Delete App

[gw0gvq]

Is there a good delete app that deletes all of a program from a Mac? I seem to remember there was one called AppBlaster but when I just visited the website it was a game!Can anyone please assist me

 

[keysofanxiety]

AppCleaner: https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/

Drag the application from the Applications folder into there. Deletes all related plist files, etc.

 

[gw0gvq]

Thanks that was the one I was trying to think of but I obviously thought of the wrong one

 

[BrianBaughn]

Don't delete any Apple applications.

 

[gw0gvq]

No wasn't for that. I don't think you can delete them anyway, can you?

 

[Tazoawake2016]

No wasn't for that. I don't think you can delete them anyway, can you?

You can some. I deleted Garageband (~1.5 GB) because I know I'm never going to use that application.

 

[Weaselboy]

No wasn't for that. I don't think you can delete them anyway, can you?

You can some. If you look in the file /System/Library/Sandbox/rootless.conf you can see a list of what is protected (copy below).

                /Applications/App Store.app
                /Applications/Automator.app
                /Applications/Calculator.app
                /Applications/Calendar.app
                /Applications/Chess.app
                /Applications/Contacts.app
                /Applications/Dashboard.app
                /Applications/Dictionary.app
                /Applications/DVD Player.app
                /Applications/FaceTime.app
                /Applications/Font Book.app
                /Applications/Game Center.app
                /Applications/Image Capture.app
                /Applications/Launchpad.app
                /Applications/Mail.app
                /Applications/Maps.app
                /Applications/Messages.app
                /Applications/Mission Control.app
                /Applications/Notes.app
                /Applications/Photo Booth.app
                /Applications/Photos.app
                /Applications/Preview.app
                /Applications/QuickTime Player.app
                /Applications/Reminders.app
                /Applications/Safari.app
                /Applications/Siri.app
                /Applications/Stickies.app
                /Applications/System Preferences.app
                /Applications/TextEdit.app
                /Applications/Time Machine.app
                /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app
                /Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app
                /Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI Setup.app
                /Applications/Utilities/Bluetooth File Exchange.app
                /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app
                /Applications/Utilities/ColorSync Utility.app
                /Applications/Utilities/Console.app
                /Applications/Utilities/Digital Color Meter.app
                /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app
                /Applications/Utilities/Feedback Assistant.app
                /Applications/Utilities/Grab.app
                /Applications/Utilities/Grapher.app
                /Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app
                /Applications/Utilities/Migration Assistant.app
                /Applications/Utilities/Script Editor.app
                /Applications/Utilities/System Information.app
                /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
                /Applications/Utilities/VoiceOver Utility.app
TCC                /Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC
NetFSPlugins            /Library/Filesystems/NetFSPlugins/Staged
NetFSPlugins            /Library/Filesystems/NetFSPlugins/Valid
                /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist
                /System
MobileAsset            /System/Library/Assets
*                /System/Library/Caches
*                /System/Library/Extensions
                /System/Library/Extensions/*
UpdateSettings            /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.UpdateSettings.plist
MobileAsset            /System/Library/PreinstalledAssets
*                /System/Library/Speech
*                /System/Library/User Template
                /bin
datadetectors            /private/var/db/datadetectors
dyld                /private/var/db/dyld
*                /private/var/folders
                /sbin
                /usr
*                /usr/libexec/cups
*                /usr/local
*                /usr/share/man
*                /usr/share/snmp
# symlinks
                /etc
                /tmp
                /var