Uninstall SQL Server Reporting Services 2019

Reporting Services 1 Minute

First and foremost, remove and decommission unused / idle services without waiting! They consume resources such as storage, computing power, url reservations et cetera. Nothing is free.

I wouldn’t write a blog post about removing SSRS in normal conditions. However, SQL Server Reporting Services is a separate service now, starting from SQL 2017. That means few things:

  • It is not in SQL Server Installation Media anymore (Like SSMS)
  • It is a separate service now under Services
  • Hence, SSRS is an individual item on “Control Panel – Programs and Feature”

Before SQL 2017, we used to remove components like SSRS, SSIS and SSAS by clicking Microsoft SQL Server 20XX (Version bit) item but now as described above, you need to find and choose “Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services”, then click “Uninstall/Change”. The rest is Microsoft’s new interface and just one click.

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Published by Bahti Samet Coban

I am a computer scientist and I work as a Database Administrator. I worked on different database systems and Cloud platforms. My specialty is Microsoft SQL Server databases.

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