FAQ

Frequently Asked Question

1. How to reset all preference to default/How to delete preference file?

First close the app, then delete this file ~/Library/Preferences/com.qiuyuzhou.ShadowsocksX-NG.plist.

$ rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.qiuyuzhou.ShadowsocksX-NG.plist

2. How to uninstall ShadowsocksX-NG?

Delete your ShadowsocksX-NG.app and delete below folders:

~/Library/Application Support/ShadowsocksX-NG/
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.qiuyuzhou.shadowsocksX-NG.*.plist
~/.ShadowsocksX-NG/

# System folder, require root permission 
/Library/Application Support/ShadowsocksX-NG/

Shell script:

rm -rf ~/Library/Application Support/ShadowsocksX-NG/
rm -rf ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.qiuyuzhou.shadowsocksX-NG.*.plist
rm -rf ~/.ShadowsocksX-NG/
sudo rm -rf '/Library/Application Support/ShadowsocksX-NG/'

3. How to set encrypt method to be none?

The project shadowsocks-libev which the ShadowsocksX-NG depend on does not support encrypt method none.