Uninstall Windows Agent from the command line

Use Uninstall.exe

Run from an escalated command prompt

Close Windows Explorer windows showing %programfiles%\qualys\qualysagent or %programdata%\qualys\qualysagent

Make sure no command prompts are open to any of these directories

Running Uninstall.exe by double-clicking it in Explorer is not supported.

To uninstall, you should provide the Uninstall=True command line option from the elevated command prompt open to a neutral (not containing Qualys files) directory like this:

"uninstall.exe" Uninstall=True

The quotes " " around the file path are required because the environment variable expands to contain spaces.

To uninstall and remove agent registry entries, append the Force=True command line option as specified below:

"uninstall.exe" Uninstall=True Force=True

Important notes about Force=True

The setting Force=True is optional. This removes the registry keys and agent UUID from the host. If an agent is later re-installed on that host a new agent UUID is created (the old one is not used). If you intend to reinstall the agent and wish to reconnect it to its current asset record currently visible in your account, just run the command without Force=True or remove via the Add/Remove programs feature in Windows.