IMPORTANT: Before you try to remove the McAfee Agent manually (using the steps in Solution 2), try to remove the McAfee Agent by executing the following commands for Linux systems:

rpm -e MFEcma
rpm -e MFErt

If the above fails to remove the McAfee Agent, follow the manual removal instructions in Solution 2.

Use the following instructions to manually remove McAfee Agent for Linux.

IMPORTANT: Before you continue, make sure that you have removed any additional McAfee products that are on the client computer. The following commands must not be run when other McAfee products are installed or running.

Execute the following commands for Linux systems:
 

rpm -e MFEcma --nodeps --noscripts
rpm -e MFErt --nodeps --noscripts

Execute the following commands for Debian packages:

The following commands cleanly uninstall and remove package-related database entries from the system database. No additional commands are needed.
 

If the folders still exist, the following commands can be executed to remove agent-specific folders: