Removal of User Profile Synchronization Service

Question

I am seeking instructions or howto to completely remove user profile synchronization service from single server install of SharePoint 2013 to start fresh as I am unable to move past the "starting" stage or resolve my issues following Harber's documentation.

Thanks

Answer 1

If you have nothing important in the User Profile Service Application, just delete it. You can do that from the Service Applications page in Central Administration. See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee721052.aspx.

Answer 2

As John indicated, just delete the UPA, then stop the Service Instance.

Stop-SPServiceInstance | where {$_.TypeName -eq "User Profile Synchronization Service"}