Removing Kolide K2 Launcher

In the event that you want to completely remove the Kolide K2 Launcher agent from a device, you can do so by following the steps below. Many of these steps use local administrator permissions, and depending on the OS configuration, may ask for your local password.

Note that to avoid being billed for the device, it will additionally need to be removed from the Kolide console.

On macOS

First, launch Terminal.
Next, unload and remove the launcher by running:

sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.kolide-k2.launcher.plist
sudo rm -f /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.kolide-k2.launcher.plist
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/kolide-k2
sudo rm -rf /etc/kolide-k2
sudo rm -rf /var/kolide-k2

On Windows

The K2 Launcher is installed using an MSI. The easiest way to uninstall is to:

1. Enter  Apps & Features

2. Search for Kolide 

3. Click Uninstall 

The LauncherKolideK2Svc should no longer be present.

You may remove c:\Program Files\Kolide\Launcher-kolide-k2 

Windows Manual Removal

If there are problems with your MSI install, you can try several things

You may need to use an MSI to repair, and then remove Kolide.

You can manually stop the service using from a cmd or powershell window using sc.exe delete LauncherKolideK2Svc and then remove c:\Program Files\Kolide\Launcher-kolide-k2

On Linux

Linux is usually installed via native OS packaging, based on systemd

CentOS

sudo systemctl stop launcher.kolide-k2
sudo systemctl disable launcher.kolide-k2
sudo rpm -e launcher-kolide-k2
sudo rm -rf /var/kolide-k2 /etc/kolide-k2

Ubuntu and Debian

sudo systemctl stop launcher.kolide-k2
sudo systemctl disable launcher.kolide-k2
sudo dpkg --purge launcher-kolide-k2
sudo rm -rf /var/kolide-k2 /etc/kolide-k2

Questions or other operating systems

Please contact us via Intercom, and we can assist you with uninstalling for your specific Linux machine!