How can I uninstall the FTDIUSBSerialDriver?

How can I uninstall the FTDIUSBSerialDriver and FTDIUSBSerialDriverInstaller from my MacBook Air with Yosemite? They are shown in System Information → Software → Installations.

The files are highlighted in blue below:

Solution 1:

First, find out if the package is installed, and it's name:

pkgutil --pkgs | grep -i ftdi

It should output:

com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver

Then get a list of files:

pkgutil --files com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver

In my case, this was the result:

Library  
Library/Extensions  
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext  
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents  
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/Info.plist  
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/MacOS  
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/MacOS/FTDIUSBSerialDriver  
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/Resources  
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/Resources/English.lproj  
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings  
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/_CodeSignature  
Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeResources  

Then simply delete the files in question:

sudo rm -r /Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext

And follow it up with "forgetting" the package:

sudo pkgutil --forget com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver

Solution 2:

Answer from codebender itself here: http://feedback.codebender.cc/knowledgebase/articles/861399-how-to-uninstall-the-drivers-installed-by-codebend

Unistall FTDI drivers In order to uninstall the FTDI drivers follow the steps below:

Open a terminal and type:
cd /System/Library/Extensions/
Verify that the .kext file is present:
ls | grep FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
Output should be:
FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
Then type:
sudo rm -R FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
Verify that the .kext file has been removed:
ls | grep FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
Output should be empty.
After you should remove the files stored in receipts folder:
cd /private/var/db/receipts/
Find the enties:
ls | grep FTDI
Output should be: com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.FTDIUSBSerialDriver-2.pkg.bom com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.FTDIUSBSerialDriver-2.pkg.plist com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.postflight.pkg.bom com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.postflight.pkg.plist com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.preflight.pkg.bom com.FTDI.ftdiusbserialdriverinstaller.preflight.pkg.plist
Remove each one of the files of the above list:
sudo rm -rfilename

Solution 3:

The kext is located here:

/System/Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext

Delete the kext, then delete the relevant receipts:

/Library/Receipts/ftdiusbserialdriver.pkg
                  ftdiusbserialdriverinstallerPostflight.pkg
                  ftdiusbserialdriverinstallerPreflight.pkg

Make sure you've got a backup.