Uninstall CrossOver on Mac

Export any CrossOver bottles you need before removing the app. A bottle can hold Windows programs and files, and its folder may have been moved from the default location. The September 19, 2026 record covers the app copied from the official package.

Quit and remove the app

In CrossOver, use Bottle › Export Bottle to Archive for wanted bottles, then open the archive location and quit CrossOver. Move CrossOver.app to Trash only after that; do not delete a custom Bottle Folder or published bottles by name alone. The Mac user guide documents the bottle archive command.

Review the app’s data

CodeWeavers documents the default ~/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles and a Settings › System Integration control for changing it. The cask zap list includes the whole Application Support/CrossOver folder, caches and preferences; the whole folder is user data, not disposable cache.

If you installed it with Homebrew

The Homebrew cask has its own --zap list. brew uninstall --cask crossover removes the cask without that list; brew uninstall --cask --zap crossover also acts on its listed data without consulting Mole’s checkboxes. Zap names the default bottle parent, so leave it off if any bottle is needed. Mole also suppresses zap if its list would cross an unchecked, shared, unknown, or unsupported path; selected remnants still follow Mole’s own deletion path.

brew uninstall --cask crossover

Check the result

These commands inspect the running process and one relevant location. They do not remove anything:

pgrep -il "CrossOver"
ls -ld "$HOME/Library/Application Support/CrossOver"

No pgrep match means no process with that name is running; a match needs identification before quitting anything. A listed path still exists, while an ls “No such file” error means only that exact path is absent. A permission error is inconclusive.

What Mole lists

Mole lists display-name Application Support/CrossOver for review and leaves it unchecked. Exact preferences may be selected by default; bottles and custom folders need a separate decision.

What this test covered

The September 19, 2026 official-package test of CrossOver 26.3 removed its preference row; it did not write Application Support/CrossOver on that sample. The record does not prove bottle or custom-location cleanup.