How to remove the SoftRAID kext from the extension folder? - Big Sur Issues https://forums.softraid.com/macos-issues-2-2-big-sur-issues/how-to-remove-the-softraid-kext-from-the-extension-folder/ SoftRAID Discussion Board en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 23:56:11 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: How to remove the SoftRAID kext from the extension folder? https://forums.softraid.com/macos-issues-2-2-big-sur-issues/how-to-remove-the-softraid-kext-from-the-extension-folder/#post-12163 Sat, 23 Oct 2021 05:32:16 +0000 @jduprey

I use:

sudo kmutil clear-staging
sudo kextcache -i /

and restart

 

But if you install all components in the utility menu, it should accomplish this. You should not have to go through manual removal of components, however (unless there is a problem doing it with SoftRAID)

I assume you are doing this to investigate your kernel panic bugs?

]]> Big Sur Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/macos-issues-2-2-big-sur-issues/how-to-remove-the-softraid-kext-from-the-extension-folder/#post-12163 RE: How to remove the SoftRAID kext from the extension folder? https://forums.softraid.com/macos-issues-2-2-big-sur-issues/how-to-remove-the-softraid-kext-from-the-extension-folder/#post-12159 Sat, 23 Oct 2021 01:55:05 +0000 Via this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46535279/what-is-library-stagedextensions-for-and-how-to-remove-extensions

This did the trick:

sudo kextcache -prune-staging
]]> Big Sur Issues jduprey https://forums.softraid.com/macos-issues-2-2-big-sur-issues/how-to-remove-the-softraid-kext-from-the-extension-folder/#post-12159 How to remove the SoftRAID kext from the extension folder? https://forums.softraid.com/macos-issues-2-2-big-sur-issues/how-to-remove-the-softraid-kext-from-the-extension-folder/#post-12158 Sat, 23 Oct 2021 01:51:48 +0000 After uninstalling SoftRAID 6.1 from the menu option in the SoftRAID app, and rebooting.  I notice that the kext and the application folder is still around.  I was able to delete the SoftRaid folder from the /Applications folder

% ls -l /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  wheel  96 Oct 20 20:48 SoftRAID.kext

The extension doesn't appear to be loaded

% kextstat -l  | grep -i "softraid"
Executing: /usr/bin/kmutil showloaded --list-only
No variant specified, falling back to release

Removing it doesn't seem to be allowed:

% sudo kextunload /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/SoftRAID.kext
Executing: /usr/bin/kmutil unload -p /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/SoftRAID.kext
Error Domain=KMErrorDomain Code=3 "Error occurred unloading extensions: Missing extension with identifier com.softraid.driver.SoftRAID : Could not find: Extension with identifier 'com.softraid.driver.SoftRAID' not found" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Error occurred unloading extensions: Missing extension with identifier com.softraid.driver.SoftRAID : Could not find: Extension with identifier 'com.softraid.driver.SoftRAID' not found}
% sudo rm -rf /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/SoftRAID.kext
rm: /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/SoftRAID.kext/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeResources: Operation not permitted
rm: /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/SoftRAID.kext/Contents/_CodeSignature: Operation not permitted
rm: /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/SoftRAID.kext/Contents/MacOS/softraidd: Operation not permitted
...
...

 

Manual removal seems quite involved: https://grafxflow.co.uk/blog/mac-os-x/delete-ioplatformpluginfamilykext-macos-big-sur

 

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