How does an Apple Computer completely uninstall software?

How does the Mac completely uninstall the software? Many friends who use Macs know how to uninstall installed software, in general, most Mac OS X applications are in the form of resource bundles in MAC devices, which are all independent, The uninstall can be done simply by dragging the application icon to the Trash. However, not all applications are unloaded so easily and cheerfully. Some applications contain preference files and program support files, which tend to take up a small portion of space, and the size of the space depends on the installed application. These files can easily be left on our Mac, taking up hard disk space. So how do we change the total deletion of these file residues? Today PC6 a small compilation to teach you how to completely uninstall Mac installed software.

1, find the "other" folder in Launchpad and open Activity monitor.

2. Select All processes on the menu bar to ensure that the application that will be uninstalled has stopped running. If the program is still running, we need to terminate the process manually. Then, review all processes again.

3, it should be noted that for part of the login system that automatically runs the application, you need to find the following path, the relevant attachment deleted. Enter the System Preferences > user Group and group > personal Landing Items, see the following figure:

-Open Finder, go > Go to Folder >/library/launchagents

-Open Finder, go > Go to Folder > ~/library/launchagents

-Open Finder, go > Go to Folder >/library/startupitems

The Finder corresponds to "My Computer" in the Windows system. After removing the associated login component for the application that needs to be uninstalled, we need to reboot the MAC device to continue the operation below.

4. After reboot, search the finder for applications that need to be uninstalled. Note Select a list of files to search, the scope to set to the entire MAC.

5, see the search options below the "+" it? We need to click it, and then select Name > Contents > enter the names of the application. You then add additional search criteria to the markup section of the diagram.

6. Remove all files associated with the App you want to delete (select all, drag into the trash)

7, the final step is to empty the trash, but, if the file is removed, the MAC still works, that is, we did not delete the wrong file.