Read on to learn how to uninstall the New Relic PHP agent. For instructions on how to temporarily disable the agent, see Disable the agent.
This document explains how to uninstall the New Relic PHP agent for the following systems:
Uninstalling the agent
When uninstalling New Relic from a PHP application, you must remove the New Relic agent and also remove associated New Relic configuration files.
To uninstall the PHP agent from your system:
Remove the agent files from your system:
Run the newrelic-install script with no options and select the uninstall option from the main menu when invoking the script.
Use apt-get to remove the agent:
apt-get remove newrelic-php5
Remove any remaining New Relic configuration files. Use the newrelic-install or apt-get remove commands with the purge option.
OR
apt-get remove --purge newrelic
If you use a package manager, remove files specific to the manager:
Using yum:
sudo yum remove newrelic-php5
Using rpm (32-bit):
rpm -e newrelic-php5-common-X.X.X.X (YOUR VERSION #)-1.noarch.rpm newrelic-daemon-X.X.X.X (YOUR VERSION NUMBER)-1.i386.rpm newrelic-php5-X.X.X.X-1.i386.rpm
Using rpm (64-bit):
rpm -e newrelic-php5-common-X.X.X.X (VERSION NUMBER)-1.noarch.rpm newrelic-daemon-X.X.X.X (YOUR VERSION NUMBER)-1.x86_64.rpm newrelic-php5-X.X.X.X-1.x86_64.rpm
Using apt-get:
sudo apt-get purge newrelic-php5
Using dpkg (32-bit):
dpkg -P newrelic-php5-common_X.X.X.X (YOUR VERSION NUMBER)_all.deb newrelic-daemon_X.X.X.X_i386.deb newrelic-php5_X.X.X.X_i386.deb
Using dpkg (64-bit):
dpkg -P newrelic-php5-common_X.X.X.X (YOUR VERSION NUMBER)_all.deb newrelic-daemon_X.X.X.X_amd64.deb newrelic-php5_X.X.X.X_amd64.deb
Restart your web servers (Apache, Nginx, PHP-FPM, etc.).