Reset Anydesk ID on MacOS

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Is it possible to reset the Anydesk ID on Macos? Uninstalling doesn't seem to work, you'll get the exact same id if you install Anydesk again

iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021, 2 ports)

Posted on Jan 30, 2023 10:48 PM

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Since there were other people asking the exact same thing but the answers/comments on them ar disabled, I'll just answer to my own question.

Yes, you can do that. Here are the steps:

Quit Anydesk
Remove Anydesk from Applications folder
Open terminal
type: rm -rf ~/.anydesk
Install anydesk again
Start Anydesk (if it shows no id or the id is 0) then do a Logout from your MacOS user
Login again and start Anydesk

That's it. You'll have a brand new Anydesk ID

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I was stuck with duplicate IDs after transfer one Mac to another.

On Ventura at least, I found the directory containing the config files to delete in order to generate a new AnyDesk ID.

/private/etc/anydesk

Open Terminal and run the following:

ls -l /private/etc/anydesk

You should see some files like connection_trace.txt, service.conf and system.conf.

Run rm -r /private/etc/anydesk.

Run anydesk again and install as a service and a new ID should be generated.

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