How to uninstall Enpass on Mac
Sync or back up your Enpass vault before removing the app. Enpass says that uninstalling the Mac App Store version removes your data from the Mac, while the version downloaded from its website leaves the data in Documents/Enpass; vaults you sync to your own cloud stay there either way. This guide covers the official .pkg from enpass.io and the Homebrew cask enpass, which installs the same package.
Sync or back up first
Enpass's reset guide starts with syncing: open Settings › Vaults, select each vault and choose Sync Now. If you do not sync, make a backup from Enpass before continuing. Enpass: Resetting Enpass
Remove the app
Quit Enpass and move it from Applications to the Trash. Enpass's reset guide then has you open ~/Library/Containers and remove folders named Enpass or in.sinew.Enpass-Desktop; do that only after the sync or backup above, because for a Mac App Store install that is where the local data sits.
Where the data lives
| Location | What it holds | What Mole does |
|---|---|---|
~/Documents/Enpass |
Your vault, for the website version | Never scanned; keep it |
~/Library/Containers/in.sinew.Enpass-Desktop.App |
Enpass's sandbox container, where the App Store version's local data lives | Listed and selected by default. Untick it unless your vault is synced or backed up |
~/Library/Containers/in.sinew.Enpass-Desktop.App.Autofill |
The Autofill extension's container | Listed; selected by default when Mole finds that extension inside the app |
~/Library/Application Scripts/in.sinew.Enpass-Desktop.App |
Sandbox scripts folder | Listed and selected by default |
~/Library/Group Containers/7ADB8CC6TF.in.sinew.Enpass-Safari-Group, ~/Library/Group Containers/group.in.sinew.Enpass-Desktop.App.Autofill |
Data shared with the Safari and Autofill extensions | Not listed |
If you installed it with Homebrew
Mole skips --zap when its list reaches unchecked or shared data, or cannot be fully checked, and still cleans the leftovers you selected.
The enpass cask installs the .pkg, and its plain uninstall step only forgets the in.sinew.Enpass-Desktop.App package receipt. Its zap list is ~/Library/Caches/in.sinew.Enpass-Desktop, a crash-reporter cache under the same name, ~/Library/Preferences/in.sinew.Enpass-Desktop.plist and ~/Library/Saved Application State/in.sinew.Enpass-Desktop.savedState. Those names drop the .App suffix the app's own bundle id carries; Mole can also list them, taken from Homebrew's zap list for this app, but does not select them. Running brew uninstall --cask --zap enpass yourself moves them to the Trash, whatever you ticked in Mole; the zap list does not include the container or ~/Documents/Enpass. Homebrew enpass cask
brew uninstall --cask enpass
Check the result
pgrep -il Enpass
ls -d "$HOME/Library/Containers/in.sinew.Enpass-Desktop.App" "$HOME/Documents/Enpass"
No output from pgrep means Enpass is not running. ls -d prints each folder that still exists and reports "No such file or directory" for the rest. ~/Documents/Enpass being there is expected for the website version; a container still being there means Mole could not move it, as happened in the test below, and you can remove it in Finder once your vault is safe.
What Mole lists
~/Library/Containers/in.sinew.Enpass-Desktop.Appand~/Library/Application Scripts/in.sinew.Enpass-Desktop.Appare listed and selected by default.- The Autofill extension's container is listed, and selected by default when Mole finds that extension inside the app.
- The Safari and Autofill group containers are not listed, and
~/Documents/Enpassis never scanned.
What this test covered
On September 21, 2026, Enpass 6.12.6 was placed in Applications by extracting the app from the official .pkg payload, without running the installer, opened without signing in or creating a vault, and uninstalled with a Preview build of Mole 1.15 (build 282), with no Homebrew receipt. With every listed row ticked, the app and its Application Scripts folder went to the Trash. The 6 MB container and the 4 KB Autofill container stayed: macOS refused permission to move them. The Safari and Autofill group containers were not listed and stayed. Running the .pkg installer, the Mac App Store version and the Safari extension were not tested.