Remove Microsoft SQL Server

Remove Microsoft SQL Server

Open terminal and type the following command to stop the mssql server:

systemctl stop mssql-server

You will get this authentication dialog box above, sign-in with your credentials.

Then type the following command in the terminal to remove the application:

sudo apt-get remove -y mssql-server

Type the following command in the terminal to delete Azure security center.

sudo apt-key del microsoft.asc

Change directory to the sql directory, then list its contents, using the following commands.

cd sql

ls

Results:

microsoft.asc  mssql-server-2019.list

Remove content from the sql directory, then list sql directory contents to verify they were removed.

rm microsoft.asc

rm mssql-server-2019.list

ls

Change directory back to your home. Then remove the sql directory

cd -/home/your username here

rm sql

rm: cannot remove 'sql': Is a directory

rm -f --dir sql