Stop Pulse Secure from opening at startup Mac

Question

1. remove the /Library/LaunchAgents/net.pulsesecure.pulsetray.plist so that it does not autoboot at every startup

Every time you need the Pulse Secure VPN utility

2. Show package content in the application bundle: Pulse Secure

3. Go to /Applications/Pulse Secure.app/Contents/Plugins/JamUI

4. Double click on PulseTray

Or from terminal:

open /Applications/Pulse\ Secure.app/Contents/Plugins/JamUI/PulseTray.app

When done, close the PulseTray again.

Here is the basic idea of the solution:

https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Secure_Article/KB26679

There is no system configuration switch on the Mac to prevent auto startup of Pulse Secure.

So we have to using Automator, create an app to run the following script during system boot:

launchctl unload –w /Library/LaunchAgents/net.pulsesecure.pulsetray.plist

OR (depends on different version of Pulse Secure, the plist file has different name)

launchctl unload –w /Library/LaunchAgents/net.juniper.pulsetray.plist

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Here is how to do:

Firstly, creat an Automator App.

Save it as an App, say StopPulseSecure.app.

And then, add this app to your login items:

System Preferences → Users & Groups → Login Items

Done!

From terminal input

Step 1:

cd /Library/LaunchAgents/

Step 2:

sudo rm net.pulsesecure.pulsetray.plist 

or

sudo rm net.juniper.pulsetray.plist

The key is to remove the related .plist so that the APP does not autoload at every startup.