This section describes how to remove the following components from a Private Cloud
installation:

- Management Server
- Message Processor
- Router

For information on how to remove a Qpid server, see
[Remove a Qpid server](https://docs.apigee.com/private-cloud/v4.52.01/add-or-remove-qpid-nodes).

**To remove a Message Processor, Management Server, or Router:**

1. (Message Processor and Router only) Stop the Message Processor or Router that needs to be deregistered:

   ```
   /opt/apigee/apigee-service/bin/apigee-service edge-message-processor stop
   /opt/apigee/apigee-service/bin/apigee-service edge-router stop
   ```
2. (Message Processor only) Deregister the Message Processor from the organization's environments:

   ```
   curl -u adminEmail:pWord
     -X POST http://management_IP:8080/v1/o/orgName/e/envName/servers
     -d "uuid=uuid&region=regionName&pod=podName&action=remove"
   ```
3. Deregister the server's type:

   ```
   curl -u adminEmail:pWord
     -X POST http://management_IP:8080/v1/servers
     -d "type=[message-processor|router|management-server]&region=regionName&pod=podName&uuid=uuid&action=remove"
   ```
4. Delete the server:

   ```
   curl -u adminEmail:pWord -X DELETE http://management_IP:8080/v1/servers/uuid
   ```
5. (Message Processor only) After deregistering a Message Processor, restart the routers:

   ```
   /opt/apigee/apigee-service/bin/apigee-service edge-router restart
   ```