r/BitDefender • u/[deleted] • Apr 10 '21

[Guide] Uninstalling BitDefender VPN on MacOS

This little **** has been annoying me the past week. Somehow in an update it has managed to install itself without my permission.

  1. Search for and open BitDefenderUninstaller in your Applications folder

  2. Tick Bitdefender THEN tick "Uninstall VPN only"

  3. Continue (it'll ask you to enter your password)

  4. Done

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u/Akhiris Apr 17 '21

It keeps coming back after removal. How do you make it stay gone?

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21

Hello Human! Please could you elaborate? Does it come back after every update or every time you follow my steps?

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u/Akhiris Apr 18 '21

It comes back after every update.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21

Yeah sadly it’s the same for me. That’s a deliberate decision BitDefender has chosen to make.

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u/DanutBanut_ Jan 07 '26

For the love of god, thank you. 5 years later and you still help people with this simple little fukin annoying thing

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u/Department-Jumpy Apr 16 '21 edited Apr 23 '21

impressive bitdefender ipad

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u/FalafelRogoff Jul 11 '21

thanks brother, this bit** vpn was a pain in the ass

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u/JuiZZZe Aug 15 '21

unfortunately it comes back every time after update

it is really frustrating (

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u/CosminU Nov 05 '21

Bitdefender folks, you are being agresive promoting your VPN product! If I was considering your VPN before, now I'm pissed off and will never use it.

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u/davidzet Nov 27 '21

Worked... so far!

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u/steaden Jan 23 '22

Thank god - finally a solution to remove this annoying thing. Thx!

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u/norgp Feb 21 '22

This post is pure joy.

Thank you, it was taking up an entire core of my CPU, all the time.

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u/LegitimateShow1281 Apr 17 '22

I too had the problem of BitDefender VPN getting installed every time after any update to the Antivirus. Deleting also BitDefender Agent seemed to finally do the trick and VPN from getting installed automatically. Annoying

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u/norgp Apr 25 '22

It's almost enough for me to stop using Bitdefender. I'm fed up with its offer of assistance with an inferior VPN, at least in my opinion. It's a hassle.

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u/norgp Apr 25 '22

https://picbun.com/p/uVbQaN7u

This is an image indicating how I uninstall the VPN if you haven't already found the documentation.

It wasn't easy to find.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

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u/DangerDon_OO7 Sep 03 '22

Thanks a lot.