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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 Microsoft Edge on Mac completelyRemove Microsoft Edge from a Mac, save your favorites and passwords first, and find the profile, caches and background updater it 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 Microsoft Teams on Mac completelyRemove Microsoft Teams from a Mac the way Microsoft describes, then find the data, logs, audio driver and updater 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 MongoDB Compass on Mac completelyRemove MongoDB Compass from a Mac, export your saved connections first, and find the data, caches, settings and logs the app leaves behind.
How to uninstall Mullvad VPN on Mac completelyRemove Mullvad VPN from a Mac with its own uninstall script or in Finder, and check the settings, logs, caches and command-line tools it can leave.
How to uninstall Nextcloud on Mac completelyRemove the Nextcloud desktop client from a Mac without losing your files, and find the settings, caches and Finder extension data 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 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 Notion Calendar on Mac completelyRemove Notion Calendar (formerly Cron) from a Mac, disconnect your calendar accounts, and find the caches and settings it leaves behind.
How to uninstall OBS Studio on Mac completelyRemove OBS Studio from a Mac: export your scene collections and profiles first, delete the app, then clear its settings and the old virtual camera plug-in.
How to uninstall Obsidian on Mac completelyRemove Obsidian from a Mac without touching your notes: delete the app, then clear its global settings, caches and the command-line link if you added it.
How to uninstall Ollama on Mac completelyRemove Ollama from a Mac the way its docs describe, delete the ollama command link, and decide what to do with the models in ~/.ollama.
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 OpenVPN Connect on Mac completelyRemove OpenVPN Connect from a Mac: keep your VPN profiles, delete the app and its folder, and clear the framework, settings, caches and logs it leaves.
How to uninstall Opera on Mac completelyRemove the Opera browser from a Mac, save your bookmarks and passwords first, and find the profile, caches and settings it leaves behind.
How to uninstall Parallels Desktop on Mac completelyRemove Parallels Desktop from a Mac the way Parallels describes, decide what to do with your virtual machines, and find the settings and tools it leaves.
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 Postman on Mac completelyRemove Postman from a Mac, export the work that exists only on this Mac first, and find the data, caches and updater files the app leaves behind.
How to uninstall Proton Drive on Mac completelyRemove the Proton Drive app from a Mac the way Proton describes, keep your files safe, and find the containers and extension data it leaves behind.
How to uninstall Proton VPN on Mac completelyRemove Proton VPN from a Mac: delete the app, remove its VPN configuration and network extension, and clear the settings, caches and logs it leaves.
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 Raycast on Mac completelyRemove Raycast from a Mac: export your snippets, notes and settings first, then delete the app and the caches, settings and logs it leaves behind.
How to uninstall Roblox on Mac completelyRemove Roblox and Roblox Studio from a Mac the way Roblox Support describes, then find the settings, logs and local data the app leaves behind.
How to uninstall Signal on Mac completelyRemove Signal Desktop from a Mac: unlink it from your phone, delete the app, then clear the folder with its local messages, caches and settings.
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 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 Spotify on Mac completelyRemove Spotify from a Mac with the steps Spotify’s own support gives, and find the cache, downloads, settings and logs the app leaves behind.
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 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 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 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 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 Thunderbird on Mac completelyRemove Thunderbird from a Mac, back up your profile with local mail and contacts first, and find the caches, settings and updater 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 Unity Hub on Mac completelyRemove the Unity Editor versions and Unity Hub from a Mac, find the settings and caches the Hub leaves behind, and keep your Unity projects.
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 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 Visual Studio Code on Mac completelyRemove Visual Studio Code from a Mac the way Microsoft describes, keep your settings and extensions with Settings Sync, and find the files 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 Webex on Mac completelyRemove the Webex app from a Mac with Cisco’s Webex Uninstaller or by hand, and find the caches, settings and old Webex Meetings files left behind.
How to uninstall Webroot SecureAnywhere on Mac completelyRemove Webroot SecureAnywhere from a Mac with its own uninstall button, then clear the background services, settings and support files it leaves.
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 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 Wireshark on Mac completelyRemove Wireshark from a Mac with its own uninstall packages, then find the ChmodBPF launch daemon, path files, settings and caches it leaves behind.
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 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.