PurgeApp

Cleanly uninstall a macOS application by also removing related files and directories.

Inspired by: hrik2001/macuninstaller

Usage

python purge_app.py /Applications/Example.app

or

./purge_app.py /Applications/Example.app

You may need to chmod +x purge_app.py once before to allow execution.

Example

$ ./purge_app.py /Applications/Adium.app
- Reading app informations...
  > /Applications/Adium.app

- Identifiers found:
  > com.adiumX.adiumX       use? (Y/n) y
  > Adium                   use? (Y/n) y
  > AdIM                    use? (Y/n) n    # Short and generic, might cause false positives.

- Searching for app-related data (may take a while)...
  > '/Users/me/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0' (y/N/skip) y
  > '/Users/me/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/AdiumAddressBookAction_ICQ.scpt' (y/N/skip) y
  > '/Users/me/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/AdiumAddressBookAction_AIM.scpt' (y/N/skip) y
  > '/Users/me/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/AdiumAddressBookAction_SMS.scpt' (y/N/skip) s
  Skipped: '/Users/me/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/'
  > '/Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.adiumX.adiumX.plist' (y/N/skip) y
  > '/Users/me/Library/Caches/Adium' (y/N/skip) y
  > '/Users/me/Library/Caches/com.adiumX.adiumX' (y/N/skip) y

- Delete the app itself ? [y/N] y
* Done !

Use y to accept a choice, n to refuse and s to skip that folder.

Warning

This software is still in development, please use with caution!

• Do not use short identifiers (eg. port will catch WeatherReport)
• Check every path before deleting.
• Only run as root if you know what you're doing.