Having trouble uninstalling Forticlient VPN (Mac)

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I can’t remove Forticlient VPN from my Mac (MacOS version 14.5) despite trying every method, including ForticlientUninstaller. However, ForticlientUninstaller requires me to install a helper tool, and I’m unsure about its safety.

I’ve also attempted to uninstall it from Terminal, but I encountered an error: “Not Permitted.”

Could someone advise on how to proceed safely?

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!kill FCT related processes
sudo pkill FortiClien*
sudo pkill fct*
sudo pkill FortiTra*

!remove from disk
sudo rm -rf /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.fortinet.forticlient.*
sudo rm -Rfv “/Library/Application Support/Fortinet”
sudo rm -Rfv /Applications/FortiClient

3

You wrote iOS, but I suppose you mean MacOS. iOS runs on mobile devices.

Have you tried uninstalling manually?

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How safe is it to install the helper tool from ForticlientUninstall?

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Hey there, thanks for your suggestion, I’m getting an error saying, “No matches found” on that exact code.

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Thanks, I updated the post. I did try following the guide in the article, but it didn’t work for me.

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Why would it be unsafe?

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on which command?

Idea is

  1. kill any process related to a FCT
  2. then just delete everything

actually in step 1.5 :slight_smile: you can run some mac app uninstall utility (eg AppCleaner) as there are references to other locations on a system , like LaunchAgents, Logs etc.

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Are you sure this free VPN client but not EMS client?

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I don’t know, that’s why I’m asking.