How To Disable Little Snitch

There are two Keyboard Maestro macros here, to Enable or Disable Little Snitch's network filter using GUI scripting.

Both the scripts work entirely the same way:

  • Check to see if Little Snitch Configuration.app is running, save to a variable QUIT_LITTLESNITCH

  • Launch Little Snitch Configuration.app

  • Open Little Snitch Configuration.app's preferences (see note below)

  • Click on the 'General' tab (see note below)

  • Look for either a 'Stop' button or 'Start' button

    • if a 'Start' button is found when we want to enable the Network filter, press it

    • if a 'Stop' button is found when we want to disable the Network filter, press it

    • if a 'Start' button is found when we want to disable the Network filter, the network is already disabled (the presence of a 'Start' button means that the filter is stopped).

    • if a 'Stop' button is found when we want to enable the Network filter, the network is already enabled (the presence of a 'Stop' button means that the filter is already stopped).

  • If neither a 'Start' or 'Stop' button is found, prompt the user to see if GUI Scripting is enabled, and then cancel the macro.

  • Send + W to close the preferences window

  • If QUIT_LITTLESNITCH is 'yes' then quit Little Snitch Configuration.app

This is the Note Below that was mentioned above: The 'click on General' step is probably unnecessary, since Little Snitch's preferences default to showing the 'General' tab when it opens, but it feels like the right thing to do. For example, what if the preferences panel had already been opened to some other panel for some reason? Also, just for the sake of completeness, the macro opens the preferences panel using both the menu item and the keyboard shortcut. Doesn't hurt anything to do it twice, and if, for some reason, one of them misfires, the other could work.

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Warning!

In order for these macros to work, you have to enable GUI Scripting access to Little Snitch. Doing so is a potential security risk, so understand what you're doing before you do it. I consider the risk to be minimal and worth the trade-off. Use entirely at your own discretion. Caveat emptor.

To make that change, open Little Snitch Configuration.app and go to the 'Security' pane, click the lock icon (bottom left) and then make sure the box next to 'Allow GUI Scripting access to Little Snitch' as shown here:

Installation

After installing Keyboard Maestro, download the Enable-or-Disable-LittleSnitch-Network-Filter.kmmacros file. (n.b. the file can be named anything you want, just make sure that it ends with '.kmmacros' and nothing else (like .xml or .plist).

The easiest way to install it is simply to double click the '.kmmacros' file, which should import the macro into Keyboard Maestro and tell you that 2 macros were imported.

You can also use Keyboard Maestro's File » Import Macros... menu as shown here:

Then select the Enable-or-Disable-LittleSnitch-Network-Filter.kmmacros file from the Finder. You should get the same notification shown above.

By Tasnia Salinas, on January 31, 2020, in Mac Uninstaller

How to get started?

In this article, we help you to learn How To Completely Uninstall Little Snitch 4 from your Mac by using our dedicated Mac App Uninstaller software - Omni Remover. Make sure you have downloaded the latest version here before continuing.

Little Snitch is a host-based application firewall for macOS. It can be used to monitor applications, preventing or permitting them to connect to attached networks through advanced rules. Its integral network monitor allows one to see ongoing traffic in real time with domain names and traffic direction displayed (Learn How To Uninstall Silverlight on Mac).

It's also noteworthy that macOS includes the in-built firewall application by default and you can use it to control connections made to your computer from other computers on your network (How To Transfer Files Between iPhone and Mac). So if you feel no big use of Little Snitch 4, or you simply have better Little Snitch 4 firewall alternative, you can follow this guide article to learn how to uninstall Little Snitch 4 on your Mac.


Part 1: Uninstall Little Snitch 4 on Mac Manually

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macOS handles with cleaning and maintenance excellently. You can uninstall Little Snitch 4 or other applications easily by moving them to Trash folder. However, this way you can only remove the Little Snitch 4 application files and as for other app files, like Little Snitch 4 cached files, preference settings and running reports/logs, probably they'll be left behind. Follow steps below to learn how to uninstall Little Snitch 4 from your Mac manually (Learn How To Uninstall MacKeeper).

  • Step 1: To uninstall Little Snitch 4, open Finder > Applications > Little Snitch 4:
  • Step 2: After moving the Little Snitch 4 application file to Trash, these are still Little Snitch 4 related firewall engines, firewall settings, and other 'Hidden' components. To get rid of all these Little Snitch 4 leftovers, you need to move further: Open Finder > in Menu, click Go > enter ~/Library/.
  • Step 3: You may see a large amount of system file folders here. Now locate the Little Snitch 4 leftover files by digging into each folder. They are possibly stored in the following folders: Application Support | Caches | Containers | Frameworks | Logs | Preferences | Saved | Application State | WebKit
  • Step 4: Drag the files associated with Little Snitch 4 to Trash > Empty Trash and restart your Mac to finish the uninstallation of Little Snitch 4.

Part 2: Completely Uninstall Little Snitch 4 on Mac

As you can see, the manual way to uninstall Little Snitch 4 will take about 10-20 minutes to accomplish. What's worse, some unaware mistake operations will cause unknown disaster on your Mac. That's why you should use a professional Mac App Uninstaller program to remove Little Snitch 4 completely and safely.

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  1. Step 1:

    First up, click here to download Omni Remover (for macOS 10.8 and above) > Install > Open Omni Remover on your Mac.

  2. Step 2:

    In Omni Remover > App Uninstall > Click Little Snitch 4 > Clean Uninstall.

  3. Step 3:

    Then Omni Remover will start scanning all Little Snitch 4 data/files > After it finished scanning, click Clean Uninstall to start uninstall Little Snitch 4 from your Mac.

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