diff --git a/bundle/bin/rke2-uninstall.sh b/bundle/bin/rke2-uninstall.sh
index b8cb05d788..217ba6f0bf 100755
--- a/bundle/bin/rke2-uninstall.sh
+++ b/bundle/bin/rke2-uninstall.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -ex
 
+
+# helper function for timestamped logging
+log() {
+    echo "[$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] $*"
+}
+
+# helper function for logging error and exiting with a message
+error() {
+    log "ERROR: $*" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
 # make sure we run as root
 if [ ! $(id -u) -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo "$(basename "${0}"): must be run as root" >&2
-    exit 1
+    error "$(basename "$0"): must be run as root"
 fi
 
 # check_target_mountpoint return success if the target directory is on a dedicated mount point
@@ -21,6 +32,7 @@ check_target_ro() {
 RKE2_DATA_DIR=${RKE2_DATA_DIR:-/var/lib/rancher/rke2}
 
 . /etc/os-release
+
 if [ -r /etc/redhat-release ] || [ -r /etc/centos-release ] || [ -r /etc/oracle-release ] || [ -r /etc/amazon-linux-release ]; then
     # If redhat/oracle family os is detected, double check whether installation mode is yum or tar.
     # yum method assumes installation root under /usr
@@ -50,6 +62,7 @@ fi
 uninstall_killall()
 {
     _killall="$(dirname "$0")/rke2-killall.sh"
+    log "Running killall script"
     if [ -e "${_killall}" ]; then
       eval "${_killall}"
     fi
@@ -57,6 +70,7 @@ uninstall_killall()
 
 uninstall_disable_services()
 {
+    log "Disabling rke2 services"
     if command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         systemctl disable rke2-server || true
         systemctl disable rke2-agent || true
@@ -70,13 +84,14 @@ uninstall_remove_files()
 {
 
     if [ -r /etc/redhat-release ] || [ -r /etc/centos-release ] || [ -r /etc/oracle-release ] || [ -r /etc/amazon-linux-release ]; then
+        log "Removing rke2 packages"
         yum remove -y "rke2-*"
-
         rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/rancher-rke2*.repo
     fi
 
     if [ "${ID_LIKE%%[ ]*}" = "suse" ]; then
          if rpm -q rke2-common >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            log "Removing rke2 packages using zypper"
             # rke2 rpm detected
             uninstall_cmd="zypper remove -y rke2-server rke2-agent rke2-common rke2-selinux"
             if [ "${TRANSACTIONAL_UPDATE=false}" != "true" ] && [ -x /usr/sbin/transactional-update ]; then
@@ -87,6 +102,7 @@ uninstall_remove_files()
          fi
     fi
 
+    log "Removing rke2 files"
     $transactional_update find "${INSTALL_RKE2_ROOT}/lib/systemd/system" -name rke2-*.service -type f -delete
     $transactional_update find "${INSTALL_RKE2_ROOT}/lib/systemd/system" -name rke2-*.env -type f -delete
     find /etc/systemd/system -name rke2-*.service -type f -delete
@@ -99,10 +115,11 @@ uninstall_remove_files()
     rm -rf /etc/cni
     rm -rf /opt/cni/bin
     rm -rf /var/lib/kubelet || true
-    rm -rf "${RKE2_DATA_DIR}"
+    rm -rf "${RKE2_DATA_DIR}" || error "Failed to remove /var/lib/rancher/rke2"
     rm -d /var/lib/rancher || true
 
     if type fapolicyd >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        log "Removing fapolicyd rules"
         if [ -f /etc/fapolicyd/rules.d/80-rke2.rules ]; then
             rm -f /etc/fapolicyd/rules.d/80-rke2.rules
         fi
@@ -111,18 +128,52 @@ uninstall_remove_files()
     fi
 }
 
+
+
 uninstall_remove_self()
 {
+    cleanup
+    log "Removing uninstall script"
     $transactional_update rm -f "${INSTALL_RKE2_ROOT}/bin/rke2-uninstall.sh"
 }
 
+# Define a cleanup function that triggers on exit
+cleanup() {
+  # Check if last command's exit status was not equal to 0
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "\e[31mCleanup didn't complete successfully\e[0m"
+  else
+    log "Cleanup completed successfully"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Define a cleanup function that triggers on exit
+cleanup() {
+
+  # Check if last command's exit status was not equal to 0
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    if [ -n "$NO_COLOR" ]; then   # Disable color code for error message if NO_COLOR env variable is passed
+      echo -e "Cleanup didn't complete successfully"
+    else
+      echo -e "\e[31mCleanup didn't complete successfully\e[0m"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
 uninstall_remove_policy()
 {
+    log "Removing SELinux policy"
     semodule -r rke2 || true
 }
 
+# Set a trap to log an error if the script exits unexpectedly
+trap cleanup EXIT
 uninstall_killall
+trap - EXIT
+
 trap uninstall_remove_self EXIT
 uninstall_disable_services
 uninstall_remove_files
 uninstall_remove_policy
+
+log "Cleanup completed successfully"
\ No newline at end of file