https://github.com/t18n/uninstall-cli

Open-sourced CLI tool to uninstall application on MacOS
https://github.com/t18n/uninstall-cli

bash macos uninstall

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Open-sourced CLI tool to uninstall application on MacOS

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/t18n/uninstall-cli
• Owner: t18n
• License: mit
• Created: 2023-04-07T12:23:23.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-04-07T15:05:46.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-04T04:09:18.140Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: bash, macos, uninstall
• Language: Shell
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.93 KB
• Stars: 23
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Uninstall CLI

This script is an open-sourced alternative for [App Cleaner](https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/) on Mac OS

The script is created following Sun Knudsen's [How to clean uninstall macOS apps using AppCleaner open source alternative](https://github.com/sunknudsen/privacy-guides/tree/master/how-to-clean-uninstall-macos-apps-using-appcleaner-open-source-alternative) tutorial. The repo is set up so that people can clone and contribute to make it better.

## Installation

### Homebrew

Tap can be found in [my homebrew-taps](https://github.com/turboninh/homebrew-taps) repo

```

brew install turboninh/taps/uninstall-cli

```

or 

```

brew tap turboninh/taps

brew install uninstall-cli

```

### Manual

1. Clone the repo into your computer. Put it somewhere static.

2. Create an alias in your shell by adding this line

   ```

   alias uninstall="~//uninstall-cli.sh"

   ```

   then source your shell.

3. Usage: In your terminal, 

   ```

   uninstall /Applications/.app 

   ```

## Usage

```

uninstall-cli.sh /Applications/app_name.app

```