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Purpose of Knowledge Article

  • A guide on CrowdStrike Falcon installed via BigFix for macOS system

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1

Click Take Action

The installation will run in the background and it will take a few minutes before you see the next window. You can click on the Progress tab in BigFix to see the status.

2

Click Allow to the popup saying "com.crowdstrike.falcon.app would like to filter network content"

OR

Click Allow to the popup saying "Falcon would like to filter network content"


Note: you may see this popup more than once

3

macOS 11 Big Sur/12 Monterey:

  • Click Open System Preferences

macOS 13 Ventura: 

  • Click Open System Settings 
macOS 11 Big Sur/12 MontereymacOS 13 Ventura
4

macOS 11 Big Sur/12 Monterey:

    • Click Security & Privacy

macOS 13 Ventura: 

    • On the left column, select Privacy & Security
macOS 11 Big Sur/12 MontereymacOS 13 Ventura
5

macOS 11 Big Sur/12 Monterey:

    • Select the General tab and look for "System software from application "Falcon" was blocked from loading". Click Allow and type in your computer password

macOS 13 Ventura:

    • On the right-hand column, look for "System software from application "Falcon" was blocked from loading". Click Allow and type in your computer password, if asked
macOS 11 Big Sur/12 MontereymacOS 13 Ventura
6Click Dismiss

7BigFix will prompt you to restart the computer, click Take Action

8A Restart Now window will appear asking you to save all your work before restarting. Be sure to save all your work then click Restart Now

1Launch the Terminal app from the Utilities folder

2

Run sudo /Applications/Falcon.app/Contents/Resources/falconctl uninstall -t

3Type in your computer password and hit Enter key on your keyboard
4

Copy and paste in the maintenance token you received

Note: nothing will show up as you input the maintenance token, so be sure to only paste it once and hit enter

5

You will see a confirmation saying "Falcon is uninstalled"

Note: you must restart the computer to complete the uninstallation process

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