Rolling Back to an Earlier Installation of Tableau Server

Answer

Before you start

You'll need the installer package for your previous version of Tableau Server, and a Tableau backup file (.tsbak) from that same version you are rolling back to.

Download the installer package for your desired version from Alternate Downloads Site.
For more information on backing up Tableau Server, see Back Up Tableau Server Data.
For more information on performing a full-backup of Tableau Server to include settings, see Perform a Full Backup and Restore of Tableau Server

Tableau Server 2018.2 or Later (Windows):

Run obliterate script. The script will be applied to one of the following paths:

If Tableau Server has not been uninstalled yet:

C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\packages\scripts.<version_code>\tableau-server-obliterate.cmd -y -y -y

If Tableau server is uninstalled in Control Panel:

C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\temp\tableau-server-obliterate.cmd -y -y -y

The obliterate script will do the following:

All contents in the data directory will be removed (by default C:\ProgramData\Tableau\Tableau Server).
All registry entries related to Tableau Server will be removed.

Download desired version of Tableau Server, install and restore from backup as described above.

Note: If the rolled back version of Tableau Server does not use the same license, obliterate script can be used with -l to deactivate license and remove all licensing files from the computer.

Tableau Server for Linux:

The steps are basically the same as the Windows version. First, you need to take a backup of Tableau Server, then remove/uninstall it, install the previous version, and then restore from the backup.
Please refer to the Online Help doc below for the details.

Perform a Full Backup and Restore of Tableau Server
Remove Tableau Server from Your Computer
Uninstall Tableau Server

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