How To Delete Steam On Mac
This vid explains how to Uninstall Steam manually. Plz use this uninstaller tool PRO@ if you are having trouble. There are two ways to remove a kext. The first way is by using the Terminal command kextunload. Determine which kext you need to remove. Be absolutely certain you’ve got the right one. Removing a system-critical kext can cause major problems, and kext names are often cryptic. Open Terminal and enter the following command. The other common reason to remove cache and temp files is to increase the amount of free space on a storage volume. In researching this article, I discovered that a number of cache files used by the Steam gaming platform had grown to over 70 GB on my Mac. By dragging and drop Steam.app to Trash folder, you may left these Spotify associated files like preferences, logs, caches behind. To do a clean and complete uninstall of your Steam, follow steps below. Open Finder in Menu, click Go enter /Library/. Delete Steam Navigate to Applications and drag the Steam icon to the trash icon. Open Finder, and navigate to Hard Drive Users Your Mac UsernameLibraryApplication Support. Delete the Steam folder by dragging it to the trash icon.
Steam needs no introduction to any video game enthusiast. Created by Valve Corporation, Steam is a giant open gaming hub. Steam is mostly known for its video game store that features thousands of titles from AAA to indie and offers lavish discounts. Its community features are overlooked, but nevertheless, it’s there if you’re interested.
For gamers all over the globe, Steam has become a digital paradise.
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The unfortunate side of gaming on a Mac, besides the obvious, is its limited storage. Keeping your entire Steam library will cost space — a lot of space. So if you are looking to free up space on your Mac, deleting Steam, or at least some of the games, would be the first place to look.
How to Uninstall Games from Mac
Games library can take up tons of your MacBook storage. Modern Triple-A games need tens of gigabytes and having multiple ones installed is a sure way to waste precious SSD space. If Mac is your only gaming device and you are not yet ready to remove Steam completely, delete video games you do not play from your Mac to save room.
- Open Steam
- Switch to Library > Installed
- Ctrl-click the game you want to remove
- Click Delete Local Content (the game will stay in your library but will be removed from Mac storage)
Permanently Remove Games from Library
You can then continue to permanently remove a game from your Steam library:
- Open Steam > Library
- Choose a game and click Support on the right
- Click on I want to permanently remove this game from my account
- Confirm you want remove the game from your account
Note: This completely deletes the game from your Steam library!
Hide Games from Steam Library
Generally, there is no need to permanently remove games from the library, as they cannot be recovered and don’t take up any space. Moreover, if you want to keep things tidy, simply hiding the game will do the trick.
- Open Steam > Library
- Ctrl-click the game you want to hide
- Click Set category
- Tick the Hide this game in my library box
- Click OK
How to Uninstall Steam from Mac
Keeping Steam on your Mac can take up too much disk space (and too much of your time). You know you need to clean up your drive and uninstall space-hogging apps when your OS starts struggling due to lack of free space. If Steam is one of those apps for you, here is how you can remove it.
- Quit Steam
- Open Finder > Applications
- Drag and drop Steam.app to Trash
- In Finder hold Shift-Command-G to open Go to folder
- Paste ~/Library/Application Support/ directory and find Steam folder
- Delete the content of the folder (except /steamapps if you want to reinstall Steam and keep downloaded games)
- Empty Trash
This will remove the major components of the application and free up space. However to completely get rid of Steam you will also have to delete its additional files.
- In Finder hold Shift-Command-G to open Go to folder
- Check all of them following locations for steam or valve related files
~/Library/Caches/…
~/Library/Logs/…
~/Library/Preferences/…
~/Library/Cookies/…
~/Library/Saved Application State/…
~/Library/LaunchAgents/…
- Move all Steam-associated files to Trash
Uninstall Steam Using MacFly Pro
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If you don’t want to be bothered with all the extra manual effort, grab MacFly Pro to quickly and completely uninstall Steam from your Mac.
- Open MacFly Pro
- Select Apps module and click Scan
- Select Steam and tick the boxes next to other apps you want like to remove
- Hit Uninstall Selected
This concludes full uninstallation of Steam on Mac. Whether you want to delete some games, reinstall Steam, with or without losing downloaded games, or completely remove Steam from your Mac — this guide should have your questions answered. Using the MacFly Pro option is by far the fastest way of uninstalling Steam. Once removed, you can also use MacFly Pro to further clean your Mac and free up even more space on your startup disk.
Use Launchpad to delete an app
Launchpad offers a convenient way to delete apps that were downloaded from the App Store.
- To open Launchpad, click it in the Dock or open it from your Applications folder. You can also pinch closed with your thumb and three fingers on your trackpad.
- If you don't see the app in Launchpad, type its name in the search field at the top of the screen. Or swipe right or left with two fingers on your trackpad to show the next or previous page.
- Press and hold the Option (⌥) key, or click and hold any app until the apps jiggle.
- Click next to the app that you want to delete, then click Delete to confirm. The app is deleted immediately. Apps that don't show either didn't come from the App Store or are required by your Mac. To delete an app that didn't come from the App Store, use the Finder instead.
Deleting an app doesn't cancel any subscription you may have purchased with that app. Learn how to cancel subscriptions for apps that were downloaded from the App Store.
Use the Finder to delete an app
- Locate the app in the Finder. Most apps are in your Applications folder, which you can open by clicking Applications in the sidebar of any Finder window. Or use Spotlight to find the app, then press and hold the Command (⌘) key while double-clicking the app in Spotlight.
- Drag the app to the Trash, or select the app and choose File > Move to Trash.
- If you're asked for a user name and password, enter the name and password of an administrator account on your Mac. This is probably the name and password you use to log in to your Mac.
- To delete the app, choose Finder > Empty Trash.
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How To Delete Steam On Mac
To use an app again after deleting it, either reinstall it or restore it from a backup.
- To reinstall apps that were installed as part of macOS, reinstall macOS. This applies to apps such as Safari, iTunes, Books, Messages, Mail, Calendar, Photos, and FaceTime.
- You can also redownload apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books that were installed from the App Store, iTunes Store, or Apple Books.
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