SOA 12c - Deinstall Oracle SOA 12c

This post shows the steps for deinstalling Oracle SOA 12c. Below are the steps to follow.

Step 1: Navigate to the Oracle_home/oui/bin directory in the command prompt and execute deinstall.cmd as shown.

Step 2: Oracle Deinstaller window pops up

Step 3: Welcome screen appears. Click Next

Step 4: Deinstallation Summary appears. Click deinstall

Step 5: click finish once done.

Step 6: Remove Oracle Home directory manually. If Oracle_Home was C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home. Navigate to C:\Oracle\Middleware, right click on Oracle_home and click on delete.

Step 7: Remove program shortcuts 
Go to C:\Program Data\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Oracle and remove Oracle_Home Directory

Step 8: Remove Domain and Application Data
To remove Domain data, if  Domain home directory is C:\Oracle\Config\domains\soa_domain, use a file manager window and Navigate to the C:\Oracle\Config\domains directory, then right-click on the soa_domain folder and select Delete.

To remove app data, if application home directory is C:\Oracle\Config\applications\soa_domain, use a file manager window and navigate to the C:\Oracle\Config\applications directory, then right-click on the soa_domain folder and select Delete.

For more details, you can refer to Oracle docs.