GlobalProtect
Uninstall Option for GlobalProtect
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Uninstall Option for GlobalProtect
Software Support: Starting with PAN-OS
9.1 and GlobalProtect™ app 5.1 with Content Version 8207-5750.
OS
Support: Windows only
To prevent users from uninstalling
the GlobalProtect app and getting around the security and compliance
requirements you want to enforce, you can now configure a password
that users must enter in order to uninstall GlobalProtect. After
you set a password on the GlobalProtect portal and configure the
dynamic app configuration to require the password for uninstallation,
when the GlobalProtect app on the Windows endpoint connects to the
portal and fetches the configuration, it saves the uninstall password
settings to the registry.
- On the firewall configured to act as the GlobalProtect
portal, select the app configuration.Select .
- Use the Allow User to Uninstall GlobalProtect
App option to allow users to uninstall the GlobalProtect
app, prevent them from uninstalling the GlobalProtect app, or allow
them to uninstall if they specify a password you create.
- To allow users to uninstall the GlobalProtect app with no restrictions, select Allow.
- To prevent users from uninstalling the GlobalProtect app, select Disallow.
- To allow users to uninstall the GlobalProtect app with a password, select Allow with Password; then, in the Uninstall GlobalProtect App section, enter an Uninstall Password and Confirm Uninstall Password.Based on your configuration, the following values are set in the Windows registry: Uninstall value = 0 for Allow; Uninstall value = 1 for Disallow; Uninstall value = 2 for Allow with Password.
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- In the Uninstall GlobalProtect App section, enter an Uninstall
Password and Confirm Uninstall Password.
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- Click OK twice.
- Commit the configuration.
