Disable FortiClient Auto Start on macOS
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Open terminal or shell.
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Open the file /Library/LaunchAgents/com.fortinet.forticlient.fct_launcher.plist using your favorite text editor, here I use vim.
$ sudo vi /Library/LaunchAgents/com.fortinet.forticlient.fct_launcher.plist
- Default contents of the com.fortinet.forticlient.fct_launcher.plist file as follows.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.fortinet.fct_launcher</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/Library/Application Support/Fortinet/FortiClient/bin/FCTLauncher</string>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
Change the word true to false, so that the contents of the com.fortinet.forticlient.fct_launcher.plist file as follows.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.fortinet.fct_launcher</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/Library/Application Support/Fortinet/FortiClient/bin/FCTLauncher</string>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<false/>
</dict>
</plist>