t18n / uninstall-cli

Open-sourced CLI tool to uninstall application on MacOS

Uninstall CLI

This script is an open-sourced alternative for App Cleaner on Mac OS

The script is created following Sun Knudsen's How to clean uninstall macOS apps using AppCleaner open source alternative tutorial. The repo is set up so that people can clone and contribute to make it better.

Installation

Homebrew

Tap can be found in my homebrew-taps repo

brew install turboninh/taps/uninstall-cli

or

brew tap turboninh/taps
brew install uninstall-cli

Manual

1. Clone the repo into your computer. Put it somewhere static.
2. Create an alias in your shell by adding this line

   alias uninstall="~/<your_cloned_path>/uninstall-cli.sh"
   

   then source your shell.
3. Usage: In your terminal,

   uninstall /Applications/<name_of_your_evil_app>.app 
   

Usage

uninstall-cli.sh /Applications/app_name.app