> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://flox.dev/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Uninstall

> Uninstalling Imageless Kubernetes from any cluster

This guide describes how to remove Imageless Kubernetes from a cluster.

First, remove the `RuntimeClass` with:

```bash theme={null}
kubectl delete runtimeclass flox
```

Then follow the installation-method specific guidance below.

## Amazon EKS

If a separate node group was used for Imageless Kubernetes, removing that node group and the `RuntimeClass` is all that is required to uninstall.

### Terraform

If Terraform was used to add a node group to an existing cluster:

* Remove the `eks_managed_node_group` resource from your configuration
* Apply the updated configuration

### eksctl

If `eksctl` was used, remove the node group with:

```bash theme={null}
eksctl delete nodegroup -f nodegroup.yaml
```

where `nodegroup.yaml` is the file that was used to create it.

Alternatively, remove the node group directly from the AWS management console.

## Self-managed

First, remove the Flox runtime from the `containerd` configuration on each node.

The installer used in the [installation instructions](/imageless-kubernetes/install/self-managed) makes a backup of the original configuration
in `/etc/containerd/config.toml.bak.xx` where `xx` is an arbitrary number.

Restore the backup with:

```bash theme={null}
sudo mv /etc/containerd/config.toml.bak.xx /etc/containerd/config.toml &&
sudo systemctl restart containerd
```

Then remove the shim from each node with:

```bash theme={null}
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/containerd-shim-flox-v2
```

And finally, uninstall Flox from each node by following the instructions from the [Uninstall Flox](/install-flox/uninstall) page.