Jan 27, 2014 · My problem is that I can't remove instance. Here is an example right now I have two instances . SQLEXPRESS; SQLEXPRESS2012; I have SQL Server 2012, in order to remove instance I go to Control Panel -> Add and remove programs -> choose Microsoft Sql Server and after that I will get to UI where I can do different manipulations with different stuff.

At the moment, there are two instances (we'll call them red and blue instances respectively). I want to delete the blue instance but retain the red instance and SQL Server 2014 itself. Looking under Add/Remove Programs, SQL Server 2014 has only the option of "Uninstall" but "Modify" has been disabled. Thank you kindly.

When i installed the SQL server 2017, it had installed other components too. So, I uninstalled all of those one-by-one. According to the microsoft, when i click on unistall option for SQL server 2017, it is supposed to show the uninstallation wizard, where i should be able to remove the instances. But, no such wizard showed up when i ...

Jan 13, 2012 · You can use SQL Server Configuration Manager to do it, just see [1]. After that you just connect using TCP/IP, like in this example tcp:127.0.0.1,1433 . Note that if the port is 1433, like in this example, you can just omit it, like this tcp:127.0.0.1 .

Stop the "SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)" & "SQL Server VSS Writer" services and set their Startup Type to "Disabled". Restart the PC. Run the Remove process to uninstall SQL Server Express entirely (instance + shared components). Restart the PC again. [Optional] Run your favorite registry cleaner such as CCleaner.

May 1, 2021 · Or it may be a compound entry, where you've connected to the same server/instance name in different ways (different authentication methods or different SQL Authentication usernames). In this case, you want to (carefully!) delete just the <Item> of interest.

Mar 30, 2020 · If you have multiple instances of SQL Server, the SQL Server Browser uninstalls automatically when the last instance of SQL Server 2016 is uninstalled. If you want to uninstall all components of SQL Server 2016, you must uninstall the SQL Server Browser component manually from Programs and Features in Control Panel. Also note that,

If you don't specify an instance name when connecting to a server, it will look at port 1433. By default, the MSSQLSERVER instance (i.e. the default) will be assigned this static port. By default, any named instances will be assigned dynamic ports which are discovered using the SQL Server Browser service.

Dec 21, 2016 · This is using Microsoft SQL Server 2012. I have a program that has multiple versions, each one has some schema changes to the underlying SQL database. In an attempt to do some manual upgrade, some databases from the current version were detached or deleted, and some backups were restored.

Jan 25, 2018 · Uninstalling SQL Server from Settings/Apps/Installed Apps (Windows 11) does not delete everything related to the software. It allows you to select the SQL Engine you want to uninstall and delete it. This method worked for me.