# How to install agent silently?

**Last Updated On**: 29 May 2026  
**2 minutes read**

This document will guide you to install agent in a silent manner on a client machine. To accomplish silent installation of agent the following steps need to be followed.

## Silent Agent Installation using agent .exe file

1. Download the respective remote office agent installer file from **Agent -> Computers -> Download Agent**.

![select the account details](https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/desktop-central/help/device-onboarding/silent_agent_1.webp)

2. Open command prompt as Administrator from the location where file is downloaded.
3. Execute the below commands in command prompt.

```
<RemoteOffice_agent>.exe /silent
```

**Example**

```
LocalOffice_Agent.exe /silent
```

![silent agent installation](https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/desktop-central/help/device-onboarding/silent_agent_2.webp)

## Silent Agent Installation using MSI zip file

1. Download the respective remote office agent installer file from **Agent -> Agent Installation -> Other Methods -> Download Agent under Command Line option**.

![silent agent installation](https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/desktop-central/help/device-onboarding/silent_agent_4.webp)

2. Extract the zip into a folder in the agent machine.
3. Open command prompt as Administrator from the location where the zip file is extracted.
4. Run the command provided below.

**For the build below 10.1.2220.1**

```
msiexec /i "UEMSAgent.msi" /qn TRANSFORMS="UEMSAgent.mst"
ENABLESILENT=yes REBOOT=ReallySuppress INSTALLSOURCE=Manual
SERVER_ROOT_CRT="%cd%DMRootCA-Server.crt"
DS_ROOT_CRT="%cd%DMRootCA.crt" /lv "Agentinstalllog.txt"
```

**For the build above 10.1.2220.1**

```
msiexec /i "UEMSAgent.msi" /qn TRANSFORMS="UEMSAgent.mst"
ENABLESILENT=yes REBOOT=ReallySuppress INSTALLSOURCE=Manual
SERVER_ROOT_CRT="%cd%DMRootCA-Server.crt"
DS_ROOT_CRT="%cd%DMRootCA.crt" /lv "Agentinstalllog.txt"
```