diff --git a/docs/installation/uninstall.md b/docs/installation/uninstall.md index 1e6c29ae0..18b463a85 100644 --- a/docs/installation/uninstall.md +++ b/docs/installation/uninstall.md @@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ title: Uninstalling K3s --- :::warning -Uninstalling K3s deletes the local cluster data, configuration, and all of the scripts and CLI tools. -It does not remove any data from external datastores, or created by pods using external Kubernetes storage volumes. +Uninstalling K3s may cause data loss! ::: If you installed K3s using the installation script, a script to uninstall K3s was generated during installation. +Running the uninstall script stops K3s and all running pods, and deletes the local cluster datastore, [Local Storage](../storage#setting-up-the-local-storage-provider) Persistent Volume data, node configuration, and all of the scripts and CLI tools. +It does not remove any data from external datastores, or created by pods using external Kubernetes Persistent Volumes. + If you are planning on rejoining a node to an existing cluster after uninstalling and reinstalling, be sure to delete the node from the cluster to ensure that the node password secret is removed. See the [Node Registration](../architecture.md#how-agent-node-registration-works) documentation for more information. ### Uninstalling Servers