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Uninstalling the Linux xAgent 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 xAgent 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, 8 (64-bit)

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

  • Amazon Linux AMI version 2018.3 (64-bit)

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

username@localhost:~$ yum list xagt

The example below identifies the xagt-30.0.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm file as the file that was used to install the xAgentsoftware on the Linux endpoint. You can see the Linux OS bit-architecture, the xAgent software version, and the software status.

xagt.x86_64

30.0.1-1.e16

installed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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