How to uninstall Go on a Mac, from Homebrew or the official installer
Remove Go installed with Homebrew or the go.dev installer, and the module cache and tools folder that stay in your home folder after it goes.
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Mac storage, explained.
What fills your disk, where it hides, and what is safe to remove. Every guide gives you a way to check it on your own Mac.
How to uninstall Ruby on a Mac, when rbenv, Homebrew and macOS each have one
Our Mac had five Rubies: two in rbenv, two from Homebrew and Apple's own. Which you can remove, how to remove each, and the one to leave alone.
How to uninstall Gradle on a Mac, and the cache that is twice its size
Remove Gradle with Homebrew, then the ~/.gradle folder that every project and Android Studio fill: on our Mac 992 MB, nearly twice Gradle itself.
How to uninstall Maven on a Mac, and its local repository
Remove Maven with Homebrew or from its unpacked folder, and the ~/.m2 repository of downloaded libraries, which is usually larger than Maven.
How to uninstall CocoaPods on a Mac
Remove CocoaPods installed with Homebrew or as a Ruby gem, and the specs repository and cache it keeps in your home folder.
How to uninstall Ollama on a Mac, and the models that take the space
Remove Ollama from Homebrew or its app, stop its background service, and delete the models folder, which is where nearly all of Ollama's space goes.
How to uninstall nvm on a Mac, and every Node version it holds
Remove nvm and the Node versions it installed. On our Mac the nvm package was 224 KB, and the versions it managed took 4.5 GB.
How to uninstall ImageMagick on a Mac, and the libraries it brought with it
Remove ImageMagick with Homebrew, then the dozens of image libraries it pulled in that nothing else needs. brew autoremove finds them.
How to uninstall the Google Cloud CLI on a Mac
Remove the gcloud command line tools, installed with Homebrew or Google's script, and the sign in details they keep in ~/.config/gcloud.
How to uninstall the Xcode Command Line Tools on a Mac, and reinstall them
Remove the Command Line Tools with one command, why ours were 1.3 GB with SDKs for five macOS versions, and how to get a clean copy back.
How to uninstall Claude Code on a Mac, when it is installed twice
Remove Claude Code installed natively or with Homebrew, the old versions it keeps, and the history folder. On our Mac there were two installs and 1.2 GB of history.
How to uninstall OBS Studio on a Mac, and keep or remove your recordings
Remove OBS from Applications, then its scenes and settings folder. Your recordings are elsewhere, in the folder you set, and are often the biggest part.