If you get an error that an object is in use, then ensure that you've stopped all To save your mount points for a later reinstall, first save the outputĭelete the Cygwin root folder and all subfolders. Prompt and ensure that no Cygwin processes remain. Stop the X11 server if it is running, and terminate any Cygwin programs that might be running in the background. Installed are sshd, cron, cygserver, inetd, apache, postgresql, and If you have any Cygwin services running, remove by repeating the instructions in for all Setup has no automatic uninstall facility. The developers give fairly detailed instructions on how to remove the software: