Uninstall apps on your Mac

[johannnn]

I've found that at least one component of "Karibiner Elements" could only be removed through the terminal. Took some internet searching to discover that.

lol that app is a piece of trash. I have a file from that app left in /Applications. And i've tried everything to remove it. The official uninstaller, terminal commands, etc etc. It's stuck. I've never ever seen an app that is so hard to uninstall app related files.

 

[bogdanw]

What's left for 99% of apps is just a few text files in ~/Library. It's literally just taking up a few kilobytes. Not worth getting another app to delete them.

See Brave https://github.com/alienator88/Pearcleaner?tab=readme-ov-file#screenshots

Debate & votes "Do you delete leftover files after deleting an app?" https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/do-you-delete-leftover-files-after-deleting-an-app.2411796/

 

[q3anon]

I have already spoken to the application developer and he has already clarified my doubts. Thanks.

 

[q3anon]

"Requirements: Full Disk permission to search for files and also Accessibility permission to delete/restore files"
https://github.com/alienator88/Pearcleaner?tab=readme-ov-file#requirements

True. I spoke with the app developer and he answered me that. I should read all the requirements 😁. Pearcleaner delete orphans and I like it. I will make some tests and if I like I will use it instead of AppCleaner.

 

[Fishrrman]

johann wrote:
"lol that app is a piece of trash. I have a file from that app left in /Applications. And i've tried everything to remove it. The official uninstaller, terminal commands, etc etc. It's stuck. I've never ever seen an app that is so hard to uninstall app related files."

Find the answer here, as I did:

How to delete a locked app, Karabiner?

I'm running High Sierra on my older iMac. I recently loaded the Karabiner-elements.app but when I tried to delete it, a message appeared that said it was locked and couldn't be deleted. So I opened...

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