Uninstall Elastic Agent

To uninstall Elastic Agent from a host, run the uninstall command from the directory where it’s running. Refer to the Fleet and Elastic Agent documentation for more information.

If Agent tamper protection is enabled on the Agent policy for the host, you’ll need to include the uninstall token in the command, using the --uninstall-token flag. You can find the uninstall token on the Agent policy. Alternatively, find Fleet in the navigation menu or by using the global search field, and select Uninstall tokens.

For example, to uninstall Elastic Agent on a macOS or Linux host:

sudo elastic-agent uninstall --uninstall-token 12345678901234567890123456789012

If you have multiple tamper-protected Elastic Agent policies, you may want to provide multiple uninstall tokens in a single command. There are two ways to do this:

• The --uninstall-token command can receive multiple uninstall tokens separated by a comma, without spaces.

  sudo elastic-agent uninstall -f --uninstall-token 7b3d364db8e0deb1cda696ae85e42644,a7336b71e243e7c92d9504b04a774266
  

• --uninstall-token's argument can also be a path to a text file with one uninstall token per line.

  Note

  You must use the full file path, otherwise the file may not be found.

  sudo elastic-agent uninstall -f --uninstall-token /tmp/tokens.txt
  

  In this example, tokens.txt would contain:

  7b3d364db8e0deb1cda696ae85e42644
  a7336b71e243e7c92d9504b04a774266
  

Use these commands to uninstall Elastic Endpoint from a host ONLY if uninstalling an Elastic Agent is unsuccessful.

Windows

cd %TEMP%
copy "c:\Program Files\Elastic\Endpoint\elastic-endpoint.exe" elastic-endpoint.exe
.\elastic-endpoint.exe uninstall
del .\elastic-endpoint.exe

macOS

cd /tmp
cp /Library/Elastic/Endpoint/elastic-endpoint elastic-endpoint
sudo ./elastic-endpoint uninstall
rm elastic-endpoint

Linux

cd /tmp
cp /opt/Elastic/Endpoint/elastic-endpoint elastic-endpoint
sudo ./elastic-endpoint uninstall
rm elastic-endpoint