall procedure is available only on Windows and Linux.
Run the uninstaller executable from command line with the -q parameter.
The uninstaller executable is called uninstall.exe on Windows and uninstall on Linux and is located in the application's install folder.