Systems and methods for disabling applications on a client device remotely are disclosed. An example method may comprise establishing, via a network interface device, a communication connection with a client computing device, receiving, via the communication connection, a list of applications installed on the client computing device, comparing the received list of applications to a blacklist of applications, identifying, in view of the comparing, an installed application on the received list of applications, the installed application comprised in the blacklist of applications, identifying a severity score corresponding to the installed application and an action corresponding to the severity score, and responsive to the identifying the severity score and the corresponding action, causing, by the processing device, the corresponding action to be performed with respect to the client computing device, the corresponding action pertaining to the installed application.