Uninstalling SharePoint Diagnostic Studio 2010

How to uninstall SharePoint Diagnostic Studio 2010

SharePoint Diagnostic Studio 2010 is actually part of the SharePoint 2010 Admin Tookit.


To uninstall a specific tool from the SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit
1.  From Programs and Features, select the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit and click Change.
The same dialog box is displayed if you run the SharePoint2010AdministrationToolkit.exe file instead of using Programs and Features.
2. Select the tool you want to remove.
3. Click Next, and then click Finish.

Detailed here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc508848


Note : installing the tool provisions a solution globally "extendeddiagnosticproviders.wsp", this is not removed when you un-install the tool.



Also note, SharePoint Diagnostic Studio (SPDiag) 2010 can place significant load on SharePoint servers
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2655725

MS say :
Using the SharePoint Diagnostic Studio (SPDiag) 2010 can consume significant network bandwidth and other resources on the server being monitored as well as on the database server used to host the project database.
Evaluate the need to have the toolkit installed.
Uninstall the SharePoint Diagnostic Studio 2010 if it is not required.


It's nice to have clean working performing environments.