How to delete an app on mac that won’t delete?

Are you confused to delete apps from your Mac?

Is it annoying that you try to remove or uninstall apps on mac that won’t delete?

If you are in trouble with getting rid of unwanted Mac software, here’s how to totally uninstall or delete an application or software program from your Mac.

How do I delete or uninstall apps from my mac?

In fact, it is not difficult to completely uninstall applications from Mac. As we known, Mac OS is different with Windows OS. Programs and Applications are typically stored in the /Applications directory, and a user's preferences for how that app may be configured are stored in ~/Library/Preferences.

Additionally, there may be some necessary supporting files stored in ~/Library/Application Support and /Library/Application Support.

Thus, the apps themselves that live in the Applications folder even though they can be stored elsewhere...They are actually bundles of many files all packaged together. As far as the user is concerned, you just need to double-click on an app's icon, the application will launch.

So how to get rid of an application in Mac OS?

Open a Finder window and navigate to your Applications folder. It should be accessible via the Favorites sidebar by default; if it isn’t there, pop open Spotlight and do a search for “Applications folder” and it should pop right up.

Next, find the app you want to delete: Note that you may need to dig through folders within the Applications folder to find the app you want to remove. Once you find the app you want to remove, drag its icon to the Trash icon in the Dock. You may be asked to enter a username and password to confirm you want to delete the app: Enter your admin account’s username and password when prompted, then press OK.

Deleting an app in the Finder is as easy as dragging an icon to the trash, entering your administrator password, then emptying the trash.

Additionally, you could remove app’s preferences from your Library folder which has been hidden by default since Mac OS X 10.6, but it's easy to reveal it. In Finder, click on the Go dropdown menu in the top bar, and with the menu showing, press and hold the Option key. The Library option will appear between Home and Computer.

However, some of the applications can not be deleted by this app removal method. Mac OS doesn’t allow you to delete apps that come with the operating system. For example, Adobe and Microsoft applications can’t be removed by the normal way because the supplied Uninstaller app will not necessarily remove all the unwanted crud after uninstalling the app  don’t allow you to delete apps that come with the operating system. And the unexpected launch daemons that allow hidden applications to automatically launch at boot.

 

If you use Launchpad, you can delete an app with just a few clicks. Open Launchpad (by clicking its Dock icon, using the trackpad gesture, or searching for it in Spotlight), then click and hold any app icon until the icons start shaking. Click the “X” button next to the app you want to delete, then confirm you want to remove the app when prompted.

When you delete apps through Launchpad, OS X will uninstall it right away—you won’t be able to restore through the Trash and put it back in your Applications folder.

Experienced Mac users can use the command-line Terminal.app to seek out and remove unwanted fragments. A slightly less dangerous way is with a graphical file finder such as the marvellous Find Any File, which will find all the hidden files that Apple conceals in normal Spotlight searches.

How to delete Apps completely with Combo Cleaner?

If you could not manually get rid of adware, you could follow the adware mac removal tips.

1.Download apps removal tool

2.Install Combo Cleaner and run it.

3.Select “Uninstaller” option and select unwanted apps or programs

4.Click “Remove Selected Items” button

5.Click “Start Scan” button to remove all remnants of uninstalled apps.

6.Select all unwanted files that are shown up and click “Remove” button to totally delete apps related files.

If you are not sure about how to manually get rid of apps that won’t delete, you could try to delete it with Combo Cleaner which is professional tool to totally uninstall applications or programs in Mac.

Won’t delete apps? Follow the apps removal guides above.