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How to uninstall Slack on Mac completelyRemove Slack from a Mac with the steps from Slack’s own help, and find the data, caches, settings and logs the app leaves behind.
How to uninstall Windows App on Mac completelyRemove Windows App (formerly Microsoft Remote Desktop) from a Mac, note your saved PCs first, and find the folders it leaves behind.
How to uninstall Tor Browser on Mac completelyRemove Tor Browser from a Mac the way the Tor Project describes, and find the data folder, settings and updater files it leaves behind.
How to uninstall Discord on Mac completelyRemove Discord from a Mac with the steps Discord’s support gives, and find the caches, settings and updater files the app leaves behind.
How to uninstall Microsoft Office on Mac completelyRemove Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook from a Mac the way Microsoft describes, keep your Outlook data, and know what to do with Microsoft AutoUpdate.
How to uninstall Plex on Mac completelyRemove the Plex app and Plex Media Server from a Mac with Plex’s own steps, find what they leave behind, and keep your movies, shows and music.
How to uninstall Cursor on Mac completelyRemove the Cursor code editor from a Mac, find the settings, caches and updater files it leaves, and keep your extensions and agent worktrees if needed.
How to uninstall VirtualBox on Mac completelyRemove VirtualBox from a Mac with the uninstaller in its disk image, decide what to do with your virtual machines, and find the files it leaves.
How to uninstall Loom on Mac completelyRemove Loom from a Mac without losing a recording: check uploads, delete the app, clear its caches and settings, and remove its camera and screen access.
How to uninstall Karabiner-Elements on Mac completelyRemove Karabiner-Elements from a Mac with its built-in uninstaller or from Terminal, keep your key mappings, and clear the files it leaves behind.
How to uninstall Dropbox on Mac completelyRemove the Dropbox app from a Mac without losing your files, and find the settings, caches, extensions and updater it leaves behind.
How to uninstall Zotero on Mac completelyRemove Zotero from a Mac without losing your library: back up the data folder, delete the app, the Safari Connector and Word plugin, and clear the leftovers.
How to uninstall TeamViewer on Mac completelyRemove TeamViewer from a Mac with its own uninstall option, and find the background helper, sign-in plug-in, settings and logs it can leave behind.
How to uninstall DeepL on Mac completelyRemove the DeepL desktop app from a Mac the way DeepL describes, and find the settings, caches and Finder extension data it leaves behind.
How to uninstall Google Chrome on Mac completelyRemove Google Chrome from a Mac, decide what to do with your profile and bookmarks, and find the caches, settings and updater it leaves behind.
How to uninstall Anaconda on Mac completelyRemove Anaconda from a Mac with its uninstall script or by hand, undo conda’s lines in your shell, and export your conda environments before you start.
How to uninstall Sophos Home on Mac completelyRemove Sophos Home from a Mac with the Remove Sophos Home app, free the device in your Sophos Home dashboard and check the system folders it leaves.
How to uninstall Telegram on Mac completelyRemove Telegram from a Mac and find the containers, cache and settings it leaves behind. Your cloud chats stay in your account. Secret chats do not.
How to uninstall WhatsApp on Mac completelyRemove WhatsApp from a Mac: log the Mac out of your account, delete the app, then clear the containers with its local chat copy, cache and settings.
How to uninstall UTM on Mac completelyRemove UTM from a Mac without losing your virtual machines: where UTM keeps them, how to move them first and which settings files stay behind.
How to uninstall Zoom on Mac completelyRemove Zoom from a Mac with its own uninstaller or by hand, and find the settings, caches, logs and background helpers it leaves behind.
How to uninstall NordVPN on Mac completelyRemove NordVPN from a Mac: delete the app, remove its VPN configuration in System Settings, and clear the helper, settings, caches and logs it leaves.
How to uninstall VLC on Mac completelyRemove VLC media player from a Mac, clear the settings, cache and data folders it leaves behind, or just reset its preferences.
How to uninstall Steam on Mac completelyRemove Steam from a Mac the way Valve describes, keep or delete your downloaded games, and find the settings and background item it leaves.
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