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How to uninstall the Orbital Agent

These steps will take you through removing the Orbital Agent from an endpoint.

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Written by Alan Butcher
Updated over a week ago

Uninstalling on a Windows device

  1. Press the Windows key + I to open the Settings app

  2. Navigate to Apps

  3. Select Apps & features

  4. Locate and click on Defense.com Orbital Agent

  5. Click Uninstall and follow the on-screen prompts

Uninstalling on Linux device

Before running the command, ensure you have administrative access to the system where Defense.com Orbital is installed

  1. Launch a terminal window on your Linux system. You can typically find it in your applications menu or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T

  2. Run the following command: sudo /opt/Defensecom/Orbital/maintenancetool --confirm-command --default-answer purge

  3. When the uninstall has finished, in the terminal, you'll see Removal completed successfully.

Uninstalling remotely

  1. Log in to your my.defense.com account

  2. Select Endpoints from the navigation on the left-hand side

  3. Click Orbital Agent from the sub-navigation

  4. From the Orbital Agent index page, click on the Uninstall this Endpoint icon in the Actions column to the right of the endpoint you'd like to uninstall

  5. Click OK to confirm you're sure you want to uninstall this endpoint

And that's it! You've successfully uninstalled the Orbital Agent. 🎉

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