Uninstalling the External Secrets Operator for Red Hat OpenShift using the web console

You can uninstall the External Secrets Operator for Red Hat OpenShift from your cluster using the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console. Uninstalling the Operator does not automatically delete the ExternalSecrets custom resources or the running external-secrets application workload. These resources remain in the cluster to prevent accidental data loss and must be removed manually if they are no longer needed.

Prerequisites

  • You have access to the cluster with cluster-admin privileges.

  • You have access to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console.

  • The External Secrets Operator is installed.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console.

  2. Uninstall the External Secrets Operator for Red Hat OpenShift using the following steps:

    1. Navigate to Ecosystem → Installed Operators.

    2. Click the Options menu kebab next to the External Secrets Operator for Red Hat OpenShift entry and click Uninstall Operator.

    3. In the confirmation dialog, click Uninstall.

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