Preparing to leave Stanford

To clear your Downloads or Documents folders:

• • Go to the Finder.
• • In the menu bar, select "Go" and choose the appropriate folder from the menu.
• • You may then look through that folder for Stanford data. Users with small amounts of data on the machine may be able to select "All My Files" but this option will probably yield a prohibitively large number of files for most users.
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Removing Stanford accounts:

Depending on your version of Mac OS X, you may be able to remove accounts by way of System Preferences.

• • Under the Apple menu, choose "System Preferences" and then click the "Mail, Contacts & Calendars" option.
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• • In the Mail/Contact/Calendar page, you can delete Stanford accounts by selecting them in the left-hand column and pressing the minus button at the bottom of the column.
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After removing accounts here, you should still complete the following steps to ensure that the accounts are removed.

• • To delete your Stanford email account, open Mail and select "Preferences" from the Mail menu.
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• • From there, choose "Accounts" in the top row of the Preferences window. Your mail account may be called "Stanford," "Zimbra," or something similar. Select it and click the minus button at the bottom of that column to delete the account.
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• • To delete your Stanford Calendar, open the Calendar or iCal application and select "Preferences"
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The process is the same as Mail: Select "Accounts" on the top row, select the appropriate account from the left-hand column, and delete by pressing the minus button.

Finally, you should make sure there are no email attachments with Stanford data that need to be deleted. Go to the Finder, and select the "Go" menu while holding down the Option key on your keyboard. You should see an additional option for "Library." Select it and the Library folder will open.

From there, look in the folder "Mail Downloads" to make sure there are no documents containing Stanford data.

You should clear the cache and any saved passwords from your browser.

Safari | Chrome | Firefox

Safari

In Safari, you can do this by selecting "Reset Safari" under the Safari menu.

Check "Clear History," "Remove all website data," "Remove saved names and passwords," "Remove other AutoFill form text" and "Clear the Downloads list."

Chrome

In Chrome, you may select "Clear Browsing Data" under the Chrome menu.

From the "Clear Browsing Data" window, select "the beginning of time" and check "clear download history," "delete cookies and other site and plug-in data," "empty the cache," "clear saved passwords" and "clear saved Autofill form data."

Firefox

Firefox users will have to clear this data manually.  From the Firefox menu, select "Preferences."

Under the "Privacy" option in the top row,  select "Clear your recent history."

In the resulting window, for "Time range to clear" choose "Everything," and check the boxes for "Cookies," "Cache" and "Active Logins."

In the previous window, select "Remove individual cookies."  From there, type "Stanford" into the search bar and click "Remove All Cookies."

To remove Stanford data from your MDM-equipped iPhone or iPad, go to https://mdm.stanford.edu, log in with your SUNet ID and password, and click "Remove Stanford Data."

If you did not use MDM to set up mail and calendaring, open the Settings application on your iOS device and go to "Mail, Contacts, Calendars."  From there, choose the Stanford account – it may be called Stanford, Zimbra, Exchange or whatever else it was named when set up – and scroll to the bottom of the screen and choose "Delete Account."

1. Download the Big Fix installer from the Mac tab on the BigFix Guide.

2. Open the Bigfix_90586_SOM.dmg file and you will be given the option of AgentUninstaller and BigFix_Mac.pkg

3. Select "AgentUninstaller" and click to "Open"

4. You will be prompted to verify that you wantto uninstall BigFIx. Click "Ok" to begin the uninstallation process.

5. You wil see a dialogue box stating that the uninstlaler files wants to make changes. Enter your admin password and click "Ok"

6. When the process completes, restart the computer.