How do I delete something I install

How do I perminately delete an application I downloaded from the web?

If the app installed an 'uninstaller' use the uninstaller. If not, you can simply drag the app from the aplications folder to the trash and then empty the trash. Some apps will leave behind 'preference' files or other folders/file behind. If you want to get rid of those, you can do a little 'google fu' (searching) and find out what files/folders the app in question installs, and then go into your system and remove those also. There is a free removal app named "AppCleaner" some people love it, some people hate it, it can remove all the files/folders associated with the app you are deleting.

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yep it would be great, to get rid of unwanted installs. or at least have an option to prevent them loading and showing. but til thats happening the above suggestion is poss. best, create new page, shuffle all the "useful" apps you dont need from system over there and place it as the very last page. any other solution would bring you into grey areas / require jailbreak

How can I delete something i´ve bought before from iTunes off of my iphone 4s? please help! ;)

Hello, yesterday i got my new iphone 4s and in the category of music is still one title i´ve bought 3 years ago.. but i won´t listen to it in future..
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of course.. i´ve already done that more than 10 times but it doesn´t work.. i dunno whats wrong with it
when i delete it (dircet in the music app).. i can download it again.. but it isn´t completly removed, it´s still listed in my titles!
on my pc i can´t do it anyways! it is not listed in iTunes.. so there is nothing to delete

How do I delete OS X install data

I have installed OS X Mavericks on a external hard drive. It gives me the ability to see my macintosh hd hard drive but I can't delete anything. On another forum it said it would fix everything with the hard drive if the 'os x install data' folder was renamed or deleted. But as I can't delete it, I can't fix it. Does anyone know how to delete that folder??

The topic has been much debated and analyzed over the last days / weeks. You must boot iinto SL install DVD (restart and, after chime, press C key or option key, then wait to see the boot options, then choose DVD), choose the install language, then go to the upper Apple bar, run Disk Utility, choose the disk on the left side, then reformat it with 1 partition or more, if you want more partitions. Repartitioning the disk will erase everything on the disk, including Lion recovery partition. Now you may install SL.
Warning: this will ERASE ALL YOUR DISK, so make a backup first.
I do not think Lion is so bad as you say, I have the feeling that many problems arise because Lion default installation is via upgrading SL, which may lead to numerous incompatibility issues. Using the same procedure, you may have an erase-and-install option for Lion. In order to do this, copy Lion installer on a flash drive, and install from there; when options are displayed, choose to run Disk Utility first, and erase the disk. This will install a pure version of Lion.
IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, backup your essential data, at least via simply copying them unto an external drive / flash / dvd etc. Note that, as I understand, Time Machine will not restore a downgraded volume (Lion to SL), am not sure, because I do not use it. I prefer iBackup (grapefruiit.ch). Such apps have the advantage of restoring system settings to, so you do not waste time to reset your system.
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How to uninstall/delete software not installed through Pacman.

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Last edited by Jrgen (2012-12-19 19:57:23)

Not to my knowledge. You can ask pacman to show you ALL files not owned by a package and then begin to manually delete ones you feel do not belong. Note that you should NOT just blindly start removing these!
Here is ~/bin/pacman-disowned that I got from here; can't remember who authored it.
#!/bin/sh
tmp=${TMPDIR-/tmp}/pacman-disowned-$UID-$$
db=$tmp/db
fs=$tmp/fs
mkdir "$tmp"
trap 'rm -rf "$tmp"' EXIT
pacman -Qlq | sort -u > "$db"
find /bin /etc /lib /sbin /usr \
! -name lost+found \
$ -type d -printf '%p/\n' -o -print $ | sort > "$fs"
comm -23 "$fs" "$db"|less
Last edited by graysky (2012-12-19 20:14:49)

How do I delete apps once installed?

I have an iPhone 4 and I can't figure out how to delete an app I installed. Sorry for the ignorance but I'm new to this Apple stuff! :)

Press and hold down the app icon until it jiggles then tap the circle with an x then tap Delete.
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touch it with mouse, don't click, and press DELETE.
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Gee, Pat, this is a real big help.
Nobody could possibly think anyone would ask for help without first trying to fix the issue oneself. Or maybe you do. I have opened the file and looked under security. I have changed it to owner-notebook (which is what the techs called me) and clicked accept but geepers it didn't work.
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