Uninstall a Nessus Agent on Mac OS X

Before you begin:

• Unlink the agent from the manager.

To uninstall Nessus Agent on Mac OS X:

1. Remove the Nessus directories. Using Finder, locate and delete the following items.

   • /Library/NessusAgent
   • /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.tenablesecurity.nessusagent.plist
   • /Library/PreferencePanes/Nessus Agent Preferences.prefPane

2. Disable the Nessus Agent service:

   1. From a command prompt, type the following command:

      $ sudo launchctl remove com.tenablesecurity.nessusagent
      

   2. If prompted, provide the administrator password.

What to do next:

• If you plan on reinstalling the Nessus Agent on the system, see the knowledge base article on how to avoid linking errors.