How To Remove IIS On Windows Server 2012

Introduction

In today's article you will learn how to remove Internet Information Services 8 (IIS8) on Windows Server 2012.

Step 1

First of all login to your Windows Server 2012 as Administrator by entering your password. After logging in your Server Manager will open automatically, if it doesn't then open it by clicking on the first button in the task bar.

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As you open the Server Manager this window will be opened:

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Step 2

On the Server manager you will see that IIS is already installed.

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To remove the IIS go to the Manage option on the upper right hand corner and click on "Remove Rolls and Features".

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Step 3

Now a Window will be opened that will inform you that you are going to removing the section. Just click on "Next" to proceed.

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After that you must select a Server from the Server Pool. Since I have only one Server in this article, my default Server is Automatically selected.

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Step 4

Once you click Next you will get a list (Rolls) from which click on the Web Server (IIS).

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Now click "Next", then one more Window will open that will ask for permission to remove the features.

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Step 5

You can select the features that are associated with IIS to be removed.

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After clicking Next you must give permission to restart the server automatically if it's considered necessary, then click on "Next".

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Step 6

Click on the "Remove" button and the process will begin.

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When the removal process has completed your Windows Server 2012 will be restarted; that's because earlier you had given permission to do the restart.

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Step 7

After restarting it will automatically show that the removal process had completed successfully.

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You can also check this on the Flag that is present on the above right hand corner. Click on the Flag and following confirmation will be shown,

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