How to uninstall Telegram on a Mac, and where its chats and media are kept
Telegram for Mac keeps chats and downloaded media in group containers that Terminal cannot read. Log out, remove the app, then clear those folders.
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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 VLC on a Mac
Remove VLC from Applications and the few small files it leaves: preferences, a media library cache and saved state. The whole job takes a minute.
How to uninstall Proton VPN on a Mac, including its system extensions
Proton VPN installs system extensions and a VPN configuration as well as the app. How to remove all three on a Mac, and check nothing is left running.
How to uninstall DBeaver on a Mac, and the workspace with your connections
Remove DBeaver from Applications and its DBeaverData workspace, which holds your saved connections and scripts. Export what you need first.
How to uninstall MySQL Workbench on a Mac
Remove MySQL Workbench and its saved connections folder. It is separate from the MySQL server, which stays installed until you remove it too.
How to uninstall pgAdmin 4 on a Mac
pgAdmin is one of the largest database apps, 743 MB on our Mac. Remove it, its cache and its saved servers file, and keep PostgreSQL running.
How to uninstall the Claude desktop app on a Mac
Remove the Claude app and its Application Support folder, which on our Mac was 865 MB, nearly as large as the app. What is in it and what removing it does.
How to uninstall Kiro on a Mac, including the 861 MB of update downloads
Remove the Kiro editor, its settings, the ~/.kiro folder, and an update cache that on our Mac was larger than the app itself.
How to uninstall Google Antigravity on a Mac
Remove the Antigravity editor, its two settings folders, a 347 MB cache, and the Google updater it may share with other Google apps.
How to uninstall Android Studio on a Mac, and what is still there after
On our Mac Android Studio was already gone, and its settings and a 992 MB Gradle cache were still there. Everything to remove, including the SDK and emulators.
How to uninstall Visual Studio Code on a Mac completely
Remove VS Code, its settings and its extensions, and the Homebrew record that stays when the app is deleted by hand, as it had on our Mac.
How to uninstall Lightshot on a Mac
Remove Lightshot, stop it opening at login, and give the screenshot shortcut back to macOS. The app is tiny; the shortcut is what people notice.