How to remove TunnelBear on your macOS and Mac OS X?


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This is an effective tutorial that helps you learn how to remove TunnelBear on your macOS and Mac OS X. This tutorial contains an automatically removal solution, a manually removal solution and a video is provided which teach you how to remove TunnelBear by MacRemover.

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What is it?

TunnelBear is the world’s easiest to use consumer VPN (virtual private network) that securely “tunnels” your internet connection to locations around the world. TunnelBear can be used to protect your privacy, to bypass internet censorship, and to experience the internet as people in other countries experience it.

Video: How To Automatically Remove TunnelBear by MacRemover?

Use automatically removal solution to remove TunnelBear in your macOS

1. Download and install MacRemover

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2. Switch to Finder and select Go -> Applications from the Finder menu.

3. Locate the MacRemover icon and double-click on it.

4. TunnelBear icon will be displayed on the Apps listview of MacRemover, and click on it.

5. Click “Run Analysis”, and then “Complete Uninstall”. TunnelBear will be automatically and completely removed.

Use manually removal solution to remove TunnelBear in your macOS

The steps listed below will guide you in removing TunnelBear:

1. Switch to the Finder and select Go -> Utilities from the Finder menu.

2. Locate the Activity Monitor icon and double-click on it.

3. On the main window of Activity Monitor, find the entry for TunnelBear, Autoupdate, fileop, TunnelBearHelper, ghostbear, openvpn, select them and click Quit Process.

4. Switch to the Finder again and select Go -> Applications from the Finder menu. Find the TunnelBear icon, right-click on it and select Move to Trash. if user password is required, enter it.

5.Then, hold an Option key while the Finder’s Go is being selected. Select Library. Locate any folders that are named the following names and drag them to the Trash.

  • TunnelBear (in Application Support folder)
  • com.tunnelbear.mac.TunnelBear (in Application Support folder)
  • com.tunnelbear.mac.TunnelBear (in Caches folder)
  • com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeara.plist (in LaunchAgents folder)
  • TunnelBear/application.log (in Logs folder)
  • com.tunnelbear.mac.TunnelBear.plist (in Preferences folder)

6. The following files/folders of TunnelBear, you need to use “rm” command to delete on the Terminal.

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  • com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeard.plist
  • com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeard

7. Restart your macOS.


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