Method 2: How To Uninstall Apps On Mac Using The Manual Method. If you intend to remove the apps on Mac with the traditional method without the use of a tool, you can follow the steps below. Step 1: To remove an app from Mac, firstly you need to make sure that it is not in use. If so, close the program before proceeding to the next step.
To remove apps from Mac the easy way with CleanMyMac X follow these steps: Launch CleanMyMac and go to the Uninstaller tab Click View All Applications Select any app you want to remove completely. Dec 06, 2019 Click next to the app that you want to delete, then click Delete to confirm. The app is deleted immediately. Apps that don't show either didn't come from the App Store or are required by your Mac. To delete an app that didn't come from the App Store, use the Finder instead.
Opera is one of the most popular browsers on both Mac and PC. Lots of people prefer it to Safari, Chrome, or Firefox for a variety of reasons. You may have downloaded it too and started to use it, perhaps to try it out for yourself because you’ve heard good things about it, or someone has recommended it to you. If you have installed it and no longer use it, or you’re having problems with it, you may want to uninstall it. However, just dragging the Opera app to the Trash won’t uninstall it completely, you’ll need to remove the other files it has placed on your Mac. Here’s how to do that.
How to remove Opera from your Mac
First, you’ll need to quit Opera if it’s running, and then quit any processes that may still be running.
Go to Applications>Utilities and double-click Activity Monitor to launch it.
Look for any processes with Opera in the name.
If you find any, click on them and them press the Quit Process button in the toolbar.
Once you’ve quit all the Opera process, quit Activity Monitor.
Now, go to your Applications folder and drag the Opera app to the Trash and empty it. Once you’ve done that, you need to remove the other files it has placed on your startup drive
In the Finder, click on the Go menu and choose “Go to Folder” then type the following into the text box: ~/Library/Caches
Look for this folder: com.operasoftware.Opera
When you find it, drag it to the Trash and empty it.
An easier way to uninstall Opera
If all that seems like a lot of work, there is a simpler way to uninstall Opera — use a dedicated uninstaller, like the one in CleanMyMac X. Here’s how it works:
Download and install CleanMyMac X (free trial available).
Launch it from your Applications folder.
Choose the Uninstaller utility.
Locate Opera in the list of apps and check the circle next to it.
Press Uninstall.
When you press Uninstall, the Opera application and all the files it has installed on your Mac will be removed and you won’t have to remove them manually.
How to reset Opera on Mac
There is an alternative to uninstalling Opera you should consider if your reason for removing it is that it’s causing problems on your Mac. You could try resetting it first. Resetting an app removes some if its settings and preferences files but leaves the app intact. The next time you launch it, it behaves as if you had just launched it for the first time after downloading it. That may solve performance issues. To reset an app in CleanMyMac X, do this:
Follow steps 1-4 above in the uninstall instructions.
Instead of pressing the Uninstall button, click on the dropdown menu to the right of the app’s name, where it currently says Uninstall.
Choose Reset.
You’ll see that the Uninstall button has changed to Reset. Press it.
Opera will now be reset.
If that doesn’t help improve performance, you can always go back and uninstall it.
Separately from uninstalling or resetting Opera, you can also remove any files that collect private data, such as cookies and cache files. You can do this in the browser itself, using its Preferences, in the Finder, or, easiest of all in CleanMyMac X. To do that, you should choose the Privacy tool in the Protection section of the CleanMyMac X sidebar.
Opera is a popular and much-used browser, based on Google’s Chromium framework. Lots of people have downloaded and it and tried it out. If you’re one of those people but have now decided you don’t want to use it, it’s a good idea to uninstall it. You can do that manually — though you should remember to move every file it installs to the Trash. Or you can do it quickly using CleanMyMac X. If your reason for uninstalling it is that it slows your Mac down, you may want to try resetting it, which you can also do in CleanMyMac X.
MacPaw Gemini 2
Intelligent Duplicate File Finder
Use MacPaw's Gemini 2 to detect and delete duplicate files from your Mac.
The most exasperating thing about being a devoted Mac user is that you ought to use every product launched for the great Mac.
Oh! Did you just say that it’s not an obligatory thing!
Ummm.
.. then maybe it’s just me who is always anxious to buy products for my Mac to improve and boost its performance.
I’ve always been an admirer of MacPaw’s products.
Be it CleanMyMac or Hider, I’m using their products, I guess since their inception.
Now when MacPaw has launched its new but not so new app for the App store, how could I remain far behind to use it?
The favorite app of all, Gemini is here to the rescue of the Mac users in a new Avatar Gemini 2.
Like every new version of any app, Gemini 2 has also undergone many changes and improvements.
The app can aptly be said as an “Intelligent Duplicate File Finder.”
That is because it not only identifies duplicate files but also uses an exclusive algorithm to find similar files that are not 100% indistinguishable but that can be considered supererogatory due to little difference between them.
The birth giver of this app, Oleksandr Kosovan, CEO of MacPaw, opines this app as a bigger brother of its previous version.
Gemini- The Star Sign? The Twins???
For those ignorant souls about the greatest of the apps present in the App store, let me firstly and fore mostly tell you a little bit about Gemini.
'It is designed for Macs to help users locate and remove duplicate files that have hoarded over time and taken up too much computer space.'
I’m kind of a lazy and forgetful sort of person.
I sometimes tend to download or save a single file quite a multiple times.
Or when I edit my photos (shhh!), then the unedited copies that are no longer in need (of course, duh!) are just left in some folder..
..which apparently takes a lot of space on the system.
These must be deleted or sorted out so as to clean the space and make the system work faster.
But…
…Who in the world has so much time to sit and weed out extra photos, documents, and other media files single-handedly?
For such slothful people, Gemini 2 is nothing but a boon.
The main quality of this app includes scanning the documents, iTunes and the photos automatically and deletes the duplicate and comparable looking files from your device.
That means you don’t have to click 10 ‘similar’ selfies of yourself and to marvel for hours that how you look so same in every picture.
Impressive, eh?
But this doesn’t mean that the app takes all the responsibilities on its shoulders giving you ample of time to be a couch potato and watch Sitcoms.
The FINAL decision only lies in your hands.
You can review the files you want to delete or those you want to keep that can come handy in the future.
The Magic Procedure - How To Use Gemini?
How To Delete Apps On Mac
The main screen has a very minimalist interface which has been made especially for the users who believe in the plain Jane concept.
It welcomes you with nothing fancy but a large “Plus sign.”
Here you can add or drag/drop the files you want to examine for the replicates.
After adding the files, just click on the “Green scan button” to find all the duplicate files.
It will just take some seconds to do a thorough scan of each and every folder of your device, or the one you have selected and then identify the files that are believed to be the duplicates.
It also displays a guess of how much space can be regained.
After the results of the duplicate files are revealed in front of you, a circular ring appears that shows you where those files lay when you linger the cursor over it.
If you want to review the results, then there is also an option for that.
The list opens in the list or the grid form.
You can check the properties of that file by double-clicking the thumbnail.
Selections can be made from the list..
.. and then they can be deleted by just clicking on a button present on the bottom right corner of the page.
Note: The files that are removed by Gemini 2 are firstly moved to the Trash of the system. It is to safeguard the things. If you like to live your life on the brink of the cliff, then you can change this setting by going to Preferences > Removal.
Gemini 2 also provides an option of Smart Cleanup.
This option emetics anything that is selected as a ‘duplicate.’
It is much faster and efficient.
But not for the ones who have the habit of clicking the pictures of a single thing from hundred angles.
This is because Gemini 2 uses around 10 different parameters to detect the duplicities and the similarities.
The App is loaded with a lush set of customizations.
You get an option of restricting the deletion to only exact duplicate files and excluding the similar folders.
In-app notifications of your progress can be enabled or disabled.
You can delimit the file extensions that should be ignored by the app while performing the scan.
Also, new rules can be added to the dash.
The app lets you choose where the deleted files should be sent other than the Trash folder; where they are sent by default.