![]() ![]() Open the RemoveSymantecMacFiles folder, and double click on mand. After downloading the zip file, navigate to your downloads folder and double click on RemoveSymantecMacFiles.zip. This whole process didn’t clean every computer completely, with some users having residual system files, but it stopped any conflict and removed enough of Symantec that it didn’t load any services or software on start up. Download the Symantec Uninstaller (Mac) here. ![]() ![]() The Administrator account on Windows must be used to remove Symantec Endpoint Protection. The manual removal process can disable other Symantec products that are installed on the computer. Image of Windows machine Start menu with Setting callout Find Symantec Antivirus. Manually uninstall Endpoint Protection clients on Windows Warning. In addition to this, I had to lever TrendMicros feature that removes previous anti viruses when the agent is installed, installing the agent standalone kept returning me with an error that SEP was still installed, even though Symantec’s portal couldn’t even detect the agent. Windows (PC) users Go to Start menu, select Settings (gear icon) then Apps. One of them is clean wipe, but Symantec provides two additional pieces of software that all do the same thing, but to get the biggest effect I had to run them all. I don’t remember the names of the software, if you DM me I will check tomorrow. ![]() Awful software.Īnyway what I suggest you do is collect all the Symantec endpoint removal tools and scripts you can find. If you dig deep into Symantec’s (broadcoms) documentation the “if all else fails” solution is manually removing every single registry entry and system file, including booting into safe mode at some point. I migrated about 50 users from Symantec SEP to Trend Micro Apex One last year and it was a nightmare. ![]()
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