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The instructions for uninstalling can be found in the Read me first.html file found within the Wireshark installation package. Here is the text of the relevant section of that document from the installer package for version 4.0.5:

Uninstalling

To uninstall Wireshark, do the following:

  1. Remove /Applications/Wireshark.app

  2. Remove /Library/Application Support/Wireshark

You can uninstall ChmodBPF via the Uninstall ChmodBPF package, which is available on this disk or via Wireshark › About Wireshark › Folders › macOS Extras. You can also uninstall it manually by doing the following:

  1. Unload the “org.wireshark.ChmodBPF.plist” launchd job

  2. Remove /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.wireshark.ChmodBPF.plist

  3. Remove the “access_bpf” group.

You can uninstall the system path components via the Remove Wireshark from the system path package, which is available on this disk or via Wireshark › About Wireshark › Folders › macOS Extras. You can also uninstall it manually by doing the following:

  1. Remove /etc/paths.d/Wireshark

  2. Remove /etc/manpaths.d/Wireshark