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Uninstalling NVIDIA drivers
Uninstalling NVIDIA Tesla drivers
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Uninstalling NVIDIA Tesla drivers
Uninstall NVIDIA Tesla driver in Linux instance​
Usage notes​
  • To uninstall a GPU driver, you need permission granted by the root account. If you are an ordinary user, execute the sudo command to obtain permission for the root account first. In this topic, logging in as the root account is used as an example.​
  • The commands for uninstalling different CUDA versions may vary. If the "cuda-uninstaller" file does not exist, go to the "/usr/local/cuda/bin/" directory and check for the file name​ starting with "uninstall_cuda". If the file exists, replace "cuda-uninstaller" in the command with the filename starting with "uninstall_cuda".​
Uninstall Tesla driver installed via run package​
  1. Log in to the Linux instance.​
  1. Execute the following command to uninstall the GPU driver.​
  • /usr/bin/nvidia-uninstall​
  1. Execute the following commands to uninstall the CUDA and cuDNN toolkits. In this example, cuda-12.2 is used.​
  • /usr/local/cuda/bin/cuda-uninstaller​
  • rm -rf /usr/local/cuda-12.2​
  1. Execute the reboot command to restart the GPU instance.​
Use the cloud assistant to uninstall Tesla driver​
tip​
  • The instance must be in the Running (Running) status.​
  1. Log in to the ECS console.​
  1. In the top menu bar, select the region where your business is located.​
  1. In the left-side navigation pane, select "Maintenance & Monitoring > Cloud Assistant" and then select the "Public commands" tab.​
  1. Find the target command for uninstalling the Tesla GPU driver, and then click the "Create a job" button. Command-related parameters are listed below. For more parameters, refer to Creating jobs.​
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    Parameter​​
    Type​
    The description.​
    IS_REBOOT​
    String​
    Determines whether to restart the instance. Default value: true.​
    If you do not want to restart the instance after uninstalling the driver, enter "false". We recommend restarting.​
    IS_FABRIC​
    String​
    Determines whether to uninstall Fabric Manager. Default value: true.​
    The system defaults to uninstalling Fabric Manager. If you need Fabric Manager not to be uninstalled, enter "false".​
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  1. After the job is created, the GPU driver and NVIDIA Fabric Manager are uninstalled automatically.​
Uninstall NVIDIA Tesla driver in Windows instance​
  1. Log in to the Windows instance.​
  1. Enter Device Manager and then expand "Display adapters".​
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  1. Right-click the NVIDIA-related driver, and then select "Uninstall Device".​
  1. Check the "Delete the driver software for this device." option, and then click the "Uninstall" button.​
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Last updated: 2025.12.03 16:28:03