How to Delete an App on Mac from Launchpad. The first way we want to recommend to you is using. This article was co-authored by Chiara Corsaro.Chiara Corsaro is the General Manager and Apple Certified Mac & iOS Technician for macVolks, Inc., an Apple Authorized Service Provider located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Was founded in 1990, is accredited by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) with an A+ rating, and is part of the Apple Consultants Network (ACN). Delete Spotify using App Cleaner & Uninstaller. App Cleaner & Uninstaller is a program, that removes apps with all their service files. To uninstall Spotify with App Cleaner, follow these steps: Launch App Cleaner & Uninstaller. Select Spotify from the list of apps. Click the Remove button and confirm removal. First the user has to open the finder and select the application from the list on left side and then the find the app to uninstall, and then just delete it. The App store maintains the list of apps users have purchased. In case if you need the app in future, then one can install it again without paying money again.
In this article, I will show tutorials first how to delete particular app from launchpad in mac and second is how to delete all apps from launchpad.
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So, first of all we going to discuss how you can easily remove per apps from launchpad on your mac.
But I’ve to tell you there is three method from which you can delete app from launchpad 1 ) Using LaunchPad 2 ) Command Line 3 ) Using Finder
Delete One App at a Time Using Launchpad
To delete one selected app from launchpad on your mac using a launchpad.
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Click and Hold down the con until all icons start jiggling.
Click on ‘X’ button shown in upper left side of corner of the icons that you want to delete.
However you can only delete apps that installed form Mac App Store. Which means if you want to delete an app from your mac that not installed from Mac App Store you’ve to use command line to remove it that given below.
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So, to delete app that not installed from Mac App Store you’ve to use command lines on terminal.
First launch the Terminal and enter the given following command line. But replace the ”NAME OF APP” with the name of application you want to delete.
sqlite3 ~/Library/Application Support/Dock/*.db “DELETE from apps WHERE title=’NAME OF APP ‘;” && killall Dock
Deleting App on Launchpad Using Finder
To delete app from launchpad you can also used finder application. If both above don’t work for you.
1. Run the app from Launchpad
2. Right Click on the app you want to delete on Dock
3. Now choose the Options > Show in Finder
4. You can also delete the app.
Delete All Apps From Launchpad Using TerminalUninstall Apps On Mac
You can delete all apps from launchpad and give a fresh start and can installed your favorite apps on launchpad and lot more.
Launch the Terminal
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Enter the given following command line
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sqlite3 ~/Library/Application Support/Dock/*.db “DELETE from apps; DELETE from groups WHERE title”; DELETE from items WHERE rowid>2;”; killall Dock
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Note that one you delete the apps they can’t be recover. So first of all check the your mac launchpad and then format the launchpad.
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