Uninstall GarageBand on Mac

GarageBand is a great application for music lovers. It enables editing and creating music easily on your Mac. The only drawback is that it is a huge space eater. If you are running out of free memory or, for other reasons, have decided to uninstall GarageBand, this article will be useful for you. We will tell you how to delete GarageBand.

Contents:

1. How to uninstall GarageBand manually
2. How to uninstall GarageBand using Mac uninstaller

How to Uninstall GarageBand Manually

The removal of applications on Mac may be called easy and difficult at the same time. Easy because you just need to drag and drop the icon to the Trash bin. On the other hand, moving an app to Trash is not enough if you want to uninstall a program completely. It is important to clear all the app’s service files too. Well, let’s move on to uninstalling GarageBand.

1. Move GarageBand to Trash.
2. Go to the Library Folder: in a Menu Bar click “Go” and select “Go to.” Type in the search field ~/Library.

   *One more way to easily open any other hidden file/folder is to use a free application Funter. All you need do is just type the file or folder’s name in a search field. In our previous article, you can learn about 3 ways to show hidden folders.  

3. Open each subfolder mentioned below and remove GarageBand related files from there:
   • ~/Library/Application Script/
   • ~/Library/Caches
   • ~/Library/Container
   • ~/Library/Preferences

   

Again, you can find all support files of the app via the Funter program. Type in the search field “GarageBand” and delete the files with the Remove button.

Delete the Instrument GarageBand with Mac Uninstaller

It should be mentioned that there is a second way to delete Garageband, which is much easier and quicker. For this purpose, you can use the App Cleaner & Uninstaller application. The app allows the complete removal of any software on Mac with just several clicks.

Video Guide: How to uninstall unneeded application using App Cleaner

Now let’s see step-by-step guide of GarageBand removal:

1. Download App Cleaner & Uninstaller and scan your Application folder.
2. Then select GarageBand and click the Remove button.
3. Confirm the removal.