Help:Deinstallation

This help page explains how to deinstall in three steps when using MediaWiki 1.25 and later.

Step 1: Remove database tables

 * Change to the Semantic MediaWiki maintenance directory
 * Issue the command for deleting the database tables
 * Confirm the deletion of the database tables

Step 2: Remove software
The reference, disregarding the version information, should look like this:
 * Change to the root directory of MediaWiki
 * Remove the reference to Semantic MediaWiki


 * Issue the command for uninstalling Semantic MediaWiki

Step 3: Remove specific wikitext
Now go to all your pages and templates holding wikitext specific to Semantic MediaWiki and remove it, e.g. annotations like  or   as well as queries like   etc. Extensions like  or  may help you with this task.