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A guide to uninstall Sophos Home from your system

This web page is about Sophos Home for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by Sophos Limited. Additional info about Sophos Limited can be read here. More information about Sophos Home can be seen at . Sophos Home is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Endpoint Agent folder, subject to the user's choice. C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Endpoint Agent\SophosUninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Sophos Home. The application's main executable file is titled SophosUninstall.exe and its approximative size is 1.07 MB (1122464 bytes).

Sophos Home installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 1.07 MB (1122464 bytes) on disk.

  • SophosUninstall.exe (1.07 MB)


The information on this page is only about version 4.3.1.2 of Sophos Home. You can find here a few links to other Sophos Home releases:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Sophos Home:
  • C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Endpoint Agent

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove Sophos Home:
  • C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Endpoint Agent\deleter.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Endpoint Agent\SophosUninstall.exe

Many times the following registry data will not be uninstalled:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Sophos Endpoint Agent
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Sophos\Home

Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Endpoint Agent\SophosUninstall.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Endpoint Agent\SophosUninstall.exe.FriendlyAppName


A way to delete Sophos Home with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sophos Home is a program released by Sophos Limited. Some users choose to remove this application. This can be difficult because deleting this by hand takes some skill related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK manner to remove Sophos Home is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Sophos Home or simply click the Search feature and type in "Sophos Home". If it is installed on your PC the Sophos Home app will be found very quickly. When you click Sophos Home in the list of apps, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Sophos Home, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Sophos Home:





  • The web site of the program is: http://www.sophos.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Endpoint Agent\SophosUninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Sophos Home.
Uninstall Sophos Home


8. After removing Sophos Home, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Sophos Home which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Sophos Home with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Sophos Home by Sophos Limited from your computer, nor are we saying that Sophos Home by Sophos Limited is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Sophos Home supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2023-07-12 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2023-07-12 20:18:50.013