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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.

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How do I uninstall Lightshot on a Mac?

  1. Quit Lightshot from its menu bar icon.
  2. Move Lightshot Screenshot from Applications to the Trash. Ours, version 2.22, was 1.6 MB.
  3. Open System Settings, General, Login Items & Extensions, and remove it from Open at Login if it is listed.
  4. Remove ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.skillbrains.lightshot, an empty folder on our Mac.

How do I get the Mac screenshot shortcuts back?

Open System Settings, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts, Screenshots, and tick the shortcuts you turned off for Lightshot. ⌘ ⇧ 5 opens macOS's own screenshot toolbar with every option.

Screenshots piling up on the desktop afterwards: see where macOS saves them, in Screenshot's Options menu.

Common questions

How do I uninstall Lightshot on Mac?

Quit it, move it to the Trash and remove it from Login Items.

How do I restore the Mac screenshot shortcut?

System Settings, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts, Screenshots: tick the shortcuts again.

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