Manual removal of the agent from a Windows device:
If your agent is updated to version 1.4, only the following step is relevant:
Open Settings and navigate to Apps > Installed Apps, then delete the Guardz Agent app.
For older versions, follow the instructions below:
Open
PowerShellwith administrator privileges and run the following commands:sc.exe stop "Guardz Agent"sc.exe delete "Guardz Agent"
Open
Settingsand navigate toApps>Installed Appsand delete theGuardz Agentapp.Open
File Explorerand delete the following directories:%SystemRoot%\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\com.guardz%ProgramData%\com.guardz
Manual removal of the agent from a Mac device by Terminal:
If your agent is updated to version 1.4, only the following step is relevant:
sudo '/Applications/Guardz Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/Guardz Agent' --mode uninstall
For older versions, follow the instructions below:
Open
Terminaland run the following commands:sudo launchctl bootout system/com.guardz.daemonsudo rm -r /var/root/Library/Application\ Support/com.guardzsudo rm -r /var/root/Library/Logs/com.guardzsudo rm -r /Library/Application\ Support/com.guardz
Open Finder and navigate to the
/Applicationsfolder.Right-click the
Guardz Agentapp and selectMove to Trash.
You can use the following one-liner script as well:
Mac script - ends with .sh
Windows script - ends with ps1
Make sure you run them for every machine that has the installed Guardz agents with sudo (or as root).
Bulk removal using a script (RMM)
# Script to uninstall the Guardz Agent # Ensure to run this script with administrative privileges # Define the display name of the application to search for $targetAppName = "Guardz Agent" # Registry paths to check $uninstallKeyPaths = @( "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall", "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" ) # Initialize a flag to track if the app is found $appFound = $false foreach ($keyPath in $uninstallKeyPaths) { Get-ChildItem -Path $keyPath -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { $appName = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $_.PSPath).DisplayName if ($appName -eq $targetAppName) { $uninstallString = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $_.PSPath).UninstallString if ($uninstallString) { # Clean up the uninstall string if it includes extra arguments if ($uninstallString -like "msiexec*") { # Extract only the MSI product code from the uninstall string if ($uninstallString -match "msiexec\.exe.*?({.*?})") { $productCode = $matches[1] # Use msiexec to uninstall Write-Host "Uninstalling $targetAppName using msiexec..." -ForegroundColor Green Start-Process -FilePath "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList "/x $productCode /quiet /norestart" -Wait $appFound = $true } } else { # Run the custom uninstaller directly if not MSI-based Write-Host "Running custom uninstaller for $targetAppName..." -ForegroundColor Green Start-Process -FilePath $uninstallString -Wait $appFound = $true } } } } } if (-not $appFound) { Write-Host "The application '$targetAppName' was not found on this system." -ForegroundColor Red }
FAQs: Guardz Device Uninstallation
Question: Is there a way to run a CLI command on the endpoint to check the Guardz agent version?
📍Answer: Yes, you can use a PowerShell command to determine the version of the Guardz agent installed on a Windows endpoint.
Command:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq "Guardz Agent" }Steps:
Open a PowerShell window with administrative privileges.
Copy and paste the command above.
Press Enter.
The output will display details about the Guardz agent, including its version.