Uninstall Horizon Agent from a Windows Machine

You can uninstall Horizon Agent from a Windows machine by using the Windows Control Panel or the Horizon Agent installer. You can also remove individual Horizon Agent features silently from the command line.

Prerequisites

• Verify that you have administrative rights on the machine.
• Verify that no Horizon sessions are active on the machine.

Uninstall Horizon Agent Interactively

You can uninstall Horizon Agent by using the Windows Control Panel or by running the Horizon Agent installer.

To uninstall Horizon Agent using the Control Panel:

1. Open Control Panel > Programs > Uninstall or change a program.

2. Select Omnissa Horizon Agent.

3. Click Uninstall. Alternatively, click Change and then select Remove.

   For more information about the installer's Modify, Repair, and Remove options, see Modify Installed Components with the Horizon Agent for Windows Installer.

4. Follow the prompts to complete the uninstallation.

5. Restart the machine for the changes to take effect.

To uninstall Horizon Agent using the installer:

1. Double-click the Horizon Agent installer file.

2. Select Remove.

3. Follow the prompts to complete the uninstallation.

4. Restart the machine for the changes to take effect.

Remove Individual Features Silently

To remove individual Horizon Agent features rather than the entire agent, use the REMOVE MSI property in a silent command. The following example removes the USB Redirection feature, where agent-installer.exe is the name of the installer file:

agent-installer.exe /s /v"/qn REMOVE=USB"

For more information about the MSI properties, see Silent Installation Properties for Horizon Agent for Windows.

Uninstall Horizon Agent Silently

To uninstall Horizon Agent silently:

1. Run the uninstall command Omnissa-Horizon-Agent-x86_64-2609-8.20.0-29801769855.exe" /s /v"REMOVE=ALL /qn.

2. Restart the machine for the changes to take effect.