{"slug": "uninstall-wireshark", "title": "uninstall Wireshark", "summary": "The article provides a step-by-step guide for completely uninstalling Wireshark from a macOS system. The instructions include removing the application, support files, command-line scripts, launch daemon, and system configuration files. The process also involves unloading a specific launchd job and removing the access_bpf group.", "body_md": "uninstall Wireshark\n\n      This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.\n      \nLearn more about bidirectional Unicode characters\n\n \n    Show hidden characters\n\nHow do I uninstall?\n\n\t1.\tRemove /Applications/Wireshark.app\n\n\t2.\tRemove /Library/Application Support/Wireshark\n\n\t3.\tRemove the wrapper scripts from /usr/local/bin\n\n\t4.\tUnload the org.wireshark.ChmodBPF.plist launchd job\n\n\t5.\tRemove /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.wireshark.ChmodBPF.plist\n\n\t6.\tRemove the access_bpf group.\n\n\t7.\tRemove /etc/paths.d/Wireshark\n\n\t8.\tRemove /etc/manpaths.d/Wireshark", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uninstall-wireshark", "canonical_source": "https://gist.github.com/huhuang03/ec38dc52adc516fba3d6142a2abe8785", "published_at": "2018-08-25 10:20:51+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-24 01:36:21.788644+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["cybersecurity", "developer-tools", "open-source"], "entities": ["Wireshark"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uninstall-wireshark", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uninstall-wireshark.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uninstall-wireshark.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uninstall-wireshark.jsonld"}}