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How to uninstall Sophos Home on a Mac

  • Article ID: 122710
  • Updated: 15 Jan 2016
  • 4 people found this helpful
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This article describes how to uninstall Sophos Home on a Mac computer. If you are looking for the Windows uninstall instructions, click here.

Applies to the following Sophos product(s) and version(s)
Sophos Home

Operating systems
OSX 10.8 and newer

What To Do

To uninstall Sophos Home, use the Remove Sophos Anti-Virus app on your Mac.

  1. Use the Spotlight to search for Remove Sophos Anti-Virus.
    Note:
    If Spotlight does not show you the app, navigate to the Applications folder and run the Remove Sophos Anti-Virus.app directly from there.
  2. When Remove Sophos Anti-Virus is highlighted in the list, hit enter. This should launch the Remove Sophos Anti-Virus app
  3. When prompted, click Continue



  4. When prompted, enter your password
  5. After a few seconds, you will see the following. Sophos Home has now been uninstalled.

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  • Sophos Home

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