Removing the application

Virtual machines and user data will no longer be protected if Kaspersky Security is uninstalled.

The procedure to uninstall Kaspersky Security from the virtual infrastructure consists of the following stages:

1. Uninstalling the Protection Server component of Kaspersky Security.

   To uninstall the Protection Server component, remove the deployed SVMs. To uninstall Kaspersky Security completely, remove all SVMs. If necessary, you can remove only some of the SVMs.

   If you have removed some of the SVMs, it is recommended to remove connection settings for virtual infrastructures, in which these SVMs were deployed. You should remove these settings from the following lists:

   • from the list of virtual infrastructures to which the Integration Server is connected for receiving information about the protected infrastructure
   • from the list of virtual infrastructure objects to which the SVM Management Wizard is connected (see, for example, the "Selecting SVMs to remove" step of the SVM removal procedure)
2. Uninstalling the Light Agent for Windows or Light Agent for Linux component from virtual machines, as well as uninstalling the Light Agent for Windows component from virtual machine templates.
3. Uninstalling the Network Agent component of Kaspersky Security Center from the protected virtual machines and virtual machine templates.
4. Removing the Kaspersky Security management plug-ins, Integration Server, and Integration Server Console.

After the Protection Server and Light Agent components are removed, the SVMs and virtual machines on which Light Agents were installed are still displayed in the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console. After the expiration of the period specified in the Kaspersky Security Center settings (see the Kaspersky Security Center help), information about the SVMs and virtual machines is automatically deleted. You can remove this information from Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console manually after uninstalling the application.