VPN does not fully uninstall on a Mac

Overview

Uninstalling VPN from a Mac sometimes does not fully uninstall and requires a command line to complete the process

Procedures:

Requirements:

• MacOS 10.15 or newer
• Cisco AnyConnect client 4.X or newer
• You must have administrator privileges to uninstall the VPN Client. If you do not have administrator privileges, you must have someone with administrator privileges uninstall the product for you.
• We recommend that you uninstall any previous version of the VPN Client for Mac OS X before you install a new version.

Instructions:

1. Open a terminal window (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)

2. Run the following command: sudo /opt/cisco/anyconnect/bin/vpn_uninstall.sh

3. Enter your password

4. Answer Yes when prompted to remove all profiles and certificates

Follow the steps on this page:  https://rc.partners.org/kb/article/1396

References:

Info from:  https://rc.partners.org/kb/article/1396

Last Reviewed:   15-Aug-2022