How To Set A Uninstall Password for Netskope

Summary: An uninstall password is useful to prevent unauthorized removal of the Netskope client on a Windows Operating System.

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Instructions

Affected Products:

Netskope Client

Affected Platforms:

Windows 10.0 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Windows NT 6.3)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (Windows NT 6.1)

In a web browser, go to the Netskope web console:
- United States Datacenter: https://[TENANT].goskope.com/
- European Union Datacenter: https://[TENANT].eu.goskope.com/
- Frankfurt Datacenter: https://[TENANT].de.goskope.com/

Note: [TENANT] = The tenant name in your environment

Log in to the Netskope web console.
Click Settings.
Click Security Cloud Platform.
Click Devices.
In Devices click Client Configurations.
In Client Configuration, click Default Tenant config.

Note: If you have created additional client configurations, ensure you pick the correct configuration that you want to set an uninstall password for.
In the Client Configuration window, scroll down until you see the Tamperproof section.
In the Tamperproof section, click the checkbox for Password protection for client uninstallation and service stop.
Enter a password into the Admin Password box.
Click Save.
You have now successfully set an uninstallation password. Any deployed endpoints will pick up this policy change the next time that they contact the server.