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Manually remove Paragon NTFS v15 leftovers MacOS
# after appcleaner does his magic, do this
sudo rm -rf "/Library/Application Support/Paragon Software/"
sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.paragon-software.installer.plist
sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.paragon-software.ntfs.loader.plist
sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.paragon-software.ntfsd.plist
sudo rm /Library/LaunchAgents/com.paragon-software.ntfs.notification-agent.plist
sudo rm -rf /Library/Filesystems/ufsd_NTFS.fs/
sudo rm -rf /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.paragon-software.installer
sudo rm -rf /Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext/
sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/ParagonNTFS.prefPane
@donchipote
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Hi! noob question: is that a code? should i copy and paste all those lines in some kind of mac DOS?

@pelinoloji
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You save my life! I have been trying to find a way. Thanks very much!

@megskelton
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Hi! noob question: is that a code? should i copy and paste all those lines in some kind of mac DOS?

In your terminal, yep. Just press cmd + spacebar and type terminal, then copy and paste those lines into the terminal window.
The .sh suffix to the filename indicates that it's a shell script i.e. Bash in Mac.

@AskFeeds
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AskFeeds commented Mar 7, 2019

The latest Paragon NTFS has an uninstall driver which goes together with an installer driver on the DMG file (installation Disk Image). You can use Paragon NTFS uninstaller to remove this app from your Mac. Guess it could bring more thorough clean result.
paragon-ntfs-for-mac-how-to-uninstall_2

@pedro380085
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Thank you!

@MclloydVuong
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MclloydVuong commented May 7, 2019

@sjtugaoman try rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.paragon-software.ntfs.notification-agent ~/Library/Caches/com.paragon-software.ntfs.fsapp ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.paragon-software.ntfs.fsapp ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.paragon-software.ntfs.notification-agent

@orkhan10
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Thank you very much.!

@diegodsp
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Thanks a lot! 👊

@frostyjhammer
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Thank you mister Seven -- nothing else would make those pop-ups go away on my mbp. =`:^>

@ann-dev
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ann-dev commented Jan 31, 2020

I can confirm this works, thanks!

@weo3dev
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weo3dev commented Mar 15, 2020

good gawd thank you so much.

@soroushm
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soroushm commented May 5, 2020

Thanks!
you save me when I was floating with broken search and spotlight

@divyaimca
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Thanks

@code4power
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Strangely enough, many very expensive programs were solved, but this $ 20 application failed…

@xaddison
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Anyone else have lingering files still in: /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Application Support/Paragon Software/

@SergiySev
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btw, you can download NTFS fro mac for free from Seagate:
https://www.seagate.com/de/de/support/software/paragon/

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mrcabdriver commented Jun 17, 2021

Thank you all.
This one does the trick on the fly.
All you need is to press button "Activate".
Screenshot 2021-06-17 at 13 40 30
Lines for terminal:

sudo killall FSApp
sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.paragon-software.ntfsd.plist
sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.paragon-software.installer.plist
sudo rm -rf "/Library/Application Support/Paragon Software/.config"
sudo rm -rf "/Library/Application Support/Paragon Software/.support"
sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.paragon-software.ntfsd.plist
sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.paragon-software.installer.plist
sudo launchctl start com.paragon-software.ntfsd
sudo launchctl start com.paragon-software.installer

@Dex1019
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Dex1019 commented Jul 6, 2021

NTFS for mac is free as mentioned by SerguySev. Thanks for sharing.
https://www.seagate.com/de/de/support/software/paragon/

@anuragbanjare
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thanks

@zeugma123
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The Seagate version is "free" but gives read-only mounts.

@DavidVaness
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thanks

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miti5 commented Nov 12, 2022

Thank you in all languages!

@DarkLegacy248
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Thank you, I was looking for this forever.

@Dem1urg0
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have this error after do: sudo rm -rf /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext
rm: /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeResources: Operation not permitted
rm: /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext/Contents/_CodeSignature: Operation not permitted
rm: /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext/Contents/MacOS/ufsd_NTFS: Operation not permitted
rm: /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext/Contents/MacOS: Operation not permitted
rm: /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext/Contents/Info.plist: Operation not permitted
rm: /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext/Contents: Operation not permitted
rm: /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/ufsd_NTFS.kext: Operation not permitted

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