Having trouble uninstalling Forticlient VPN (Mac)

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?

!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

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

Have you tried uninstalling manually?

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

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

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

Why would it be unsafe?

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.

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

I don’t know, that’s why I’m asking.