I would also strongly recommend Linux over MacOS or WinOS. Having said that, I have also uninstalled PosgreSQL on my WinOS machine, so I find your advice proper and accurate.
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief (94:6) ________________________________ From: Anthony DeBarros <[email protected]> Sent: June 15, 2026 8:45 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Can't install Postgres version 18 Hello, On Jun 14, 2026 at 6:12:52 AM, Jan Karremans <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I would simply recommend not to run Postgres on Windows. You are mixing two distinctly different approaches to IT-systems. In that sense Linux is so much more akin to the world Postgres lives in. Cheers, Jan Absolutely true. However, it’s good that EDB has provided a Windows installer for PostgreSQL because nearly 2/3 of personal computer users run Windows, and many, many people who are setting out to learn database programming run on it. That said, I have two observations, both related to experiences as author of a book about learning SQL: 1. I have installed and uninstalled PostgreSQL and pgAdmin on Windows dozens of times and had no issues at all as long as I used the official installer/uninstaller. However, the uninstaller does not completely remove all traces of the application, so for a fully clean uninstall you must remove registry entries, delete left-behind application directories, etc. 2. Using PostgreSQL under Windows is far more complicated than running it on macOS, where you can install PostgresApp and get up and running in just minutes with very little to fiddle with. And that app is getting better all the time with support for Postgres extensions. I steer everyone towards Macs these days. Cheers, Anthony DeBarros
