How do I uninstall Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Mac?
This application is not listed in my apps, nor does it ship with an uninstaller I can locate. The support site says to contact their support team, but the product is not listed in the drop down for support requests.
Here's what I tried so far in order to get it to stop running, so I could safely delete the program from disk, but it didn't help:
- sudo ps aux | grep -i endpoint
- sudo launchctl list | grep -i bitdefender
- for each bitdefender product listed: sudo launchctl remove
- reboot
The application ran again after reboot.
I might be a bit late on this one, but the uninstall script is one of
/Library/Bitdefender/AVP/Uninstaller/BitdefenderforMacUninstaller.app
/Library/Bitdefender/AVP/Uninstaller/EndpointSecurityforMacUninstaller.app
There should be a shortcut in the applications folder too.
Note that if you have multiple Bitdefender products installed and you only want to remove one of them, this is not the right approach.
- finder go to /Library/StartupItems, then delete Bitdefender folder
- finder go to /Library/LaunchDaemons, then delete com.bitdefender.* items
- finder go to /Library/LaunchAgents, then delete com.bitdefender.* items
- sudo ps aux | grep -i endpoint, note process pid
- sudo kill -9
- reboot
The program no longer launches after reboot. Now clean up its files from disk:
- sudo rm -rf /Applications/Bitdefender
This method only works if you startup disk is not encrypted:
- Restart your Mac and hold Cmd + R during boot to go into recovery mode
- In the menu bar choose
Utilities
>Terminal
Execute in the terminal:
cd /Volumes/[Your-Mac-HD-Name]
cd Library/
rm -f LaunchAgents/com.bitdefender.*
rm -f LaunchDaemons/com.bitdefender.*
rm -rf Bitdefender
- Reboot your Mac