Uninstalling Specops Authentication

To remove your Specops Authentication customer account, complete the below steps.

In Specops Authentication:

  1. In the Specops Authentication web menu, select Authentication for O365, and click Disconnect.
  2. To remove your customer account, please contact Specops Support.
  3. Uninstall the Gatekeeper from Program and Features.

In Microsoft Entra ID:

  1. Find the federation settings for the federated domain and change the authentication settings to Domain Authentication. You can do this using PowerShell.
  2. Browse to Enterprise Applications, All applications, Specops Authentication, and click Delete.
  3. Remove the Specops Exchange Sync Account, example: (specopsexchangeadminXXXX@domain.onmicrosoft.com)

PowerShell commands:

To turn off federation for a domain (set it to “Managed”), use this cmdlet:

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Shell Script

Set-MsolDomainAuthentication -DomainName yourdomain.com -Authentication
            Managed

This command will turn off single sign-on and multi-factor authentication with Specops Authentication. If you want to remove more information, continue to the next command.

To remove the information associated with Specops Authentication, use this cmdlet:

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Shell Script

Set-MsolDomainFederationSettings –DomainName yourdomain.com –IssuerUri
                “” –FederationBrandName “” –LogOffUri “” –SigningCertificate
            “”

To remove the domain, and all users associated with the domain, use these cmdlets:

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Shell Script

Get-MsolUser –DomainName yourdomain.com | Remove-MsolUser
            Remove-MsolDomain domain.com

For more information, click here

Uninstalling local components

The local components below need to be removed in order to ensure a complete uninstall of Specops Authentication.

Add/Remove Programs

  • Uninstall Specops Authentication Gatekeeper and Specops Authentication Admin from Programs and Features.

File system

  • Navigate to C:\Program Files\Specopssoft and delete the Specops Authentication folder.
  • Navigate to C:\ProgramData\Specopssoft and delete the Specops Authentication folder.

Registry

  • Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software > Specopssoft, and delete the Authentication folder.
  • Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Specopssoft, and delete Authentication folder.

Active Directory

  • Navigate to System > Specops, and delete the SpecopsAuthentication container.
  • Navigate to Users, and delete the Specops Authentication Administrators, Specops Authentication Gatekeepers and the Specops Authentication User Administrators groups.
  • If you used a Managed Service account: Navigate to the Managed Service Accounts folder, and delete the account associated with the Gatekeeper.
  • Open Computer Management and navigate to System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Groups, and click Administrators. Select the Gatekeeper account and click Remove.
  • Remove the Specops uReset enrollment data sub-object. The sub-object can be found under the user object if Users, Contacts, Groups, and Computers as containers, and Advanced Features is enabled from the View menu.