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To uninstall an application, just throw away the app. It will leave behind preferences and the like. If you want to remove those,  check ~/Library/Application\ Support/ or ~/Library/Preferences/ for remnants of the application. ~/Caches/ and ~/Logs are also good places to look. The other way is to look through Spotlight.
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'''i've discovered that installing an application on a mac is really easy.  you can usually just drag and drop the application to the applications folder. now how do i uninstall?  is it the same?'''
  
If you want a one click solution, [http://appzapper.com/ AppZapper] or [http://www.synium.de/cleanapp/ CleanApp]
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To uninstall an Mac application, just throw away the app. It will leave behind preferences and the like so if you want to remove those,  check ~/Library/Application\ Support/ or ~/Library/Preferences/ for remnants of the application. ~/Caches/ and ~/Logs are also good places to look. The other way is to look through Spotlight. If you want a one click solution, [http://appzapper.com/ AppZapper] or [http://www.synium.de/cleanapp/ CleanApp]
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For non-GUI apps (DarwinPorts, Fink, etc) check that application's documentation. [http://www.charlessoft.com/ Pacifist] is a great piece of software that allows you to look through the installer and figure out what it is installing where.

Revision as of 18:25, 5 December 2006

Every year, we get the same questions. Figured an FAQ is the solution to that problem.


i've discovered that installing an application on a mac is really easy. you can usually just drag and drop the application to the applications folder. now how do i uninstall? is it the same?

To uninstall an Mac application, just throw away the app. It will leave behind preferences and the like so if you want to remove those, check ~/Library/Application\ Support/ or ~/Library/Preferences/ for remnants of the application. ~/Caches/ and ~/Logs are also good places to look. The other way is to look through Spotlight. If you want a one click solution, AppZapper or CleanApp

For non-GUI apps (DarwinPorts, Fink, etc) check that application's documentation. Pacifist is a great piece of software that allows you to look through the installer and figure out what it is installing where.