How to completely remove WSUS on Windows 2012 R2?

Hello guys,
I see plenty of details about clean up previous version of WSUS, but I cannot find any place with more advanced details about the latest one.
Mostly, people advice to completely reinstall the system from scratch.
Any clue?
Cheers,
Marek

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Hello Lawrence,
Thanks for your answer, but unfortunately, we know, that's not simple as you say.
Digging forums, I recogn, people are struggling with the new WSUS quite hard.
I run several production servers, but that particular one includes something else.
The quick story: after some system crash, I lost chance to update my clients.
But then, I was wondering to completely wipe out the WSUS, then reinstall from scratch again.
Unfortunately, I cannot pass the post installation, but the log in TEMP is empty with the size 1k.
I guess (following by posts from the 3.0 version), there are entries to the registry, maybe several extra folders to delete, etc.
I haven't seen any compendium about the subject above, even 3.0 got some tips like that.
People are struggling with 6.2,or they are pointed to the knowledge from 3.0, which could be obsolete...
Rgds,
Marek

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