Unable to uninstall Take Control MAC

Last Modified

Tue Aug 04 13:12 GMT 2020

Description

  • After removing the agent from MAC computer Take Control may not uninstall correctly and get pop up window regarding Take Control and cannot remove.

Environment

  • N-able N-central

Solution

To resolve this please execute following steps
  1. On the macOS device, navigate to Finder > Application > Utilities > Terminal App;
  2. Run the following commands:
    • launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/MSPAnywhereServiceConfiguratorN-central.plist
    • launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/MSPAnywhereAgentPLN-central.plist
    • sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/MSPAnywhereDaemonN-central.plist
    • sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/MSPAnywhereHelperN-central.plist
  3. Uninstall the Take Control Agent (macOS) just like you would do to any other program or application on macOS by moving the application to Trash.