How To Uninstall Akamai NetSession Client on Mac

By Tasnia Salinas, on January 19, 2021, in Mac Uninstaller

What Is Akamai NetSession Client? Akamai is a content delivery network (CDN) and cloud service provider. Akamai's content delivery network is one of the world's largest distributed computing platforms (How To Transfer Files Between iPhone and Mac). When users request a download of some large files served by Akamai system, it prompts them to download and install "Akamai NetSession Interface," aka Akamai Download Manager used to reduce download time and to increase quality How To Uninstall Tor Anonymous Browser on Mac.

Why uninstalling Akamai NetSession Client on Mac? Akamai NetSession Client software operates not merely as a download manager (delivering content from the Internet to the user's computer) but also as a peer-to-peer server, delivering content cached on the user's computer to other users' computers.

Akamai NetSession Client is installed on your computer to allow them to use your computer to "upstream" content to other users. By installing NetSession, you are allowing Akamai to use your idle bandwidth to upload files to other Akamai users. If you finished installing Akamai software, you can safely uninstall the Akamai NetSession Interface on your Mac. Read on this article to have a head start (Learn How To Uninstall uTorrent on Mac).

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Table of Content:

• Part 1: How To Uninstall Akamai NetSession Client on Mac Manually
• Part 2: How To Clean Uninstall Akamai NetSession Client on Mac [Time-Saving Method]

The Akamai NetSession Interface is a secure application that may be installed on your to improve the speed, reliability, and efficiency for downloads and streams from the Internet. To uninstall Akamai NetSession Interface client on a Mac, you can follow steps below to start (How To Uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader on Mac Mojave).

• Step 1: Quit Akamai NetSession Client > Open Finder app on Mac > Applications > Akamai NetSession Client > Move Akamai NetSession Client to Trash:

• Step 2: To delete Akamai NetSession Client download manager settings, network preferences and other orphaned data, open Finder > Go > Go To Folder > Enter:

~/Library/Applications/Support/Akamai Download Manager


• Step 3: Locate all the orphaned Akamai NetSession Client (Akamai Download Manager) files by digging into each folder. Most of them are stored in: Application Support | Caches | Containers | Frameworks | Logs | Preferences | Saved | Application State | WebKit

• Step 4: Delete the files associated with Akamai NetSession Client to Trash > Empty Trash and restart your Mac to finish the removal of Akamai NetSession Client on your Mac.

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