Background item added days after uninstalling NoMachine

[AlexIE]

I have the same issue as this thread:  https://forum.nomachine.com/topic/background-item-left-behind-after-uninstall

I uninstalled by dragging the app to the trash.  Now, several days later, a background task was added by NoMachine S.a.r.L.  This is problematic behaviour to say the very least.

NoMachine 8.16.1, MacOS 15.4.1, Macbook Pro M4

Please advise on proper, full uninstallation instructions.

[Britgirl]

Hello, it would be useful to know (the same questions as the other topic):

In which way did you uninstall NoMachine:

1) moved NoMachine.app to trash bin?
2) removed /Applications/NoMachine.app dir from terminal?
3) removed /Applications/NoMachine.app dir from SSH session?

Did you see message boxes requesting password and administrative privileges for NoMachine Uninstall?

https://forum.nomachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PasswordNoMachineUninstall.png
https://forum.nomachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AllowNoMachineUninstall.png

Do you still have /Library/Application Support/NoMachine/var/log. If yes, could you pack the dir and send to forum[at]nomachine[dot]com?

Could you send also output from commands:

which bash

ls -l /bin/bash

id nx

Please check the correct way to uninstall NoMachine in the following article in our KB:

How to uninstall NoMachine on Mac
https://kb.nomachine.com/AR12K00767

[AlexIE]

Hi, I answered your questions in my initial post; I uninstalled by dragging the app to the trash.

No, I wasn’t prompted for any credentials at any point.

No, the log directory specified doesn’t exist.

I cannot follow the instructions as that script does not exist. (/Library/Application Support/NoMachine/nxuninstall.sh)

~ % which bash

/bin/bash

 ~ % ls -l /bin/bash

-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  1310224 12 Apr 06:16 /bin/bash

~ % id nx 

id: nx: no such user

[AlexIE]

It’s been a week – any updates?

[katpan]

Hello Alexie,

 

Probably there are some leftovers here:

ls -l /Library/LaunchAgents/*nomachine*

ls -l /Library/LaunchDaemons/*nomachine*

1. You can check which agent or daemon is still working by running these commands with sudo and without sudo:

sudo launchctl list | grep nomachine

launchctl list | grep nomachine

 

2. After that, you can remove them by using labels from the previous step, like this:

sudo launchctl remove com.nomachine.nxserver

launchctl remove com.nomachine.localnxserver

3. In the end, please remove leftovers from:

/Library/LaunchAgents/

/Library/LaunchDaemons/

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