Mac – cancel a download of a Mac Store app

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I just got a really large Mac App Store app, (2GB), but Im having some trouble with my diskspace…

Is there a way to completeley cancel the download of the app? I mean not just pause it but cancel it. The icon on the dock kind of stresses me out, and it reappears even if I drag it out.

Best Answer

  1. Quit App Store app.

  2. Delete ~/Library/Application Support/AppStore folder.

  3. To avoid App Store still display you have downloaded x bytes of y bytes, four solutions :

    • Disregards.
    • Kill storeagent process (type killall storeagent into Terminal).
    • Logout / login.
    • Reboot.

With Lion it's shadowed under random folder /private/var/folders/<three level random folders>/com.apple.appstore/<again random folder name>/<apple server name package>.pkg. Well…

  1. Open Launchpad.
  2. Find your app.
  3. Keep alt key down.
  4. Click on cross to delete it.
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