How to uninstall unwanted apps?

I have uninstalled some applications but tracks of some of them yet exist. for example I have uninstalled LittleSnitch ( by its uninstaller ), but its .plist file exist yet.
Someone suggested some commercial cleaner or uninstallers but I dont want to use them.
Is there any way to find these unwanted files and their removal in Terminal ?
Thanks.

Or, better yet, don't do anything.
The time and effort required to clean up these files isn't worth the benefit.
The amount of space is typically miniscule.
Of course, YMMV.

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Barney and Tony,
Not sure if this reply will appear in the correct sequence in the discussion thread but I've had a look at those folders and files you mentioned, Barney. There was nothing in most of them. Library/Extensions exists as System/Library on my setup but I saw nothing in it pertaining to any of the three apps concerned.
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etc
but, again, looking in these folders yielded nothing that appeared remotely associated with any of the three apps. In searches like this you can get right down to the very coding level if you wish, it seems. However, unless you're familiar with the coding you've no idea as to what these functions are, or how they interact with other apps and processes. And I'm certainly not.
One thing I did come across, however, happened when I was looking at one of the more hidden-away user functions of the Apple Mail client and I noticed that apps such as iPhoto and PhotoBooth are involved in importing images into the client. That being so, it might be better for me not to remove iPhoto, since I use and rely on Apple Mail quite a lot.
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Possibly, the only way of ridding my machine of them is for me to perform at a later date a major cleanup, completely wiping the HD, and reinstalling Mavericks from scratch.
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you tab and hold your finger on the icon it then begin to wiggle after awhile
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