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How To Uninstall Growl

Generally speaking, uninstalling any app on macOS is pretty easy. You might want to remove an app you no longer use to just free up disk space.

Today I'll show you 3 very easy ways to uninstall and completely remove Growl from your Mac, so let's get straight to it!

 Handy hint:
The best way to uninstall Growl is with iBoostUp's Uninstall tool (free download)



1. The standard and easiest way to uninstall Growl:

2. How to remove Growl using the Terminal:

 - Open the macOS Terminal from Applications > Utilities.
 - Type killall Growl, hit ENTER
 - Type rm -rf "/Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane/Contents/Resources/GrowlHelperApp.app", then hit ENTER.
 - If that fails, try typing sudo rm -rf "/Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane/Contents/Resources/GrowlHelperApp.app"
 - Now type rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.growl.growlhelperapp, hit ENTER.

This will remove Growl from your Mac, but some supporting and related files will be left behind. Read on for how to remove those.

3. Completely remove Growl and related files using iBoostUp's Uninstaller:

Click for more infomation on Growl.

 

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