How to uninstall Find Any File on Mac

Save wanted search results and record custom search settings before quitting. This guide covers the tested Homebrew cask; App Store data scope was not verified.

Quit and remove the app

Keep the files you searched for; removing the finder does not require removing search targets.

Quit Find Any File using its own quit action. In System Settings › General › Login Items & Extensions, turn off any Find Any File login entry if present. After backing up, move /Applications/Find Any File.app to Trash in Finder and leave Trash intact until the wanted data is confirmed saved.

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Review local data

Use Shift + Command + G in Finder to inspect each complete path. Copy wanted contents elsewhere before deciding to move that item to Trash. These locations come from the recorded test and the live Homebrew cask. Do not create a missing path. A * marks a matching range, not a literal filename; inspect the actual matches individually.

If you installed it with Homebrew

To uninstall without running zap:

brew uninstall --cask find-any-file

This removes the cask-managed app, without running its zap data list.

The following direct command applies the cask’s entire zap list independently of Mole’s checkboxes. Use it only after backing up and approving every target.

brew uninstall --cask --zap find-any-file

The live zap targets are ~/Library/Application Support/Find Any File.

Group folders, containers and support folders may contain wanted data. Use the command without zap when retaining any of them. Live cask.

Check the result

ls -ld '/Applications/Find Any File.app'
pgrep -ifl '/Applications/Find Any File[.]app/'

A listed app path means that bundle remains. “No such file or directory” means that exact path is absent; “Permission denied” leaves the check unconfirmed. This checks one location, not other copies, background services or user data.

A pgrep result means a running command line matches this app path. No output means no such match, not that independent helpers or other app copies are absent; an error leaves this step unconfirmed.

What Mole lists

• ~/Library/Application Support/Find Any File is listed for review and not selected by default.

These defaults assume “Remove data and settings with apps” is off, which is the default. Enabling it also selects eligible reviewed app data; shared and protected items retain their individual boundaries. Mole invokes Homebrew zap only when the whole zap scope passes its check. Unchecked, shared or out-of-boundary paths and unsupported directives suppress zap; selected remnants still use Mole’s own deletion flow.

What this test covered

Homebrew cask installation, first launch and actual removal were tested. No beta-to-stable downgrade was tested.