Version: 3.1

Uninstall Portworx Backup

Applicable to both Classic and Federated modes

If you are running Portworx Backup as a Helm-based install, you can uninstall it using Helm.

Follow the steps below to uninstall any version of Portworx Backup:

Enter the following helm uninstall command with the --namespace flag and the namespace your Portworx Backup cluster is installed on:
```
helm uninstall px-central --namespace <pxb-namespace>
```
Clean up the secrets and PVCs created by Portworx Backup:
```
kubectl delete namespace <pxb-namespace>
```

note

Federated mode additional cleanup: Uninstalling Portworx Backup removes only the backup cluster components. The following additional cleanup is required for Federated mode deployments:

The Portworx Enterprise installation and Stork deployment on each application cluster are not removed by this process. Remove them separately if no longer needed, following the Portworx Enterprise uninstall procedure.
Workload Identity bindings and role assignments configured on each application cluster for backup-location access must be removed manually with your cloud provider if no longer needed — for example, Azure Managed Identity role assignments, AWS IRSA (IAM Roles for Service Accounts) role bindings, or GCP Workload Identity Federation bindings.
Backup data in the object store is not deleted. Clean up the storage manually if required — for example, the Azure Blob Storage container, the AWS S3 bucket, or the Google Cloud Storage (GCS) bucket.