Uninstall MacPaw Gemini 2 on Mac

Finish reviewing any duplicate-removal results and restore wanted files from Trash before emptying it. MacPaw says Gemini 2 normally moves removed duplicates to Trash, but its permanent-removal setting changes that. Keep your photos, documents and scan targets independent of the app uninstall. This guide covers the Homebrew cask tested on September 19, 2026.

Quit and remove the app

Quit Gemini 2 and move its app from Applications to Trash, or remove its Homebrew cask. If you paid through MacPaw, manage the license or subscription separately through your account. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription or restore a duplicate file already permanently removed. See MacPaw’s Gemini 2 FAQ for its duplicate-file Trash behavior and the support center for license and subscription management.

Review the app's own data

Homebrew lists ~/Library/Application Support/Gemini*, MacPaw Gemini caches, logs and preferences, a Shared-folder Gemini directory, and an empty-directory cleanup for ~/.gemini. That dotfolder may instead contain Google Gemini CLI or other tools’ files. Inspect the exact contents and leave it alone when it is in use. The official product page describes the product; the Homebrew cask supplies the installation and zap paths. Keep anything you cannot identify until its owner is clear.

If you installed it with Homebrew

To remove the cask without applying its whole zap list, use:

brew uninstall --cask gemini

Homebrew's separate brew uninstall --cask --zap gemini also acts on every path in the cask's zap list. It does not consult Mole's selected files. Review the paths above before choosing that action. Mole checks the cask deletion list and suppresses zap when it reaches unchecked, shared, unknown or unsupported data; selected associated files still follow Mole's own deletion path.

Check the result

These Terminal commands only inspect the current state:

pgrep -il Gemini
ls -ld ~/.gemini
find ~/Library/Application\ Support -maxdepth 1 -name "Gemini*" -print

A pgrep hit needs identification: it may be MacPaw’s app or a Google tool. No hit means no matching process. ls checks ~/.gemini; find looks for Gemini-named Application Support folders. Any result needs ownership review, while an error is inconclusive.

What Mole lists

Mole selects exact MacPaw bundle-ID rows by default. Display-name Application Support folders are listed but unchecked, and ~/.gemini is not claimed as MacPaw Gemini data. It does not delete scanned originals or manage a MacPaw subscription.

What this test covered

On September 19, 2026, the Homebrew cask test covered MacPaw Gemini 2, whose token is gemini. A separate 97 MB ~/.gemini directory on the host was left untouched. That observation does not show whether a signed-in Gemini account, paid license, or every duplicate-removal preference was exercised.