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Uninstalling the Linux agent on RHEL-based systems

  • Published on Sep 8, 2026
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Follow the steps in this section if you need to uninstall the agent software from your Linux endpoint running a support RHEL-based operating system, including

  • RHEL versions 7.2, 7.3, 7.4,7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 8 (64-bit)

  • CentOS versions 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7 (64-bit)

  • Amazon Linux AMI version 2018.3, AMI2 (64-bit)

To uninstall Linux agent software on your RHEL-based system:

  1. Open a Terminal session on your Linux endpoint running Endpoint Security Agent (HX) software version .

  2. Type the following command to identify the .rpm or .run that was used to install the Endpoint Security Agent (HX) software version on your Linux endpoint.

    username@localhost:~$ yum list | grep xagt

    The example below identifies the xagt-[xAgent version]-1.el7.x86_64.rpm file as the file that was used to install the agent software on the Linux endpoint. You can see the Linux OS bit-architecture, the agent software version, and the software status.

    xagt.x86_64

    [xAgent version]-1.el7

    installed

  3. Run the correct uninstall command for the file type you identified in Step 2 to remove the Endpoint Security Agent (HX) software version from your Linux endpoint.

    • If the .rpm file was used to install the Endpoint Security Agent (HX) software version on your Linux endpoint, use the rpm -e command to uninstall the agent software from your Linux endpoint.

      username@localhost:~$ sudo rpm -e <installation_filename.rpm>

    • If the .run file was used to install the Endpoint Security Agent (HX) software version on your Linux endpoint, use the binary path and uninstall script to remove the agent software from your Linux endpoint.

      username@localhost:~$ sudo /opt/fireeye/bin/uninstall.sh

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