Removing a web browser from your device is a great idea, especially if you installed too many of them. Not only do they eat up a lot of space, they can also end up putting your identity at risk if you have malware. You want to know exactly how to fully remove your web browser and which steps you have to go through. Thankfully, this is not a very tedious or challenging process!
Uninstalling Chrome
When you uninstall Chrome, you want to click on the 3 dot menu, press More Tools and here you want to clear the browsing data. After you clear that data, you want to uninstall Chrome from the Applications folder. Remove stored information by going to the Library folder and here you want to remove any remaining files pertaining to Chrome. Empty your Trash and you will be good to go. You can also use a Mac cleanup tool to uninstall Chrome and also remove the remaining files as well.
Uninstalling Safari
If you want to uninstall Safari, you should try to disable SIP by launching your Mac in Recovery mode. Here you enter the terminal, add the command “csrutil disable” and then restart the device. Then in the Terminal you want to enter the “sudo mount -uw/System/Applications”. Then you want to enter the below command “cd/Applications”, and here you need to erase Safari via “sudo rm -rf Safari.app/”.
Uninstalling Firefox
Make sure that you remove the browsing data from Firefox and ensure that you delete everything you want from that list. Then you enter the Finder, and drag and drop the Firefox app to the trash. Empty the trash after you do that.
Of course, this is not all, you also want to enter the Library folder, go to Caches, and here you want to remove the Firefox and Mozilla folder contents as well. After that, you just empty the trash and you will be good to go. It's easier to use a Mac cleanup tool for this particular task, so keep that in mind.
Uninstalling Opera
In the case of Opera, the process is very similar. You enter the Applications folder, and here you want to drag and drag the Opera app to the trash. Then all you have to do is to enter the Library folder and here you want to remove the com.operasoftware.Opera subfolder in the cache folder. Empty the trash and you will be good to go.
Uninstalling browsers might seem like a tough thing at first, but it's not as difficult once you learn how to do it. Whether you want to have less browsers, limit your online exposure or just want to reinstall them with ease, these tips can help quite a bit. It's very important to use a Mac cleanup tool if you want to automatically remove all the remaining files, as leaving files can become an issue. Plus, if you end up uninstalling browsers, might as well remove all of their remaining content!