Administrator Guide

Uninstall the Master Installer
● Dell recommends using the Data Security Uninstaller to remove the Data Security suite.
● Each component must be uninstalled separately, followed by uninstallation of the master installer. The clients must be
uninstalled in a specific order to prevent uninstallation failures.
● Follow the instructions in Extract the Child Installers from the Master Installer to obtain child installers.
● Ensure that the same version of master installer (and thereby clients) is used for uninstallation as installation.
● This chapter refers you to other chapters that contain detailed instructions of how to uninstall the child installers. This
chapter explains the last step only, uninstalling the master installer.
● Uninstall the clients in the following order.
1. Uninstall Encryption .
2. Uninstall SED Manager.
3. Uninstall Full Disk Encryption
4. Uninstall BitLocker Manager.
● Proceed to Uninstall the Master Installer.
Uninstall the Master Installer
Now that all of the individual clients have been uninstalled, the master installer can be uninstalled.
Command Line Uninstallation
● The following example silently uninstalls the master installer.
"DDSSetup.exe" /s /x
Reboot the computer when finished.
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