Uninstalling Symantec Endpoint Encryption - Full Disk (SEE-FD) from a computer with no registered users

Products

• Endpoint Encryption

Issue/Introduction

Can SEE-FD be uninstalled from a computer with the software installed but no registered users?

Resolution

To remove SEE-FD from a computer that has no registered users

1. Push a policy to remotely decrypt the computer.
2. Remove the SEE-FD Client via Add/Remove Programs. Do NOT restart yet.
3. Remove the SEE-FD Framework.

NOTE: Make sure you do not have a policy applied to the computer that installs SEE-FD, or the software will reinstall itself.