How to uninstall Avast on Mac completelyRemove Avast Security or Avast One from a Mac with Avast’s own uninstaller, then check the background items it can leave in the system folders.
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.
How to uninstall LibreOffice on Mac completelyRemove LibreOffice from a Mac: delete the app, clear the user profile and settings it leaves behind, and keep your own templates, macros and dictionary.
How to uninstall Sublime Text on Mac completelyRemove Sublime Text from a Mac, keep your own settings and packages, and find the data folder, caches and preferences 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 Evernote on Mac completelyRemove Evernote from a Mac without losing notes: check that they are synced, delete the app and clear the caches, settings and logs it leaves.
How to uninstall Notion on Mac completelyRemove Notion from a Mac without losing pages: sync first, erase its local data as Notion’s help describes, and clear the files it leaves behind.
How to uninstall LM Studio on Mac completelyRemove LM Studio from a Mac, stop its background server, clear the caches and settings it leaves, and decide what to do with the models in ~/.lmstudio.
How to uninstall DuckDuckGo on Mac completelyRemove the DuckDuckGo browser from a Mac, keep your bookmarks and passwords with Sync & Backup, and find the data, caches and VPN parts it leaves behind.
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 DisplayLink Manager on Mac completelyRemove DisplayLink Manager from a Mac with the Synaptics cleaner or by hand, and find the background services and login screen extension it leaves.
How to uninstall Tailscale on Mac completelyRemove Tailscale from a Mac as Tailscale’s docs describe: the app, its system extension, the VPN configuration, Keychain entries and leftover files.
How to uninstall Java on Mac completelyHow to remove Java from a Mac: Oracle Java the way Oracle documents it, what it leaves behind, and JDKs such as Eclipse Temurin and Oracle JDK.
How to uninstall Xcode on Mac completelyRemove Xcode from a Mac with its simulator runtimes and the gigabytes it keeps in ~/Library/Developer, and know which of those files to keep.
How to uninstall Malwarebytes on Mac completelyRemove Malwarebytes from a Mac with its Uninstall Malwarebytes menu item or Malwarebytes’ uninstall tool, and clear the helper and data folders it leaves.
How to uninstall OneDrive on Mac completelyUnlink and remove OneDrive from a Mac the way Microsoft describes, keep your files safe, and find the settings, caches and updaters it leaves behind.
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 Epic Games Launcher on Mac completelyRemove Epic Games Launcher from a Mac: uninstall your games first, delete the app, then clear the data, cache, settings and cookies it leaves behind.
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 Insomnia on Mac completelyRemove Insomnia from a Mac, export the projects stored only on this Mac first, and find the data, caches, logs and updater files it leaves behind.
How to uninstall Minecraft on Mac completelyBack up your Minecraft worlds, remove the Minecraft Launcher from a Mac, and find the game folder, caches and launcher data it leaves 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 Rancher Desktop on Mac completelyRemove Rancher Desktop from a Mac with a factory reset and Finder, and find the virtual machine, settings, caches and logs it leaves 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.

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