USM Anywhere enables you to delete completely a sensor Sensors are deployed into an on-premises, cloud, or multi-cloud environment to collect logs and other security-related data. This data is normalized and then securely forwarded to USM Anywhere for analysis and correlation. from your environment. Keep in mind that if you delete a sensor, you will delete all assets An IP-addressable host, including but not limited to network devices, virtual servers, and physical servers. and jobs related to that sensor.

To delete a sensor

1. Go to Data Sources > Sensors to open the page.

2. Click the icon of the sensor you want to delete.

   

3. Click Delete this sensor permanently.

The deleted sensor is not displayed in the list of sensors.

Important: Keep in mind that if you terminate an AWS instance, an Azure virtual machine, GCP virtual machine, or a VMware virtual machine, any assets that have vulnerabilities associated with them will not be automatically deleted when the discovery scan finds them terminated in AWS, Azure, or VMware vCenter/vSphere.