Uninstall An App On Mac El Capitan

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  2. Uninstall An App On Mac El Capitan 10.11

If you’ve ever dragged an application to the Trash in order to remove it from your Mac, you’ve been doing it wrong. Why is that? Well, the thing is that apps are more than just their application icon. When you drag an app to the Trash, you leave behind tons of leftover files which end up wasting space on your Mac. This goes for Safari application, as well. So, how are you supposed to completely remove Safari from your Mac?
By uninstalling it, of course!

I have Mac Pro 2,1. Trying to upgrade to El Capitan from OSX Lion 10.7.5 using Pikify App. To do so, El Capitan must be in the Apps folder. Downloaded El Capitan.dmg directly from Apple website (6.5GB). Ran it and now have the El Capitan.mpkg file. However, the installer won't allow El Capitan.

So, how to uninstall Safari on Mac?

The answer very much depends on the system you’re running.

If you run OS X Yosemite (10.10) and earlier

For OS X Yosemite 10.10 and earlier OS like Mavericks 10.9, OS X Mountain Lion 10.8, OS X Lion 10.7, and so on, you’re lucky — it’s possible to completely uninstall Safari browser from your Mac in two ways: manually or with CleanMyMac X.

If you run OS X El Capitan (10.11) or later macOS

As for the newer systems, sorry to tell you this, but the farthest you can get is resetting Safari and clearing all the info from it.

In other words: it’s impossible to uninstall Safari in OS X El Capitan 10.11 and macOS Sierra 10.12.

You might be wondering, why so? There is a pretty logical reason for that. Since the release of El Capitan 10.11, Apple introduced System Integrity Protection. It’s a security feature that mostly has your best interests in mind: there is nothing you as a user can accidentally do to damage system files in any way. You cannot possibly delete, disable, uninstall or corrupt anything critical in the whole OS.

On the other hand, you’re deprived of the opportunity to modify anything, for instance delete a pre-installed system app, such as the Safari browser.

Long story short, you can’t completely uninstall Safari. The binary file of the app will remain, even if you remove every associated file and history. However, you can reset Safari browser with an uninstaller tool in CleanMyMac X. It’s a Mac cleaning app that has a reset option for apps, and it will wipe clean all your plugins, history, and cache.

How to uninstall Safari on OS X Yosemite and earlier

Warning: Before we begin, you should know that by removing Safari, you may also be removing critical files that are necessary for Mac system processes and apps which rely on Safari to run correctly. By removing the Safari browser via the steps in this guide, we are in no way responsible for what happens to your Mac when Safari is removed. We understand that you want the application gone, but we must make sure to warn you that it may affect your system and other apps on your Mac negatively, and we are in no way responsible. Just a warning!

A quick way to completely remove Safari from OS X 10.10

Uninstalling apps with CleanMyMac is incredibly easy. It has an Uninstaller module that gets rid of all the little leftovers that ragging an app to the Trash misses. To uninstall Safari and all of its parts with CleanMyMac X, follow these steps:

  1. Download and install CleanMyMac X(it’s free to download).
  2. Launch the app.
  3. In the top menu, choose CleanMyMac X > Preferences.
  4. Click on Ignore list, then choose Uninstaller on the left.
  5. Uncheck Ignore system applications.
  6. Go back to CleanMyMac X and open the Uninstaller tab.
  7. Find Safari on the list.
  8. Click on Complete Uninstallation at the top.
  9. Click Remove button.

And Safari is gone! CleanMyMac X has been beautifully designed to clean out applications and a whole lot more with just a few clicks. It can clean up not just applications, but gigabytes of useless junk on your Mac. CleanMyMac X will save you tons of cleaning time and help you speed up your Mac. So, why wait? Download CleanMyMac X for free and get cleaning!

How to uninstall Safari from OS X 10.10 and earlier (manually)

Let’s start by saying (again) that you have to find all the extra files that come with Safari. We can’t just drag Safari to the Trash for two reasons:

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  1. number one, it doesn’t get rid of all the little leftover files;
  2. number two, “‘Safari’ can’t be modified or deleted because it’s required by OS X,” pops up when you try to delete it.

So, let’s put this into perspective for a second. If you were to remove all the files for Safari manually, you’d have to remove all these types of files (note: look for Safari in the name of the file):

  • Binaries, which are located in…
    /Applications/
  • Dock Icon, which is located in…
    /Applications/
  • Application Support Files, which are located in…
    /Users/YourName/Library/Application Support/
  • Plugins, which are located in…
    /Users/YourName/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/
  • Caches, which are located in…
    /Users/YourName/Library/Caches/
    /var/folders/typically-two-numbers-andOr-letters/C/
  • Library, which is located in…
    /Users/YourName/Library/
  • Preferences, which are located in…
    /Users/YourName/Library/Preferences/
  • Saved States, which are located in…
    /Users/YourName/Library/Saved Application State/
  • Crashes, which are located in…
    /Users/YourName/Library/Application Support/CrashReporter/

So again, if you need to completely remove Safari from Mac, you need to delete all these kinds of files. Know that some files may not exist, for instance, is Safari has never crashed on you, it may have no crash files. Also, be sure to look for “Safari” in the file name in the folders mentioned above.

Please be careful when deleting system files, you never know how it will affect your Mac if you remove the wrong ones (or the right ones for that matter!). However, you always can use an easier way to remove all these files without searching for all the specifics, and that’s by using CleanMyMac. It finds all the leftover pieces you’re likely to leave on your Mac when you delete the apps by dragging them to the Trash.

How to delete Safari data (reset Safari browser) on OS X El Capitan and later

Uninstall An App On Mac El Capitan

Resetting Safari is deleting all of the information from the browser, leaving it pristine like the first snow. Whatever history, data, extensions or else you had in Safari browser, after resetting it will all be wiped out irreversibly, so think twice if you have anything important stored in there.

  1. Download and install CleanMyMac X (click here to download it).
  2. Launch the app.
  3. In the top menu, choose CleanMyMac X > Preferences.
  4. Click on the Ignore List, then choose Uninstaller on the left.
  5. Uncheck Ignore system applications.
  6. Go back to CleanMyMac and open the Uninstaller tab.
  7. Find Safari on the list.
  8. Click on the Application reset at the top.
  9. Click Remove button.

How to remove Safari data from macOS 10.15 Catalina

Catalina has brought major changes to the operating system we all love. With the good old iTunes app being replaced by Music, Podcasts and Apple TV and other novelties, the release brought a lot of great enhancements to macOS. Safari has been updated too.

New OS requirements don’t make it possible to remove Safari on Mac with CleanMyMac X. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t optimize your Mac’s storage and remove Safari related files. So, to remove those, open CleanMyMac X and go to the menu and select Preferences. Here move to Ignore List and uncheck Ignore system application.

Then you can go to CleanMyMac X’s Uninstaller module and click the down-arrow to see Safari files. Check the items to delete them from your Mac and click Remove.

We hope this guide has helped you, we’re sorry if it didn’t (because you’re running macOS Catalina and just found out that you’ll have to deal with Safari on your Mac forever). Don’t forget to retrieve important info from your browser before uninstalling or resetting it, and have a nice day. Cheers.

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Just like most of us, you’ve probably jumped on the Sierra bandwagon and upgraded expecting cool features and a boost in performance. But the new macOS has it’s bugs and troubles: some apps and hardware pieces are incompatible with it just yet, and some features are off-putting rather than appealing.

In any case, you don’t have to endure Sierra if for whatever reason you don’t feel like it at this point. Follow our guide on how to downgrade macOS Sierra and familiar OS X and wait for another update (or don’t).

How to remove macOS Sierra and go back to OS X 10.11

IMPORTANT: Do not proceed before you have this guide opened on some other device or printed out! If you want to reinstall El Capitan to the very Mac you’re reading this on right now, please make sure to have this page opened anywhere else or even print out the instructions. We’ve prepared a full tutorial on how to remove macOS Sierra from your Mac and revert back to El Capitan OS.

Step 1: Keep your files backed up

First, let’s figure out how to reinstall macOS without losing data. While you downgrade your Mac, it will be cleansed from the files you’ve worked on since you’ve installed Sierra. If you still need them, you should back them up.

To begin with, make sure you’re backing up the files you actually need, not some old trashy stuff that you’d be better off without. You can make use of a Mac cleaner to get rid of the files you no longer need. An app like CleanMyMac X is a good fit for the job. After you download and install it, look in the left-hand menu for the Large & Old files tab. Run the scan to find stuff on your Mac you might want to get rid of quickly. Now you can move the rest of them to an external drive or cloud storage, like DropBox or iCloud.

Also, it’s vital to have a Time Machine backup for all your files before you proceed. This is a general Mac backup and you can restore all your files by the end of the reinstallation process. You can find it in Settings -> Time Machine.

Step 2: Make an OS X El Capitan installer into a bootable drive

Before you proceed directly to macOS downgrade, you’ll need OS X El Capitan installer ready for launch. For this purpose you’ll need a bootable flash drive (USB) with El Capitan on it. When you create it, you can then erase the operation system you’ve got now (Sierra) and install El Capitan, but it must be specifically a bootable installer on drive, not just an file on the USB stick. Otherwise you won’t be able to choose it for installation. No worries, it’s not too hard to create, just stick to the steps below:

  1. Find an external drive (a thumb drive will do) with at least 8GB of storage space.
  2. Download El Capitan installer file (Install El Capitan.app) from the App Store and put it into the Applications folder.
  3. Open Terminal and paste this into Terminal window:

    sudo /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app --nointeraction

  4. Enter admin password when asked.

Wait for about half an hour till it’s ready. In the end, you will see: Copy Complete. And finally, Done. This means you’re all set.

Step 3: Erase macOS Sierra out of your sight

Once your bootable installer is ready to roll, time to delete macOS Sierra. The following list shows you the easiest way to completely remove macOS Sierra from your Mac, so there is no coming back after you’ve gone all the way. Make sure you’ve kept all precautions, like you have the rest of this page on a separate device and your files are safely backed up or moved to the cloud storage.

Sure, you’re ready to move on? Then go.

  1. Make sure you’ve got internet connection.
  2. Restart Mac (Apple icon -> Restart).
  3. Press and hold Command+R right after the startup until Mac makes that specific reboot noise.
  4. Open Disk Utility, you can see it in the Utilities selector.
  5. Click Continue.
  6. You can see the list of disks, find your Startup Disk among them and choose it.
  7. Find the Erase tab in the top. Name the file you want erased (for instance macOS Sierra).
  8. Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) from the list.
  9. Hit Erase.

When the process of erasing Sierra is complete, you can open the main menu in the upper left corner and simply quit Disk Utility. You won’t need it anymore. Quitting will bring you back to the OS X Utilities selector and our reinstallation journey continues from there.

Step 4: Install OS X El Capitan back on your Mac

Finally, after you’ve erased something, you have to install something back. With the bootable drive it’s more than easy, just a couple of clicks. However, not as fast.

  1. First, in your OS X Utilities selector, find and choose Reinstall OS X.
  2. When you see El Capitan installation, just click continue and then click through the license agreement.
  3. From then, follow the usual installation flow. Let it finish and let it reboot.
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Uninstall An App On Mac El Capitan 10.11

IMPORTANT: there is a possibility, that you’ll be able to download an earlier version of OS X, probably the one that was on your Mac when you bought it. In this case, finish the installation and then go to the Mac App Store to upgrade to El Capitan.

Step 5: Retrieve your files from El Capitan backup

As we mentioned before, a Time Machine backup is not exactly an option, it’s more of a necessity when it comes to getting your files back. Here’s how to do it:

  1. Restart Mac.
  2. Press and keep Command+R through the whole reboot.
  3. In the OS X Utilities selector, select Restore from Time Machine Backup.
  4. Press Continue (twice).
  5. Select the Backup source (time to recall where your backup is stored).
  6. Continue.
  7. Select OS X El Capitan backup on the drive (the most recent one).
  8. Continue.

Your data will be restored and then your Mac will reboot. It might take a while, so be prepared to wait. Average restoring time mainly depends on the size of your backup.

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