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Uninstall

Uninstalling MT Showcase removes the program but keeps your data, so that a later installation can pick it up again. This page lists what each step removes and how to remove everything.

If you want to keep your apps, create a backup or export them first.

Ubuntu

Remove the program:

sudo apt remove mt-showcase-<version>

This stops the MT Showcase server and removes the program files, the service, the MT Launcher registration and the applications menu entry. It keeps:

  • the data folder, /var/lib/mt-showcase-server;
  • your settings in /etc/MultiTaction/mt-showcase/server/production_users.yaml;
  • the mt-showcase-server account and group, the port 443 permission and the trusted certificate.

Remove the program and its system settings:

sudo apt purge mt-showcase-<version>

This also removes production_users.yaml, the mt-showcase-server account and group, the permission for the account to use ports 80 and 443, and the MT Showcase certificate from the system's trusted certificates.

Remove the data as well. Purging does not delete your data. To delete it, including all apps, media and backups in the default location:

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mt-showcase-server

The MT Showcase license in the license folders and each user's ~/MultiTaction/showcase folder (client cache) are not removed. See File locations.

Windows

Remove the program: open Settings > Apps > Installed apps, find MT Showcase, and click Uninstall. Alternatively, use Programs and Features in Control Panel.

This stops the MT Showcase server and removes:

  • the installation folder, including production_users.yaml;
  • the MT Showcase Editor scheduled task;
  • the MT Showcase Editor Service firewall rule;
  • the MT Showcase certificate from the trusted root certificates;
  • the MT Launcher registration.

It keeps:

  • the data folder, %APPDATA%\mt-showcase-server, in the profile of each user that ran MT Showcase;
  • backups in %LOCALAPPDATA%\MultiTaction\showcase\backups;
  • logs in %PROGRAMDATA%\MultiTaction\showcase\logs;
  • the certificate folder, %PROGRAMDATA%\mt-showcase-server\certs;
  • the MT Showcase license;
  • the Microsoft Visual C++ runtime, and the Windows Error Reporting setting that keeps crash dumps in %LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashDumps.

Remove the data as well: delete the folders listed above. See File locations.

macOS

  1. Quit MT Showcase and stop the server.
  2. Drag MT Showcase from the Applications folder to the Trash.

  3. To remove your data, run:

    rm -rf ~/.mt-showcase ~/MultiTaction/showcase

  4. If you created /etc/MultiTaction/mt-showcase/server/production_users.yaml, delete it.

  5. If you trusted the MT Showcase certificate, remove it: open Keychain Access, select the System keychain, find the certificate named MT Showcase Editor, and delete it.

The license in ~/MultiTaction/Licenses is not removed. See File locations.