Removing Applications-and all traces of program

I am clearing out the programs that I no longer use, or never have. I would like to remove them entirely and am not sure if the simple drag and drop into trash is all it takes. Also if you have an Installer program that says KB on disk- do I need to keep that or is that something else I can erase?
Thank!!

 

Please temper your font size.

You can just drag it to the Trash. There are plists left behind, but they're kilobytes at best. AppZapper or AppDelete will eliminate everything associated with the app in question.

 

you can search for traces of an app's files by searching for the app name in Finder search with "System files - included" added. no third party app removers needed.

 

What does 'temper your font size' mean exactly???

 

'Tallest' means reduce the text size. I think Size 2 is default.

For application removal, I use CleanApp, very effective. If you use the OS Trash to remove stuff, you can reclaim disk space thereafter by using Disk Utility > Erase > Erase Free Space. It's slow, and it requires about 30% (my estimate) existing free space to work properly.

 

ok what you need to do it do to your applications and right click on the applications you want to delete. If you see a option that says show package contents, then you can just drag it to your trash.

but

if there is no option for show package content, then you have 2 steps to do.
1. drag to your trash
2. go to your library macishtosh hd>library and search for remaining files that are part of the program and delete them.

edit.
but most of the time, the apps have show package content. so just drag to trash bin.

 

This is incorrect. Erasing free space does nothing to "reclaim free space". Once you empty the trash, you have that space back. The function of "erase free space" is to prevent the recovery of previously deleted files. Erasing free space is generally not needed for most users.