Remove Zabbix agent from Windows and CentOS with ease with this handy guide from Bobcares.

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Let’s take a look at how our Support Team recently helped remove Zabbix agent from Windows and CentOS.

How to remove Zabbix agent from Windows and CentOS

A Zabbix agent is a lightweight version of Zabbix that collects different performance data like CPU usage, memory usage, disk space usage, network interface utilization, and so on. Furthermore, it forwards this information to the server for visualization and storage.

How to remove the Zabbix agent from Windows

1. First, we have to log in to the VPS via RDP.
2. Then we have to open Command Prompt as administrators.
3. After that, we have to enter the command below in order to open the Zabbix installation directory.

   cd\Program Files\zabbix\bin\win64
4. Next, we have to run the following command in order to uninstall the Zabbix service:

   zabbix_agentd.exe –uninstall
5. Then, we will remove the zabbix_agentd.conf and zabbix_agentd files.
6. After that, we have to remove the Zabbix folder as well from C:\Program Files.
7. Finally, we have to delete the Zabbix agent from the Zabbix server.

How to remove the Zabbix agent from CentOS

1. First, we have to log in to the VPS via SSH.
2. Then, we will enter the command below:

   yum remove zabbix-agent -y
3. Next, we have to remove the Zabbix directory.
4. After that, enter the ls command in order to load all folders under etc. This is where we will find a folder named Zabbix.
5. Then, we will remove the Zabbix folder by running this command:

   rm -rf zabbix
6. Finally, we can delete the Zabbix agent from the Zabbix server.

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Conclusion

To sum up, the skilled Support Engineers at Bobcares demonstrated how to remove the Zabbix agent from Windows and CentOS.