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Uninstalling the Vanta Device Monitor

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Written by Shannon DeLange
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If you need to uninstall the Vanta Device Monitor on one of your devices, follow the instructions below based on the device's Operating System (OS).

macOS

  • Open Terminal. To do this, use the search (cmd + space bar) and search for Terminal.

  • Once open, copy/paste the command

    sudo /usr/local/vanta/vanta-cli uninstall

  • Press Enter. You'll be prompted to enter your password (this is the password you use to log in to your computer or install applications).
    Note: You will not see active typing, but the text is being captured.

  • It is now uninstalled

Windows

  • Stop any tasks associated with the Vanta Device Monitor. You can do this by opening the Task Manager, either by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc or by clicking the Taskbar and selecting Task Manager.

  • Select any Vanta Device Monitor tasks and click end task.

  • Go to Apps & features, search for Vanta, and click on the Uninstall button.

  • Delete the files in the Vanta folder from this location C:\ProgramData\Vanta.

  • If you wish to uninstall the Vanta Device Monitor through PowerShell, check out the following article

Linux

  • Open the command line, and copy/paste

    sudo vanta-cli uninstall

Removing the Device from Vanta

  • Uninstalling does not remove the Vanta Device Monitor registration within Vanta. As an admin, you can visit the Computers page to remove the Vanta Device Monitor, individually or in bulk.

  • Do this only if the uninstall command did not remove the device from the user's profile.

  • If an administrator performs this action rather than using the uninstall command, the device will be permanently disabled. Please reach out to [email protected] to re-enable the node key, allowing for future installations.

  • Once a Vanta Device Monitor is disabled, Vanta will no longer pick up updates for that device through the Vanta Device Monitor. Monitors/Tests will no longer look at the Vanta Device Monitor.