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Hi All,
Can someone help me with a strange symbol appeared on my menu bar?
I posted a screenshot: it's the one on the left on the wireless symbol.
If I click on it two options appear: "VPN is not configured" and "Open network preferences"
Many thanks for your time.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13
This bugged me, so went to look around. And I found this:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/346019/how-to-remove-the-vpn-is-not-configured-icon-from-the-menu-bar-on-macos where it seems to be explained as dead-simple "non-problem" :D ...
At first, there was no sign of VPN in the network-control-panel.
If you have a VPN-something in your connections-list on the left, you should see the tick box "VPN-Status …" where you would just untick it.
Or, create a new VPN by clicking the + above the lock...
But, first, you could try to plainly cmd-drag it out of the menu?
hth
david
This bugged me, so went to look around. And I found this:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/346019/how-to-remove-the-vpn-is-not-configured-icon-from-the-menu-bar-on-macos where it seems to be explained as dead-simple "non-problem" :D ...
At first, there was no sign of VPN in the network-control-panel.
If you have a VPN-something in your connections-list on the left, you should see the tick box "VPN-Status …" where you would just untick it.
Or, create a new VPN by clicking the + above the lock...
But, first, you could try to plainly cmd-drag it out of the menu?
hth
david
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes.
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.
Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report if you capture the URL while there…
Whew, they've changed pastebin & made it harder, but after pasting in, click Create new paste button, then Embed button, then copy the URL...
<script src="https://pastebin.com/embed_js/KuvnghqA"></script>
The important part of the above is...
https://pastebin.com/embed_js/KuvnghqA
Workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts...
Hi David Braun,
thanks for your reply.
Yes I did install VPN softwares but I deleted it.
I open Network Preferences and I couldn't find any trace of it.
is there a way to find the process running and kill it, and then delete it.
May be with Terminal.
Many thanks
Hi BDAqua,
thanks for your help even if I solved in a simpler way (read below).
Have you got any answer for my other post?
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252732504
Many thanks
You probably installed some software that provide VPN-connection, or activated a VPN, or ticked a box saying "show status in menu-bar"
Did you try to "open network preferences"?
Hi BDAcqua,
correct if I am wrong please.
Can I paste directly the outcome of EtreCheck directly in here?
Using Pastebin looks a bit complicated for me!
Many Thanks
Hi David Braun,
thanks for your help: I solved it using your tricks.
Bye everyone
I think P. Phillips handled the question well. :)
Strange symbol on the menu bar
