Uninstall

Uninstalling the Connect SFTP Tool

You can uninstall Connect for both system-wide and single-user installations. Before uninstalling, deactivate your license to release it for reuse.

Deactivate your license

System-wide uninstallation

1. (Optional) Backup the existing binary:

$ sudo cp /opt/connect/connect /opt/connect/connect.bak

2. Remove the symbolic link and binary:

$ sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/connect
$ sudo rm -f /opt/connect/connect

3. Remove the installation directory if it is empty (or remove it forcefully if you intentionally want to delete it):

$ sudo rmdir /opt/connect || true
# or to remove recursively:
$ sudo rm -rf /opt/connect

4. Verify removal:

$ which connect || echo "connect not found"
$ connect --version  # should fail if removed

Single-user uninstallation

1. Deactivate your license if applicable:

Deactivate your license

2. Remove the binary from your local bin directory:

$ rm -f "$HOME/.local/bin/connect"

3. (Optional) Remove the PATH line from your shell config if you added it during installation. Edit ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, or the file you modified and remove the line:

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

4. Verify removal:

$ which connect || echo "connect not found"
$ connect --version  # should fail if removed

If you need to reinstall later, follow the Linux installation instructions:

Linux installation