Circa Nov 2022:
Manual uninstall for CrashPlan on OS X:
Run the following command in Terminal first:sudo ls
This will ask for a password. Please enter your computers Administrator’s password, and then press return. Once you have done that, you can copy and paste the following commands. These commands will ensure that removal of the CrashPlan files in the next step will be successful. The uninstall directions per install method is listed below. There is no harm running both set of instructions to be sure.
Installed for All Users:
sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.code42.service.plistsudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.crashplan.service.plistsudo chflags noschg /Applications/Code42.appsudo chflags noschg /Applications/CrashPlan.appsudo chmod -R 755 /Library/Application\ Support/Code42/sudo chmod -R 755 /Library/Application\ Support/CrashPlan/
Open a Finder window, and delete the following folders./Library/Application Support/Code42//Library/Application Support/CrashPlan/
- It should be noted that inside of this folder is
backupArchiveswhich may contain any inbound backups from another machine. If there is data in this folder, please move it elsewhere.
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.code42.service.plist/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.crashplan.service.plist/Applications/Code42//Applications/CrashPlan//Library/Cache/Code42//Library/Cache/CrashPlan/
Once these remaining 3 folders are deleted, CrashPlan should be successfully uninstalled from the system level.
Installed for your user.
These commands will ensure that removal of the CrashPlan files in the next step will be successful. Please note that use of the ~ symbol means your user folder.launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.code42.service.plistlaunchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.crashplan.service.plistsudo chflags noschg ~/Applications/Code42.appsudo chflags noschg ~/Applications/CrashPlan.appsudo chmod -R 755 ~/Library/Application\ Support/Code42/sudo chmod -R 755 ~/Library/Application\ Support/CrashPlan/
Open a Finder window, and delete the following folders.~/Library/Application Support/Code42/~/Library/Application Support/CrashPlan/
- It should be noted that inside of this folder is
backupArchiveswhich may contain any inbound backups from another machine. If there is data in this folder, please move it elsewhere.
Once these remaining 3 folders are deleted, CrashPlan should be successfully uninstalled from the user level.
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