Uninstalling Growl?

[guru_ck]

So I installed Adium and as part of the package it installed Growl. I've decided that I prefer not to use Adium so I dragged the application from my Applications folder to the Trash. My question is how do I remove Growl from my system? The icon is still showing up in System Preferences...

This is one caveat I have over Windows. Apple should make an uninstaller to completely remove all necessary components.

[TheAnswer]

Here you go.

Growl notifications can be used by dozens of apps, so even an uninstaller program wouldn't have clear information as to if you wanted to remove it when you delete Adium, because you may have other apps (such as iTunes or Mail) for which you want to use Growl.

[Cromulent]

Originally Posted by guru_ck

So I installed Adium and as part of the package it installed Growl. I've decided that I prefer not to use Adium so I dragged the application from my Applications folder to the Trash. My question is how do I remove Growl from my system? The icon is still showing up in System Preferences...

This is one caveat I have over Windows. Apple should make an uninstaller to completely remove all necessary components.

Exactly Growl can be used by lots of things. So far I use it with the following applications :

iTunes
Mail
Adium
Cyberduck
7zX
Acquisition
GarageSale
Handbrake
Max
Miro
Skype
Vienna
Xtorrent.

Personally I think it is pretty useful .

[guru_ck]

Originally Posted by TheAnswer

Here you go.

Growl notifications can be used by dozens of apps, so even an uninstaller program wouldn't have clear information as to if you wanted to remove it when you delete Adium, because you may have other apps (such as iTunes or Mail) for which you want to use Growl.

Yeah I saw that when searching on Google earlier. I didn't have the folder with the uninstall script in it so I thought I'd ask here first.

I ended up reinstalling the application just so that I could uninstall it using the automated script.

Sounds like Growl is pretty useful... I actually have some entries for Transmission and Yahoo Messenger in there. I looked through the tabs but I didn't really understand it. It looks like it creates pop up windows or something?

Thanks guys. I've only owned my MBP for two days .

[TheAnswer]

Originally Posted by guru_ck

Sounds like Growl is pretty useful... I actually have some entries for Transmission and Yahoo Messenger in there. I looked through the tabs but I didn't really understand it. It looks like it creates pop up windows or something?.

It creates little pop up notifications. For example, when iTunes switches songs or when you receive new mail (using the Growltunes and Growlmail additions). I'm guessing the Transmission one will tell you when a file finishes downloading and the Yahoo one can tell you who comes online, etc.

[reubs]

I'd recommend leaving Growl there for a little while. It's a pretty harmless application that doesn't do much, but it's nice to have it there for when you do need it.

[ithuwakaga]

This is how you remove Growl.

http://growl.info/documentation/grow...ge-removal.php

Don't let the computer boss you around. If you want to remove something, you should be able to remove it. Saying "it is nice to have it there when you need it" when you don't actually need it means you don't have any clue on how to remove it, and you've given up attempting to remove it.

[marcre]

hey, I just noticed I have this app in my system preferences. Any idea how it got there? I looked at it online, I am not even sure what it does. Any easy answer on why it is here and what it does?

Thanks.

[lgldsr]

Originally Posted by Cromulent

Exactly Growl can be used by lots of things. So far I use it with the following applications :

iTunes
Mail
Adium
Cyberduck
7zX
Acquisition
GarageSale
Handbrake
Max
Miro
Skype
Vienna
Xtorrent.

Personally I think it is pretty useful .

Stuffit uses Growl as well.

[MetaSteve]

Originally Posted by ithuwakaga

This is how you remove Growl.

http://growl.info/documentation/grow...ge-removal.php

Don't let the computer boss you around. If you want to remove something, you should be able to remove it. Saying "it is nice to have it there when you need it" when you don't actually need it means you don't have any clue on how to remove it, and you've given up attempting to remove it.

This script does not work. It is asking to locate something called "GrowlHelper.app"

[smakdaddy321]

Perfect Answer - Very Simple
Thanks for the help.

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ithuwakaga
macrumors newbie

Join Date: Aug 2008
This is how you remove Growl.

http://growl.info/documentation/grow...ge-removal.php

Don't let the computer boss you around. If you want to remove something, you should be able to remove it. Saying "it is nice to have it there when you need it" when you don't actually need it means you don't have any clue on how to remove it, and you've given up attempting to remove it

[odej98]

One of my absolute biggest complaints about windows is a @#$%^ bubble popping up giving me notifications about stuff I know I already did.

Growl is completely unacceptable on my mac.
Growl HAS GOT TO GO!

[MikiV6]

This application should NOT be installed as a third party app by any application. Not only is it an insult to one's intelligence, but the amout of memory this thing consumes, beggers belief. Here we have yet another 'Messenger' application that will deliver untold garbage to your desktop, as Messenger did in the Windows system.

I do not need to be told on every occasion of what I am doing on my computer. Had I wanted to install this application, I would have gone to the website and downloaded it, then installed it.

The fact that it is being installed as a third party app by other applications like Tweetie makes my blood run cold.

As to the Reubs, this application is not exactly harmless. Its a process hog that will spam your desktop at every given opportunity, and it is unnecessary for the running of your computer.

People get rid of this insidious piece of trash and keep a look out in case it is installed by any other applications.

To the makers of this software I'd say: *^@* Off

Rant over.

[applephysci]

If you follow the instructions mentioned on the link above from the Growl website, it only gets rid of this preference pane:
/Users/~user name~/Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane

If you really want to COMPLETELY get rid of Growl, get rid of these folders as well:
/Users/~user name~/Library/Caches/com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp
/Users/~user name~/Library/Preferences/com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp.plist
/Users/~user name~/Library/Application Support/Growl

[Raggy]

Thank Gawd for this forum - been wanting to get rid of this thing. I reckon if you install Adium it gets on there somehow. Yuk. Thank goodness its gone.

[allan.nyholm]

Originally Posted by Raggy

Thank Gawd for this forum - been wanting to get rid of this thing. I reckon if you install Adium it gets on there somehow. Yuk. Thank goodness its gone.

Adium asks you if you want to install it if you do not change the Events preferences to Audio Notifications. I think the official Dropbox release installs it without asking or maybe only if you tell it to. Look at http://www.growl.info for information as to why you may have Growl on your system without knowing. I recently uninstalled it too because I found it useless to me. I got more and more upset at those notifications. Even despite me turning them off from within Growl some new app would hook onto Growl and give me popups. I didn't want that hassle.

Great for some I guess.

[baadtaste]

Originally Posted by applephysci

If you follow the instructions mentioned on the link above from the Growl website, it only gets rid of this preference pane:
/Users/~user name~/Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane

If you really want to COMPLETELY get rid of Growl, get rid of these folders as well:
/Users/~user name~/Library/Caches/com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp
/Users/~user name~/Library/Preferences/com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp.plist
/Users/~user name~/Library/Application Support/Growl

This is what you have to do. The Growl uninstaller does NOT uninstall Growl.
Thank you applephysci

[PlaceboAddress]

I tried contacting Growl via twitter because I couldnt find any "real" contact info on their site. They just referred me to a supposed contact page & IGNORED my question. Why not just answer the question on twitter?!?

Anyway... the whole reason I contacted them was because, now they've tacked a FEE onto the end user. WHAT? I could care less about their little notification I see every once in a blue moon that either they've implemented or a developer has implemented into their software. Why would I pay for that?

So for me... it's coming off, too!!