Uninstalling the IBM Connections Plug-ins for Lotus Notes

Uninstall the IBM Connections plug-ins to remove them from your Lotus Notes® client.

Before you begin

Attention: If you are planning to uninstall the Notes client, uninstall the IBM Connections plug-ins first.

About this task

You can remove the plug-ins from a single client or run a command to remove them from all plug-in users.

Procedure

  1. To remove plug-ins from a single Windows client:
    1. From the Microsoft Windows Control Panel, select Add or Remove Programs (on Vista, it is called Programs and Features), then select IBM Connections Plug-ins for Lotus Notes..
    2. Click Remove (on Microsoft Windows 7 and Vista, it is called Uninstall), and then click Yes to confirm your choice.
  2. To silently remove plug-ins from Windows clients:
    1. Make sure your Lotus Notes client is not running.
    2. Open a command prompt window. For example, choose Run from the Microsoft Windows Start menu and type cmd, then click OK.
    3. Specify the path for the downloaded and unzipped installation file for the plug-ins. For example, c:\<download folder>.
    4. Enter setup.exe -s -x -v"/qn" to remove the plug-ins.
  3. To remove the plug-ins from a single Mac client:.
    1. Open the folder where you unzipped the ConnectionsAddonInstaller_Mac.zip file.
    2. Click unistaller.app, and then click Yes to confirm your choice.
  4. To silently remove the plug-ins from Mac clients:
    1. Make sure your Lotus Notes client is not running.
    2. Open a terminal window.
    3. Specify the path for the downloaded and unzipped installation file for the plug-ins. For example, /ConnectionsAddonInstaller_Mac/uninstaller.
    4. Enter ./addonUninstall -rcphome '/Applications/<App_Name.app>/Contents/MacOS' -addonID IBMConnectionsPluginsforLotusNotes to remove the plug-ins. <App_Name.app> is Notes.app, Lotus Notes.app, or IBM Notes.app.