uninstall-lightning-node.md

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Uninstall Lightning Node	uninstall-lightning-node	true	References Help Uninstall Remove Delete Clear Clean

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Remove symLink

To remove a symbolic link, use either the rm or unlink command followed by the name of the symlink as an argument. Here's an example with unlink:

unlink /usr/local/bin/lgtn

Delete the local source code

Delete the local source code which was copied from the remote repository. You can delete it recursively by:

rm -r ~/fleek-network/lightning

💡 Use the flag f to force remove by skipping any prompts, e.g. rm -rf <PATHNAME>

:::note The default install location is $HOME/fleek-network/lightning. If you have selected a different location to store the repository, change the target path. :::

Disable the systemd service

To disable the Fleek Network Lightning Systemd's service, start by stopping the service.

sudo systemctl stop lightning.service

:::tip You can replace lightning.service by lightning. :::

Disable the lightning service

sudo systemctl disable lightning.service

If you have used the recommended procedures in the install documentation you'll have to remove the Systemd unit (file that defines the service).

rm /etc/systemd/system/lightning.service

Reload the Systemd service daemon

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Clear the lightning config directory

The Fleek Network lightning config directory is where the configuration, keystore–the location where your private key is hosted–and other system files are stored.

:::caution WARNING Make sure to back up any sensitive data, such as the keystore (private keys), as you won't be able to recover the keys by any other means. If you have any funds associated with it, it'll be lost forever. The Fleek Network team or anyone else will not be able to help recover keys. Your keys, your responsibility. :::

Alternatively, instead of deleting you can move the files to a custom directory name such as.lightning.backupDATESTAMP, e.g. the example below we've used the date 2023-09-06-1205 as that was the time this text was written:

mv ~/.lightning ~/.lightning.backup202309061205

To clear the lightning config directory remove any files recursively by running the following command:

rm -r ~/.lightning/*

💡 Use the flag f to force remove by skipping any prompts, e.g. rm -rf <PATHNAME>/*

Alternatively, delete the ~/.lightning directory:

rm -r ~/.lightning

Uninstall Cargo and Rust

To uninstall rustc, rustup and cargo run the following command:

rustup self uninstall