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If you want to permanently remove some private or sensitive applications from your Mac, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we will show you how to completely uninstall applications on Mac, delete associated files and permanently erase the uninstalled applications to prevent potential data recovery.

completely uninstall sensitive applications on Mac

For most of Mac users, it is necessary to install various applications to meet the needs of work, entertainment, etc. Some applications may become very private for the owners, such as a financial app. Before the Mac users sell or donate a Mac computer, they should make sure all the sensitive applications and associated files have been permanently removed from the Mac, and can’t be recovered by any method.

completely uninstall sensitive applications on Mac

Of course, there are many methods to delete an application from your Mac. For example, you can just move the application to Trash and then empty it from Trash, and you also can delete the application from Launchpad or Applications folder. But, please note that these methods can’t remove all the files related the uninstalled applications, you have to delete the related files manually. Just go to find the leftovers and delete them by yourself - of course, it would be an exhausting experience.

completely uninstall sensitive applications on Mac

And please note that, even you have deleted all the associated files and emptied the trash bin, all the deleted data/traces still can be recovered by some powerful data recovery applications - such as Do Your Data Recovery.

What is the easiest method to completely uninstall sensitive applications on Mac?

In order to completely uninstall sensitive applications and delete all related files permanently, you can try a special data erasure & uninstalling tool - DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac. This is a powerful and easy-to-use application which is able to help you easily and completely uninstall sensitive applications and delete all leftovers.

Now, you just need to download this software on your Mac. It is 100% safe software.

Then follow the steps to completely uninstall sensitive applications and delete all associated files.

Step 1. Open DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac on your Mac computer. You will see several tools. First of all, just select the uninstaller tool.

Step 2. Select the applications you want to uninstall, then click on Uninstall button. This tool will quickly uninstall the selected applications and delete all associated files including app junk, logs, caches, registry files, etc.

completely uninstall sensitive applications on Mac

Step 3. Choose tool - Wipe Free Space. This tool will wipe free disk space of your Mac to permanently erase all deleted data on your Mac, including the uninstall applications. This is the best way to prevent your uninstalled application from being recovered by data recovery applications.

completely uninstall sensitive applications on Mac

Step 4. Just select the Mac hard drive, and then click on Wipe Now button. All deleted/lost data on your Mac will be permanently erased. It will not affecting existing data/applications on your Mac.

completely uninstall sensitive applications on Mac

With DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac, you can easily uninstall sensitive or useless applications on your Mac and permanently delete all data related the uninstalled applications. DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac is a certified Mac data erasure application. It also can help you permanently erase data from Mac hard disk, external hard drive, memory card, USB flash drive, etc. Download DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac here:

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Written & Updated by Shirly Chen

Shirly Chen has been writing data recovery, data erasure articles for DoYourData over 4 years. She has been working as a professional website content writer & editor for quite a long time. She also writes articles about disk clone, Mac optimization, disk backup, etc.

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