How to uninstall Evernote on Mac

Before you remove Evernote, open Evernote Web and check that your notes appear there correctly. The Mac app keeps a local copy of your notes, and Evernote says clearing that copy does not delete anything saved on its servers, but a change that has not synced yet may exist only on this Mac. Removing the app does not cancel an Evernote subscription or delete your account. This guide covers Evernote downloaded from evernote.com and the Homebrew cask evernote; the Mac App Store version was not tested.

Check your notes, then sign out

  1. With Evernote still installed, let it finish syncing, then open Evernote Web in a browser and check recent notes and notebooks.
  2. If you want this Mac's copy gone as part of the uninstall, sign out of the app. When Evernote asks whether to keep a local backup, choosing Remove my Evernote data from this device clears the local copy only. Evernote: clear local data

Quit and remove the app

  1. Quit Evernote with Command + Q and check Activity Monitor for Evernote and Evernote Helper.
  2. Move Evernote from Applications to the Trash. Evernote's own full reinstall steps start the same way. Evernote: full reinstallation
  3. Open System Settings › General › Login Items & Extensions. In the recorded test an Evernote background item was still listed after the app was in the Trash. Turn it off.

Evernote can update itself while it runs. In the recorded test it jumped from 10.105.4 to 11.34.8 in the middle of the uninstall, and Mole skipped it because the app on disk had changed since the scan. If that happens, scan again and remove the new version.

Where Evernote keeps its data

Press Shift + Command + G in Finder and open each location, skipping any that is missing. The paths come from Homebrew's zap list for the downloaded app. Evernote's own reinstall guide also points to Evernote folders in ~/Library/Containers, which applies to a sandboxed copy such as the App Store version, not tested here.

Location What it holds What to do
~/Library/Application Support/com.evernote.Evernote The app's local data Remove only after Evernote Web shows your notes
~/Library/Application Support/Evernote More app data Same as above
~/Library/Application Support/com.evernote.EvernoteHelper The helper's data Remove with the app
~/Library/Caches/evernote-client-updater Downloaded updates, 319 MB in the test Safe to remove
~/Library/Application Support/Caches/evernote-client-updater The updater cache location named in Homebrew's zap list Safe to remove if present
~/Library/Caches/com.evernote.Evernote Cache Safe to remove
~/Library/Logs/Evernote Logs Safe to remove, unless Evernote support asked you for them
~/Library/Preferences/com.evernote.Evernote.plist, ~/Library/Preferences/com.evernote.EvernoteHelper.plist, ~/Library/Cookies/com.evernote.Evernote.binarycookies and ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.evernote.Evernote.savedState Preferences, cookies and window state Remove with the app

Check the result

Run these read-only commands after the app is in the Trash:

pgrep -il evernote
ls -d "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Evernote" "$HOME/Library/Caches/evernote-client-updater"
  • No output from pgrep means neither Evernote nor its helper is running. A listed process means one of them is still open.
  • ls -d prints each folder that still exists. After a Mole uninstall with the default selection, Application Support/Evernote is expected to remain; the updater cache is selected by default. "No such file or directory" means that folder is gone.

If you installed it with Homebrew

Mole skips --zap when the zap list reaches data you left unchecked, a path another installed app uses, or anything Mole cannot check, and it still cleans the leftovers you selected.

The evernote cask quits Evernote and its helper. Its zap list covers every location in the table above, including the two Application Support folders with the app's local data. brew uninstall --cask --zap evernote moves them all to the Trash without checking what has synced, so check Evernote Web first, or remove only the app:

brew uninstall --cask evernote

Homebrew's evernote cask

What Mole lists

For Evernote downloaded from evernote.com:

  • ~/Library/Application Support/com.evernote.Evernote, the cache, cookies, logs, preferences and saved state are selected by default, so check Evernote Web before you remove them.
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Evernote is listed but not selected.
  • ~/Library/Caches/evernote-client-updater is selected by default.
  • The container and Application Scripts folder of the Share extension, com.evernote.Evernote.shareext, are selected by default, since the extension ships inside Evernote.app.
  • After removing Evernote, Mole cleans up its login items and stops its bundled login helpers, while keeping login items that another installed app with the same name may use. If macOS still lists an Evernote background item, turn it off in System Settings.

What this test covered

On September 20, 2026, Evernote 10.105.4 was copied from the official download into Applications, without Homebrew, and launched; it updated itself to 11.34.8 while Mole 1.15 Preview build 280 was uninstalling it with the default selection. Mole skipped it on that pass because the app had changed after the scan; after a refresh the second pass removed it and its selected leftovers, 998.8 MB in total. The 2.0 MB Application Support/Evernote folder and the 319 MB updater cache were listed, left unselected and stayed on disk, and an Evernote background item was still listed afterwards, pointing at the app in the Trash. A recheck on September 26, 2026, with a development build of Mole and every listed row ticked, removed the app and all 15 listed rows, including ~/Library/Caches/evernote-client-updater, and a rescan found none left. The record includes no signed-in account, and the Homebrew cask and the App Store version were not tested.