How to fully uninstall Cisco Secure Client (Including Profiles) on a Mac computer


This guide is not intended for a Deakin-managed (SOE) Mac machine. It is only applicable to the following computers:

You need admin rights on your computer to be able to complete these instructions.


Please follow the below steps to uninstall Cisco Secure Client completely from your Mac.

  1. Go to Applications.

     Navigate from the "Go" menu to "Applications"

  2. Uninstall all "Cisco Secure Client" programs. 

    Uninstall all "Cisco AnyConnect" programs or software

  3. Go to Utilities and launch Terminal. 

    Go to "Utilities", and access "Terminal"

  4. Go to the Cisco directory and type "cd /opt/cisco". Confirm presence of secureclient directory, type “ls –l”. Fully delete secureclient directory, type “sudo rm –rf secureclient”. Enter login password. Confirm secureclient directory is deleted, type “ls –l”. 

    Follow the instructions provided carefully