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Uninstalling security applications from devices

Security applications are automatically uninstalled from devices that are marked for deletion in the following cases:

• A device is running Windows.

  Automatic uninstallation of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows is not available if Kaspersky Endpoint Security 10.0 for Windows is still in use in your workspace. We recommend that you prepare the distribution package of the latest version of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows.

• A device is running macOS and the installed version of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Mac is 11.0 or later.

In other cases, you must uninstall security applications manually.

Automatic uninstallation is scheduled to start every three hours. Other settings of automatic uninstallation can be changed.

Starting uninstallation forcibly

If you want, you can forcibly uninstall the security applications ahead of schedule.

To forcibly uninstall security applications:

1. Open Kaspersky Next Management Console.
2. Select the Devices section.

   The Devices section contains a list of devices that have been added to Kaspersky Next.

3. Click the Show marked for deletion button.

   Management Console displays the list of devices that have been marked for deletion.

4. Click the link with the name of any device with the (Scheduled) status.

   The device properties window opens. At the top of the window, the security application uninstallation status with detailed information is displayed.

5. Click the Run uninstallation now link in the detailed information.
6. In the Run uninstallation now window that opens, click the Uninstall button.

Uninstallation of security applications starts on all of the devices on which uninstallation is scheduled.