# Uninstalling the Spark operator for Amazon EMR on EKS
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Use the following steps to uninstall the Spark operator.

1. Delete the Spark operator using the correct namespace. For this example, the namespace is `spark-operator-demo`.

   ```
   helm uninstall spark-operator-demo -n spark-operator
   ```

1. Delete the Spark operator service account:

   ```
   kubectl delete sa emr-containers-sa-spark-operator -n spark-operator
   ```

1. Delete the Spark operator `CustomResourceDefinitions` (CRDs):

   ```
   kubectl delete crd sparkapplications.sparkoperator.k8s.io
   kubectl delete crd scheduledsparkapplications.sparkoperator.k8s.io
   ```