Saturday, May 4, 2013

Getting rid of LogMeIn on MAC OS X

So you tested LogMeIn or used it for just a couple of times and you are willing to remove it from your MAC OS X system, right?

Problem: after trashing the application, like you are used to do to de-install an apps, it's still there. There is even a taskbar icon that seems to be impossible to remove.

Solution: don't delete all the LogMeIn folders you can find on your MAC but rather use the provided - but somehow hidden - uninstaller.sh script.

Open Finder and navigate to /Library/Application Support/LogMeIn
In this folder there is a file named uninstaller.sh. Drag it to a terminal and prefix the command line with sudo, like this:

raskal:$ sudo /Library/Application\ Support/LogMeIn/uninstaller.sh
Enter your password...

Fixed, it's all gone... Almost!

They are some remaining files: browsers' plugins...
Navigate to /Library/Internet Plug-Ins. Depending on the browsers installed on your system you may find one or several LogMeIn plugin; e.g.,

  • LogMeIn.plugin
  • LogMeInSafari32.plugin
  • LogMeInSafari64.plugin

The better is to launch every browser and deactivate the plugin first; this is true for Firefox but not for Safari. For Safari, you must close it (Cmd-Quit) and then remove all LogMeIn*.plugin file, thus you should first deactivate the plugin from all browsers you have except Safari, then you can delete the plugin files safely and it will clean Safari from LogMeIn, finally :-)