How to remove a program from mac laptop

how to remove a program from my macbook pro 10.6.8

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What application do you want to uninstall?
On Mac, most of the applications are uninstalled just dragging them to the Trash. If an application comes with an uninstaller, use it instead to uninstall that application.
Also, never use a cleaning app to uninstall an application. They can damage OS X, so the only option will be reinstall the operating system

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    To make sure, click Finder on your Dock.
    Then click on Applications and scroll down looking for the Thunderbird App.
    If you find it there, do a control click "Move to Trash" or click hold and drag it to the Trash.
    For more on OS X Finder, see > Mac Basics: The Finder
    For more on OS X in general, see > Mac Basics - Apple Support

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  • How to remove duplicate emails from mac mail

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    Apologies, this was posted here in error. Please find updated post here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/27261965#27261965

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  • How do i transfer iphoto from Mac laptop to iMac?

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  • How to remove mail account from mac only

    I just have my mac air and used it for 1 week, but am gonna give it out to my sister changing with another one. I have set up my yahoo email accounts in my mac air, and how could i delete the email account on my mac without deleting all the contents form the server? Anyone help please, thanks

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  • How do I completely remove Open Office from my laptop?

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    KJRob2015

    KJRob2015 wrote:
    The long story on this is, I needed a word processing program. I'm creating a song list book for Karaoke.  The karaoke software that I use will generate a song book as I Import songs to my hard drive. Well I went to Open Office website and downloaded their free shareware.  What a mistake that was...  My Question is how do i completely remove Open Office from my laptop?  Any help or Ideas would be great.  I did the usual steps of going through the control panel and uninstalled that software.  But it's still on my system.  I'm not a computer geek, and I'm I T challanged. LOL.
    Any Ideas Thanks
    KJRob2015
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