How to uninstall AionUi on Mac

Save AionUi conversations, generated files and configuration you want to retain before removing the desktop app. Keep independently installed coding agents and their projects. Quit AionUi, then inspect ~/Library/Application Support/AionUi through Finder’s Go › Go to Folder and copy wanted contents to a checked backup. This support spelling comes from the current cask, not a complete session-recovery test.

Remove the app and inspect aliases

Move AionUi.app from Applications to the Trash using Apple’s app-removal procedure. The local record found ~/.aionui and ~/.aionui-config as symbolic links to support data. Inspect the links themselves before changing them; do not recursively delete a target through a link. A link still present after app removal is not proof that its target still exists.

If you installed it with Homebrew

brew uninstall --cask aionui

Quit first; the current cask has no separate quit stanza. Additional zap targets are:

  • ~/.aionui
  • ~/Library/Application Support/AionUi
  • ~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments/com.aionui.app.sfl*
  • ~/Library/Logs/AionUi
  • ~/Library/Preferences/com.aionui.app.plist
  • ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.aionui.app.savedState

Direct brew uninstall --cask --zap aionui uses the entire list independently of Mole’s checkboxes. Keep no-zap removal when retaining data. Mole only uses zap when the complete scope passes selection and shared-data checks, otherwise selected remnants use its own removal flow.

Check the result

ls -ld "/Applications/AionUi.app"
ls -ld "$HOME/Library/Application Support/AionUi" "$HOME/.aionui" "$HOME/.aionui-config"

Printed entries remain, including a dangling symlink. ls -ld lists a link rather than traversing its target. A missing-path error concerns only that named item; permission errors leave it unknown. This does not verify conversations, projects or separate agent installations.

What Mole lists

The display-name support folder is reviewed and unchecked by default. An ordinary app-owned ~/.aionui folder may be eligible for selection when the app-data option is enabled, if it is not shared or protected. The recorded location was a symbolic link, so that folder rule does not authorize traversing its target or bypassing link protection. Remove data and settings with apps is off by default; eligible reviewed Library data can be included when enabled, while shared stores, protected links and agent archives retain their boundaries.

What this test covered

The copied official app and selected support data were removed with a source-built Mole on September 22, 2026. ~/.aionui was kept as a protected link, while ~/.aionui-config was not listed; both targets pointed to support data that had been removed. Populated conversation recovery, independent CLI removal or Homebrew-managed uninstall were not tested.