Remove system extension(s)

I've just uninstalled an app (USB network driver) & found that there's its system extension left with Full disk access disabled. Also got another one with annoying extension that I wanted get rid of...

So, tried to delete them from /Library/SystemExtensions folder with terminal "sudo rm -rf" command but it worked not, ending up with notification that I don't have enough permissions or something.

Googled for the subj & found it's been asked here several times but never replied adequately.

Honestly, I'm increasingly and unpleasantly surprised at how useless this community has become over the past few years.

So, dug it further and found several useful notes regarding System Extensions removal.


First of all, if you delete the host app for subject extension from the /Applications folder, system warns you about app's extensions to be removed and eventually does it gracefully.

However, sometimes it fails, or you want to remove one extension & keep the other(s) or whatever the reason to get rid of a system extension manually. Then you open Terminal app and type following:


systemextensionsctl list


This will give you the list of installed extensions with their Team & Bundle IDs. You'll need both to enter the next command that will gracefully remove the extension. Next is the example of removing annoying DrWeb Firewall service


systemextensionsctl uninstall 8B767T3AX3 com.drweb.Firewall.FirewallMonitor


Here "uninstall" is the command that accepts (requires) two input parameters — teamId & bundleId. So, the "8B767T3AX3" goes for temId, and the "com.drweb.Firewall.FirewallMonitor" for bundleId.


Should it happen, you'll get the Success message, and that's it!.. You will only have to reboot the system to get the files removed during boot process.

MacBook Pro 16″

Posted on Feb 4, 2024 10:27 AM

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