Mar 27, 2017 in this video I am going to show you how to delete applications off their computer or Permanently Delete Application on Mac. Just simply dragging the icon to. Then eject the 'virtual' disk, and delete the.dmg file. Lots of people drag the application into their Dock. But that doesn't actually move the program, icons in the dock are just shortcuts to launch the program. Then every time they DO launch the program, the.dmg file has to mount it's disk image.
Over time, our Macs can become full of apps that we no longer use, have stopped working, or that we never really needed in the first place. Getting rid of these apps is a simple matter, but there are different ways to go about it.
Here is how you delete apps from your Mac.
How to delete apps downloaded from the Mac App Store
Deleting an app you downloaded from the Mac App Store is a lot like deleting an app from your iPhone.
- Open Launchpad on your Mac. This can be done by clicking the Launchpad icon on your Dock, tapping F4 in the function row, or performing a four-finger pinch on your Mac's trackpad.
Find the app downloaded from the Mac App Store that you want to remove.
Click and hold on the app's icon until it enters jiggly mode.
Click the 'X' that appears in the upper left corner of the app icon.
Click Delete when prompted.
How to delete non-App Store apps in the Finder
For those apps that you've downloaded from the web, here's how you get rid of them using Finder.
- Click on the Finder icon in the Dock to open a Finder window.
Click Applications in the sidebar.
Scroll through the list until you find the app you want to remove. You can also search for it.
Right click on the app.
Click Move to Trash.
Click on the Trash icon in your Dock.
Click Empty.
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How to delete apps from your Dock
You can also get rid of apps with a simple drag-and-drop.
- Find the app you want to remove on your Dock, or open the Application folder on your Dock and find it there.
Click and hold the app icon.
Drag the app icon to the Trash icon in your Dock and release.
Click on the Trash icon.
Click Empty.
How to delete an app that appears to still be open
Need to delete an app but keep getting a popup that you can't because it's still open? We've got a step-by-step guide for that, too.
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Questions?
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Lots of good points in this thread. I've re-thought how this should work.
My problem is that my downloads folder gets cluttered with dmg files. I can't remember which ones I've already installed. Some of them I have opened and installed, but I've forgotten to move them out of my downloads folder. Some of them I downloaded but haven't opened yet.
My new version of the script moves the dmg file when it is mounted. To use it, save this script to '/Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts/' and attach this folder action script to the /Volumes directory. Ideally, my script would trigger when you eject the disk image, but by then it's too late; the disk image is gone, and there's nothing left for AppleScript to process. I figure triggering on mount was pretty good, since I really wanted to know what dmg files I had opened or not.
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Most of you didn't want to delete the dmg file. That's a good idea. My script now moves it to a dmg_archive folder. Feel free to change this to suit your needs.