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How to Really Uninstall p≡p for Thunderbird on MacOS

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  • last reply by Axel Feb. 24, 2021
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    Axel
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    Feb. 15, 2021, 4:51 p.m. Feb. 15, 2021, 4:51 p.m.
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    I already uninstalled it from Thunderbird a while ago but now a popup appeared asking me to update and there's an updater app running that I can't quit. How do I really uninstall it ?

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    Axel
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    Feb. 16, 2021, 2:32 a.m. Feb. 16, 2021, 2:32 a.m.
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    There's a daemon called pEp-mini-json-adapter running. How do I uninstall this ?

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    sva
    Team 8 posts
    Feb. 16, 2021, 4:33 p.m. Feb. 16, 2021, 4:33 p.m.
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    Hey Axel, what way did you uninstall (like, e.g. disabled or removed the add-on, or uninstalled Thunderbird in total, or...)?
    The best way to uninstall pEp for Thunderbird MacOS in total is to locate the app in finder and move it to the trash, see also support.apple.com/en-us/HT202235
    If you only want to remove pEp but want to continue using Thunderbird, then go in to the Thunderbird Add-On menu and disable (or remove) the Add-on.
    Both ways should not result into a daemon still running - some more details would be great to be able to hunt down a possible bug :)

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    Axel
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    Feb. 17, 2021, 4:44 p.m. Feb. 17, 2021, 4:44 p.m.
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    I only disabled and removed the add-on. The pEp-mini-json-adapter and foundation.pEp.adapter.macOS are still running. How can I uninstall these ?

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    sva
    Team 8 posts
    Feb. 23, 2021, 4:24 p.m. Feb. 23, 2021, 4:24 p.m.
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    Hey Axel,

    you are right, I was wrong, sorry!
    The uninstall of the pep Add-On doesn't remove the adapters! The reason is, that e.g. if your system would have an outlook with pEp as well, that one would be still needing those. Meanwhile I found out how to uninstall them, too - took me a while, sorry, but finally:

    $ sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/foundation.pEp.miniadapter.plist
    $ sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/foundation.pEp.adapter.macOS.plist
    $ sudo rm -Rf /Library/Application\ Support/pEp/
    $ sudo rm /Library/LaunchAgents/foundation.pEp.*
    

    What I also found out on that way, is that user data (like trust trating and keys) aren't removed that way. To remove those, you need to delete the .pep folder:

    $ rm -Rf ~/.pEp
    

    Thanks for your patience - and yes, we will update this all in the user manuals :)

    cheers,
    sva.

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    Axel
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    Feb. 24, 2021, 7:51 p.m. Feb. 24, 2021, 7:51 p.m.
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    Thanks - it worked.

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