How to delete the 3rd Party App installed on the device after deleting the device completely from SOTI?

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Pranay
GLS eComLab GmbH

Is there a way to delete the 3rd-party app installed on the device using a profile (where the app package was added to the profile)? When I delete the device from SOTI, the app remains. I would like to know if it's possible to automatically delete the app after deleting the device.

8 months ago
SOTI MobiControl
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Rafael Schäfer
8 months ago

1st: Which 3rd party app? The agent?

2nd: How was it installed? During enrollment (if itt's the agent)?

3rd: If my guesses are true: Wipe the device. If you have disabled that, re-enroll it to soti and then wipe it using soti befoire deleting it there.

optional: Start device in safe mode and wipe the device from there if not disabled.

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Pranay
8 months ago

It’s our own app, not the agent. It was installed through a profile where the app package was uploaded. 

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Matt Dermody Diamond Contributor
8 months ago

Generally speaking it should uninstall automatically when you enroll the device as part of default behavior. 

It may not uninstall automatically however if you check this option in Package Builder (If the APK based Package was built using Package Builder)

Another reason it might not uninstall is if you've modified this option in the Profile assignment options when the Profile was first assigned.

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Rafael Schäfer
8 months ago

In that case Matt and Raymond already provided where to look at.

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PMMOD@SOTI
8 months ago

Hello Pranay,

Thank you for your post on SOTI Pulse. Rafael Schäfer, Matt Dermody and Raymond Chan, thank you for responding to the post your expertise and willingness to help are greatly appreciated!

Could you please confirm if you’ve had the opportunity to test Raymond’s & Matt Dermody suggested solutions and whether they have effectively resolved your issue?

If the proposed solution has resolved the problem, please consider marking this post as the solution. Additionally, feel free to reach out if you need further clarification or have any follow-up questions.

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Raymond Chan Diamond Contributor
8 months ago

When creating a .pcg package with either Package Studio utility or web-console UI in recent MobiControl versions, the default set-up for the option "Do Not Uninstall the File" for any file/folder added is disabled.  Thus,  when deleting or unenrolling a device, all deployed profiles (and files/folders with this "default "uninstall option within packages associated with the profile) will all be uninstalled.