How do I uninstall Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Mac?

Question

This application is not listed in my apps, nor does it ship with an uninstaller I can locate. The support site says to contact their support team, but the product is not listed in the drop down for support requests.

Here's what I tried so far in order to get it to stop running, so I could safely delete the program from disk, but it didn't help:

1. sudo ps aux | grep -i endpoint
2. sudo launchctl list | grep -i bitdefender
3. for each bitdefender product listed: sudo launchctl remove
4. reboot

The application ran again after reboot.

Answer 1

I might be a bit late on this one, but the uninstall script is one of

/Library/Bitdefender/AVP/Uninstaller/BitdefenderforMacUninstaller.app
/Library/Bitdefender/AVP/Uninstaller/EndpointSecurityforMacUninstaller.app

There should be a shortcut in the applications folder too.

Answer 2

Note that if you have multiple Bitdefender products installed and you only want to remove one of them, this is not the right approach.

1. finder go to /Library/StartupItems, then delete Bitdefender folder
2. finder go to /Library/LaunchDaemons, then delete com.bitdefender.* items
3. finder go to /Library/LaunchAgents, then delete com.bitdefender.* items
4. sudo ps aux | grep -i endpoint, note process pid
5. sudo kill -9
6. reboot

The program no longer launches after reboot. Now clean up its files from disk:

1. sudo rm -rf /Applications/Bitdefender

Answer 3

This method only works if you startup disk is not encrypted:

• Restart your Mac and hold Cmd + R during boot to go into recovery mode
• In the menu bar choose Utilities > Terminal

Execute in the terminal:

cd /Volumes/[Your-Mac-HD-Name]
cd Library/
rm -f LaunchAgents/com.bitdefender.*
rm -f LaunchDaemons/com.bitdefender.*
rm -rf Bitdefender

• Reboot your Mac