How to uninstall applications from Mac completely

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How to uninstall apps on Mac completely


Important notes about uninstalling apps from Mac If you want to uninstall applications from Mac completely, you need to find and remove all of their support files. By default, applications store their service file in the Library folder. However, some applications might spread their service files all over your disk. You should be careful when manually removing applications’ support files from the Library. Deleting important macOS service files may damage your system.


The easiest way to uninstall apps from Mac


Uninstall applications manually

1. Remove apps from the Application folder 2. Go to the Library folder. 3. Check the folders for the apps’ remains and remove them: 1. ~/Library/Application Support 2. ~/Library/Caches 3. ~/Library/Logs 4. ~/Library/Preferences 5. ~/Library/Containers 6. ~/Library/Cookies


Use provided uninstallers

Some developers provide special uninstallers for their apps. These uninstallers are only for apps downloaded from the Internet and used mostly if special preferences and drivers are needed.


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