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title: Uninstall the New Relic ABAP add-on
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/sap-solutions/uninstall/uninstall-procedure
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This guide shows you how to uninstall the **New Relic ABAP component (NEWR)** from your SAP central system. You might need to do this when decommissioning monitoring or before upgrading to a new version.

> #### ⚠️ CAUTION
>
> Uninstalling the **New Relic ABAP component** stops all monitoring data collection and removes the component from your SAP system. New Relic preserves your historical data, but does not collect new data after uninstallation. You cannot undo this action.

## Prerequisites

-   Administrator access to **SAP system**
-   Access to **client 000**
-   Backup of any custom configurations (if needed for future reinstallation)

## Remove New Relic monitoring artifacts

Before you uninstall the **ABAP component**, clean up the monitoring artifacts on the central monitoring system:

1.  Stop and de-schedule any scheduled collection jobs that run `/NEWR/*` programs. Use transaction `SM37` to find and cancel these jobs.
2.  Remove any roles with names prefixed with `/NEWR/*`.
3.  In transaction `SM59`, remove any **RFC connections** to the monitored systems that were created solely for New Relic data collection. You can identify these connections by the designated New Relic data collection login account or by referencing the New Relic data provider registry listing.

## Uninstall the ABAP component

Follow these steps to uninstall the ABAP component from the central system:

1.  Log in to **client 000**.
2.  Enter transaction code `SAINT`.
3.  Click the **Uninstallable Components** tab.

![The SAINT transaction showing the NEWR component in the Uninstallable Components list](https://docs.newrelic.com/images/ABAP-component-on-cms.webp "ABAP component on central system")

4.  Select the **NEWR** component and verify the version number matches your installed version.
5.  Click **Start**.
6.  Click the green checkmark to confirm on each subsequent screen.
7.  Click **Finish** when the process completes.
8.  Verify that the **NEWR** component no longer appears on the **Installed Components** tab.

## Remove New Relic from monitored systems

The **NEWR** ABAP component is installed only on the central system, so monitored systems have no component to uninstall. To uninstall New Relic from a monitored system, remove the access created for data collection:

1.  In transaction `SU01`, delete the designated New Relic **ABAP user account** used for data collection.
2.  Remove the associated New Relic authorization role (names prefixed with `/NEWR/*`).

## Verify uninstallation

After completing the uninstall process:

-   The **NEWR** component should no longer appear in the **Installed Components** tab
-   Data collection jobs in transaction `SM37` will no longer run
-   New Relic will stop receiving monitoring data from this system

**Note**: Historical monitoring data in New Relic will remain accessible. Only the data collection component is removed from the SAP system.