Pi.Alert Uninstallation Guide
April 25, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
One-step Automated Uninstall:
sudo bash -c "$(wget -qLO - https://github.com/leiweibau/Pi.Alert/raw/main/install/pialert_uninstall.sh)"
Uninstallation process (step by step)
1.1 - Remove Pi.Alert files
sudo rm -r "/opt/pialert"
1.2 - Remove Pi.Alert web front
sudo rm "/var/www/html/pialert"
1.3 - Remove lighttpd Pi.Alert config
sudo rm "/etc/lighttpd/conf-available/pialert_front.conf"
sudo rm "/etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled/pialert_front.conf"
1.4 - Remove lighttpd Pi.Alert cache
sudo rm -r /var/cache/lighttpd/compress/pialert
1.5 - Remove Pi.Alert crontab jobs
crontab -l 2>/dev/null | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n# Pi.Alert\n# Open Source Network Guard \/ WIFI & LAN intrusion detector \n#\n# pialert.cron - Back module. Crontab jobs\n#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n# Puche 2021 pi.alert.application@gmail.com GNU GPLv3\n#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------//g' | crontab -
crontab -l 2>/dev/null | sed '/pialert.py/d' | crontab -
1.6 - Remove Pi.Alert helper
sudo rm /etc/sudoers.d/pialert-backend
sudo rm /etc/sudoers.d/pialert-frontend
sudo rm /etc/bash_completion.d/pialert-cli
sudo rm /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/pialert-cli
Uninstallation Notes
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If you installed Pi-hole during the Pi.Alert installation process,
Pi-hole will still be available after uninstalling Pi.Alert
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lighttpd, PHP, arp-scan & Python have not been uninstalled
They may be required by other software
You can uninstall them manually with command 'apt-get remove XX'
License
GPL 3.0 Read more here