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Uninstalling Endpoint Agents

This section describes how to manually uninstall CA Data Protection endpoint agents.

Follow these steps:

1. The uninstall procedure depends on the local operating system. For example:

   Windows 7 or Vista: In the Programs and Features applet, click Uninstall a program. In the resulting screen, right-click CA Data Protection Client’. Then click Change.

   Note: If you click Remove instead, you do not get the option to keep the CA Data Protection database (see step 3).

2. When the Installation Wizard starts, go to the Program Maintenance screen.

   Choose Remove to uninstall CA Data Protection from the current computer.

3. In the Remove the Program screen, you can keep or remove the local CA Data Protection database. If you keep the database, you can reconnect to it if you reinstall CA Data Protection.
   1. Select or clear the 'Delete CA Data Protection Database' check box, as required.
   2. Click Remove to being the uninstall.
4. (Applies to Client File System Agent and Client Print System Agent only) Restart the endpoint computer to finalize the uninstallation.

   Note: You only need to restart the endpoint computer if it was hosting the CFSA or CPSA. If these agents were not installed on the endpoint computer, you do not need to restart.