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95yjman

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Aug 25, 2011
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I bought this game from the app store, its only like 4 gig's however, I ended up not liking it. I didn't find an uninstaller for it. Is the only way to get rid of it is to just drag the icon itself to the trash and thats everything? Its all delated?
 
I bought this game from the app store, its only like 4 gig's however, I ended up not liking it. I didn't find an uninstaller for it. Is the only way to get rid of it is to just drag the icon itself to the trash and thats everything? Its all delated?

That's about it yeah.
 
I bought this game from the app store, its only like 4 gig's however, I ended up not liking it. I didn't find an uninstaller for it. Is the only way to get rid of it is to just drag the icon itself to the trash and thats everything? Its all delated?
Typically, dragging an app to the trash is all that's required to uninstall it. However, it usually leaves files/folders with caches, plist files, etc. Those things only take up disk space and don't affect your performance. If disk space is an issue and you want to completely remove all components of an app, the most effective method for complete app removal is manual deletion:

Also, you may have better success in attracting responses to your thread, and you'll make your thread easier to find for those searching for the same answers, if you follow this tip.
 
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