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The page author metadata changed from paulinbar/painbar to limwainstein. The uninstall guidance continues to direct administrators to the Offboard Mac devices documentation for cleanup requirements.
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Uninstall Defender for Endpoint
Before you uninstall Defender for Endpoint, offboard the device and remove or update the policies that manage it. For the optional device-retirement tags, tamper protection requirements, offboarding package, and system extension policy cleanup, see Offboard Mac devicesOffboard Mac devices.
You can uninstall the app interactively or from the command line. If you manage devices with Jamf Pro, deploy the offboarding profile before you remove the application. Centrally managed uninstallation isn't currently available in Microsoft Intune.
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ uhfHeaderId: MSDocsHeader-MicrosoftDefender manager: bagol description: Learn how to use Microsoft Defender for Endpoint commands on macOS, collect diagnostics, manage quarantine, enable autocompletion, and uninstall the app. ms.service: defender-endpoint-author: paulinbar-ms.author: painbar+author: limwainstein+ms.author: limwainstein ms.reviewer: joshbregman ms.localizationpriority: medium ms.collection:@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Defender for Endpoint stores quarantined files in `/Library/Application Support/
## Uninstall Defender for Endpoint
-Before you uninstall Defender for Endpoint, offboard the device and remove or update the policies that manage it. For the optional device-retirement tags, tamper protection requirements, offboarding package, and system extension policy cleanup, see [Offboard Mac devices](offboard-machines#offboard-mac-devices).
+Before you uninstall Defender for Endpoint, offboard the device and remove or update the policies that manage it. For the optional device-retirement tags, tamper protection requirements, offboarding package, and system extension policy cleanup, see [Offboard Mac devices](offboard-machines#offboard-macos-devices).
You can uninstall the app interactively or from the command line. If you manage devices with Jamf Pro, deploy the offboarding profile before you remove the application. Centrally managed uninstallation isn't currently available in Microsoft Intune.