Overview

Kerio Control VPN removal procedure requires a specific process to follow. The uninstallation is done using Kerio Control VPN installation package. It is recommended to use the same uninstaller package as the currently installed version.

 

 

Solution 1

• Open Activity Monitor, find "vpn" and locate the 3 Kerio VPN services running

• Select them all and Force Quit them

• Go to the System Preferences > Users & Groups, select Login Items, and "minus" both KVpn items

• Go to System Preferences and right-click over the Kerio Control VPN Client preference pane, select Remove 

• Delete the VPN configuration files, which are located in /Users/youruser/.kerio/vpnclient with a SuperUser just:sudo rm -rf /Users/youruser/.kerio/vpnclient
• Finally, also delete the main app folder:sudo rm -rf /usr/local/kerio/vpnclient

No need to restart the computer.

 

Solution 2

1. Download the installation package from Kerio Software Archive.
2. Open package installation file (.dmg) and double-click on uninstaller.
   
3. Click Open to overcome the Security warning
   
4. Type your macOS administrator password.
   
5. Click OK to confirm System Events deletion.
   

Solution 3

Please apply these steps in case Solution 1 did not work:

1. Make sure you are logged in as an administrator on the macOS system.
2. From the macOS System Preferences, right-click on the Kerio Control VPN Client icon > Remove "Kerio Control VPN Client" Preference Pane.
3. Manually remove all the files related to the Kerio Control VPN client, by executing the following commands from the Terminalapplication:
   
   sudo rm -rif /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.kerio.kvpncsvc.plist
sudo rm -rif /usr/local/kerio/
sudo rm -rif /Users/username/.kerio  ("username" should be replaced with your actual username).

Confirmation 

The Kerio VPN client was uninstalled from macOS and it doesn't appear in the System Preferences.