I want to uninstall some recently installed software which I installed using the Mac App Store. Is is possible to uninstall those programs from inside the App Store?
Mac App Store – Uninstalling a Program
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Best Answer
No.
You cannot uninstall apps from within the App Store.
How can I delete an application?
You can delete them like in iOS:
Note: The X appears only for apps which have been installed using the Mac App Store.
Locate the Applications folder where the app is located:
/Applications
or/Users/my_name/Applications
Note: This will only remove the application - this will not remove some other files which may be related to the app (e.g. preferences). If you want to remove such files as well, you can use tools like AppCleaner which @james.garriss has mentioned.
Besides this, applications which have not been installed via the Mac App Store sometimes provide their own uninstaller in the installer
.dmg
image. I usually keep them in a folderApplications/Uninstaller
which I created.