{"id":3836,"date":"2018-02-05T09:33:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T09:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osxuninstaller.com\/uninstall-guides\/?p=3836"},"modified":"2018-02-05T09:35:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T09:35:04","slug":"take-proper-steps-uninstall-gimp-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osxuninstaller.com\/uninstall-guides\/take-proper-steps-uninstall-gimp-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Proper Steps to Uninstall GIMP from Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free and open-source image editor available for multiple platforms including macOS. To install this app on your Mac only take a few clicks to complete, but to uninstall GIMP you need to pay more patience to go through each necessary step, to ensure a clean, complete removal.<\/p>\n

Here are some issues many users encounter when trying to remove GIMP:<\/p>\n

> GIMP cannot be deleted to the Trash because it is open;
\n> Uninstalling GIMP does not undo the changes made by the installation;
\n> Remnants pertaining to GIMP are ambiguous to locate or hard to delete…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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That kind of issue mostly occurs when you don’t take the right way to uninstall GIMP. We hereby discuss four crucial topics to help you have a basic understanding.<\/p>\n

Topic 1: what to do before uninstalling an app?<\/h3>\n

If GIMP is active, you won\u2019t be able to trash the app. A message will pop up saying ‘the item can\u2019t be moved to the Trash because it\u2019s open’ when you try to delete GIMP from the \/Applications folder in Finder. So before uninstalling an app, make sure to first quit all processes it uses. Here are some available options to quit an app:<\/p>\n

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1. Right click on its icon on the Dock, and choose the Quit option;
\n2. Click the GIMP icon in the Menu Bar, and choose Quit GIMP;
\n3. Launch Activity Monitor, select the process whose name contains GIMP, click the X button on the upper left corner, and click (Force) Quit in the pop-up dialog.<\/p>\n

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What if the target app cannot be shut down even in Activity Monitor? You can reboot into Safe Mode to prevent automatic launch, and then perform the uninstall normally.<\/p>\n

After shutting down the app completely, you can proceed to delete GIMP from the \/Applications folder, and then delete its traces around your whole system.<\/p>\n

Topic 2: how to manually uninstall GIMP for Mac?<\/h3>\n

Trashing an app to delete it works in all versions of Mac OS X. Once installed properly, most apps can be uninstalled by this way. Here are the detailed steps:<\/p>\n