This article walks you through the steps to remove osquery from your device. Remember that if you enrolled this device in a Fleet instance, it would display as an offline host in the Fleet UI until you manually remove it.
## On macOS:
Open up your terminal and paste the following commands; note that `sudo` is required, and you’ll need administrator privileges to complete this process.
Click Uninstall again to confirm, and osquery will be removed from your Windows device. You might need to restart your computer to complete the uninstall process fully.
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## On Linux:
1. Open your terminal and paste the following commands to stop the running osquery service, uninstall osquery, and clean up files created by osquery.
2. Note that `sudo` is required, and you’ll need administrative privileges to complete this process.
3. Using Debian package manager (Debian, Ubuntu, etc.) :
```
sudo systemctl stop osqueryd.service
sudo apt remove osquery
rm -rf /var/osquery /var/log/osquery /etc/osquery
```
Using yum Package Manager (RHEL, CentOS, etc.) :
```
sudo systemctl stop osqueryd.service
sudo yum remove osquery
rm -rf /var/osquery /var/log/osquery /etc/osquery
```
Are you running into trouble uninstalling osquery on macOS, Windows, or Linux? Get help on Slack in the [#fleet channel](https://osquery.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-h29zm0gk-s2DBtGUTW4CFel0f0IjTEw#/).
