Uninstalling the Deep Security Agent

Preconditions

The Deep Security Agent protects itself from accidental removal and cannot be removed while it is activated. Before attempting to remove the agent, ensure that you have deactivated the agent using the Deep Security Manager.

If the Deep Security Agent is not connected to the Deep Security Manager, you can reset it using the command line:

C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\Deep Security Agent> dsa_control --selfprotect 0

sudo /opt/dsa/dsa_control --selfprotect 0

To remove the agent

Microsoft Windows

Go to the Control Panel and select Uninstall a program. Look for the Trend Micro Deep Security Agent and then select Uninstall.

Linux

Graphical Package Manager

If your version of Linux provides a graphical package management tool, you can search for the ds_agent package and use the tool remove the package.

Command Line

Look for your Linux vendor in the table below and execute the associated command to remove the agent.

sudo yum erase ds_agent

sudo apt-get remove ds_agent

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