You use one of the following uninstall procedures to remove the core protection features. Uninstalling only these features leaves the Symantec Agent components running.
If you plan to uninstall the Symantec Agent, you can run the command /uninstall
You can uninstall the core protection features using Microsoft Installer (MSI) commands at the command line interface. You can use either PowerShell or a command prompt to uninstall the client.
To uninstall using PowerShell
Open a PowerShell window as administrator.
Run the following command:
(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product -Filter "Name='Symantec Endpoint Protection'" -ComputerName . ).Uninstall()
A successful uninstall returns a message that ends with
"ReturnValue: 0"
.
To uninstall using a command prompt
Log on to the computer with administrator rights.
Find the uninstallation product key as follows:
Click
Start > Run
.Enter
regedit
to open the Registry Editor.Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
.Browse the
Uninstall
subkeys in the left-hand pane, and use the right-hand pane to find a value for theDisplayName
that equals Symantec Endpoint Protection.Copy the uninstallation key, and then close the
Registry Editor
.
Click
Start > Run
.Enter
cmd
to open the command prompt.Enter the following command:
msiexec /X
[product uninstall key]
Replace
[product uninstall key]
with the uninstallation key.
You can generate a detailed uninstallation log by entering the following:
msiexec /x
[product uninstall key]
/lv!* c:\uninstallSEP.txt
The log file
uninstallSEP.txt
is created atc:\
.
