Removing ADLDS in Windows Server

I installed active directory Light directory service accidentally as i already has ADDS installed after installation all services are stopped in Server Manager and unable to do refresh i want to remove it please help me out from this


If you can't delete it from the Programs and Features, use cmd:

ADAMuninstall /i: instancename /answer:d:\dirpath\filename

where instancename is the name of AD LDS instance you want to remove, and d:\dirpath\filename is the location and name of the file you can type in the credentials of an AD LDS admin for this specified instance. File must contain:

Administrator=yourdomain\youradministrator
AdministratorPassword=youradminpassword

It should be able to be removed without interfering with AD.

To uninstall: c:\windows\adam\adamuninstall.exe /i:instanceName

To list instances: dsdbutil “list instances” quit


The previous answers describe how to remove an AD LDS instance from a server. However, none of them address removing the AD LDS role (Windows Feature) from a server. In the case of the question, when the AD LDS role is installed but not configured, there are no AD LDS instances to remove, so the adamuninstall.exe will not work. Using dsdbutil to list instances will show your Active Directory (NTDS) instance, which you DO NOT want to remove.

To remove the AD LDS role when no instances are configured, open an elevated powershell window and enter remove-windowsfeature adlds. This will remove the role from the Roles & Features view in Control Panel and Server Manager. You can verify this worked by running get-windowsfeature adlds. The removal does not require a server reboot.