Uninstall cnspec

If you need to remove cnspec from a host, this page walks through it cleanly: log out of Mondoo Platform, uninstall the package, and clean up the leftover repository or scheduled task.

If cnspec is running as a service, stop and disable it first. Uninstalling requires administrator or sudo privileges.

Log out and uninstall

Log out the cnspec client:
```
cnspec logout --force
```

Uninstall the package:

sudo apt remove mondoo
sudo apt autoremove

Remove the repository and signing key:

sudo rm /usr/share/keyrings/mondoo-archive-keyring.gpg
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mondoo.list

Log out the cnspec client:
```
cnspec logout --force
```
Uninstall the package:
```
sudo dnf remove mondoo
```
Remove the repository:
```
sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/mondoo.repo
```

Log out the cnspec client:
```
cnspec logout --force
```
Uninstall the package:
```
sudo zypper remove mondoo
```
Remove the repository:
```
sudo rm /etc/zypp/repos.d/mondoo.repo
```

Log out the cnspec client:
```
cnspec logout --force
```

Remove the MondooUpdater scheduled task:

Unregister the scheduled task and remove its folder

Unregister-ScheduledTask -TaskName MondooUpdater -Confirm:$false
$scheduleObject = New-Object -ComObject Schedule.Service
$scheduleObject.connect()
$rootFolder = $scheduleObject.GetFolder("\")
$rootFolder.DeleteFolder("Mondoo", $null)

Uninstall the Mondoo MSI package and remove its directories:

Uninstall and clean up

$app = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product -Filter "Name = 'Mondoo'"
$app.Uninstall()
Remove-Item 'C:\Program Files\Mondoo\' -Recurse -Force
Remove-Item 'C:\ProgramData\Mondoo\' -Recurse -Force

Log out the cnspec client:
```
cnspec logout --force
```
Uninstall using Homebrew:
Remove the mondoo package and tap
```
brew uninstall mondoo
brew untap mondoohq/mondoo
```
If present, remove configuration files:
```
sudo rm -rf /etc/opt/mondoo/
```

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