Remove Paron

Remove a tunnel

1. In the web UI, delete the machine, or revoke its tunnel access.
2. On the machine, stop and remove the daemon, then delete the data directory.

systemd

sudo systemctl disable --now paron-tunnel
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/paron-tunnel.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo rm -r /var/lib/paron-tunnel

launchd (macOS)

sudo launchctl bootout system/dev.bovolato.paron.tunnel
sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/dev.bovolato.paron.tunnel.plist
sudo rm -r /Library/paron-tunnel

Windows service

In PowerShell as administrator:

Stop-Service paron-tunnel
sc.exe delete paron-tunnel
Remove-EventLog -Source paron-tunnel
Remove-Item -Recurse C:\ProgramData\paron-tunnel

Docker

docker compose -f docker-compose.tunnel.yml down --volumes

3. Remove the system account and the program.

Remove the server

When you remove the server, the tunnels cannot connect. Remove them first.

If you think that you will need the data again, back it up first.

systemd

sudo systemctl disable --now paron-server
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/paron-server.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo rm -r /var/lib/paron

launchd (macOS)

sudo launchctl bootout system/dev.bovolato.paron.server
sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/dev.bovolato.paron.server.plist
sudo rm -r /Library/paron

Windows service

In PowerShell as administrator:

Stop-Service paron-server
sc.exe delete paron-server
Remove-EventLog -Source paron-server
Remove-Item -Recurse C:\ProgramData\paron

Docker

docker compose -f docker-compose.server.yml down --volumes

Then remove the system account and the program.

If you trusted the certificate authority of Paron, remove “Paron Root CA” from the trusted authorities of your system or your browser. See Certificates.

System account and program

The server and the tunnel use the same system account. Delete it only when no Paron daemon on the host uses it.

systemd

sudo userdel paron
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/paron

On a system with no userdel, use deluser paron.

launchd (macOS)

sudo dscl . -delete /Users/_paron
sudo dscl . -delete /Groups/_paron
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/paron

Windows service

Windows deletes the virtual account when you delete the service. Remove the program, and remove its directory from the system PATH:

Remove-Item -Recurse 'C:\Program Files\Paron'
$path = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', 'Machine') -split ';' -ne 'C:\Program Files\Paron'
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $path -join ';', 'Machine')

Docker

docker image rm ghcr.io/nicolabovolato/paron

If you installed the program into a different directory with PARON_INSTALL_DIR, delete it from that directory.