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Manually remove the agent, Endpoint Sensor, and Server & Workload Protection features from a Linux endpoint.

The steps contained within this guide can be used to remove the following from your Linux endpoints:
  • The Trend Vision One Endpoint Security agent, including Endpoint Sensor
  • Only Server & Workload Protection features
  • Deep Security agents connected to your Protection Managers
Note
Note
If you are manually removing Server & Workload Protection or uninstalling a Deep Security agent, the agent does not notify your Protection Managers when uninstalling. The affected endpoint appears on the Computers page with a status of "Managed (Offline)" or similar. To resolve the issue:
  • Deactivate the agent before you uninstall Server & Workload Protection, or
  • Delete the computer from the list after you uninstall Server & Workload Protection.
If you are attempting to redeploy an agent, Trend Micro recommends doing a complete uninstall of the Trend Vision One Endpoint Security agent.

Procedure

  1. Uninstall Server & Workload Protection.
    Use one of the following methods to uninstall Server & Workload Protection:
    Note
    Note
    These methods can also be used to remove a Deep Security agent.
    • If your version of Linux provides a graphical package management tool, search for the ds_agent package and use the tool to remove the package.
    • For Linux versions that use the Red Hat package manager (rpm), run the command:
      # sudo rpm -ev ds_agent
    • For Linux versions that use the Debian package manager (dpkg), run the following commands:
      • $ sudo dpkg -r ds-agent
      • $ sudo dpkg --purge ds-agent
  2. Uninstall the Trend Vision One Endpoint Security agent.
    To remove the Trend Vision One Endpoint Security agent, Endpoint Sensor, and Basecamp agent program, run the command with root privileges:
    # ./tmxbc uninstall