Uninstalling and Resetting to Factory Defaults on OPNsense

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Uninstalling

You can easily uninstall the product by following the following steps:

1. Navigate to the Sensei->Configuration->Uninstall on your OPNsense GUI.

    
   Figure 1: Navigation to Sensei->Configuration->Uninstall.

    

2. Stop the Sensei engine by clicking  button. After the engine is stopped, the below dialog box appears. Click “Refresh” button to close the notification window.

    

   
   Figure 2: A message window indicating that the engine is stopped.

    

3. Click  button.                                                                                               Figure 3: Uninstalling Sensei Packet Engine   
4. This will pop up a window to confirm the uninstallation. You have two options here:
   You can either remove Sensei completely with all its data and packages, or you can just remove the packages leaving the data intact.
   The latter option is useful if you are doing reinstall or you plan to install Sensei in the feature. Click Yes to continue the uninstallation.                                                                                        ,     
                                            Figure 4: Uninstallation Confirmation Message
5. One final step, please let us know why you’re uninstalling Sensei. This would help Sunny Valley Networks improve the software and better serve you in the future. Then, Click .
   Figure 5: Feedback Form For Uninstallation

Resetting to Factory Defaults

You can restore all configurations to their original defaults and reinstall the reporting database. To accomplish this:

1. Navigate to the Sensei->Configuration->Uninstall on your OPNsense GUI.

2. Stop the Sensei engine by clicking Stop Sensei Packet Engine. After the engine is stopped, the below dialog box is displayed. Click “Refresh” button to close this notification window.

   
   Figure 6: A message window indicating that the engine is stopped.

3. Click “Reset to Sensei Factory Defaults” button.

   
   Figure 7: Resetting To Factory Defaults

   After the engine configuration is reset to its original defaults successfully, you are notified with a message like below.

   
   Figure 8: A message indicating that the engine configuration is restored to factory defaults.

4. Click “Refresh” button in this dialog box. It will redirect you to the reinstallation wizard. You can follow the installation steps given in the Initial Configuration guide.