How to uninstall Granola on Mac
Granola's meeting notes belong to your Granola account, and removing the Mac app does not delete them. Before removing anything, sign in on another device or open the app one last time to confirm the notes you need are there. The local folder to decide about is Granola's own Application Support folder. This covers the official Mac download from granola.ai, plus a Homebrew section for the granola cask.
Quit Granola and remove it
- Quit Granola.
- In Finder's Applications folder, move Granola to the Trash, following Granola's reinstall guide. Search Finder for any other copy of the app and move it to the Trash too.
- If Granola is still kept in the Dock, right-click its icon and choose Options, then Remove from Dock.
- Empty the Trash once you are sure you do not need anything in it.
Where Granola keeps its data
Press Shift + Command + G in Finder and open each path that exists. Apart from your account, these are the paths the Homebrew cask lists for Granola.
| Location | What it holds | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Your Granola account | Your meeting notes | Not local app data; check that what you need is there before removing the app |
~/Library/Application Support/Granola |
Granola's local folder, named after the app | Open it and copy out anything you want before removing |
~/Library/Caches/com.granola.app |
App cache | Safe to remove |
~/Library/HTTPStorages/com.granola.app |
Web storage | Remove with the app |
~/Library/Preferences/com.granola.app.plist |
App preferences | Remove with the app |
~/Library/Saved Application State/com.getgranola.app.savedState |
Saved window state under the com.getgranola.app name |
Safe to remove |
Check the result
pgrep -il granola
mdfind "kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier == 'com.granola.app'"
ls -d ~/Library/Application\ Support/Granola
No output from pgrep means Granola is not running. No output from mdfind means Spotlight finds no remaining copy of the app. For ls, "No such file or directory" means that folder is gone; the path printed back means it is still there, which is expected if you left that row unticked.
If you installed it with Homebrew
The granola cask quits Granola before it removes the app, and its zap list covers every local path in the table plus Granola's Recent Documents record. Running brew uninstall --cask --zap granola yourself moves all of them to the Trash, whatever you selected in Mole. To remove only the app:
brew uninstall --cask granola
Mole runs --zap only when every path in the stanza is under ~/Library, is a row you ticked, is not claimed by another installed app, and uses directives it can review. Leave the Application Support folder unticked and Mole drops --zap, while still removing the rows you ticked.
Deleting your Granola data
Granola's security page says "you can delete individual notes, or request deletion of all your data at any time." Removing the Mac app does neither; use Granola's own controls or its support to remove data tied to your account.
What Mole lists
Mole selects the rows named exactly after Granola's bundle ID, such as its cache and preferences, by default. ~/Library/Application Support/Granola is listed for review and is not selected by default, because a folder named after an app can hold data you want to keep.
What this test covered
On September 22, 2026, Granola 7.576.0 from the official Mac download was copied into Applications and removed with Quit and Remove, using a development build of Mole. Status showed one Granola row while it ran. The review list also showed a Dock tile extension row; the rows belonging to Granola were ticked, and the 680 MB app and its Application Support folder went to the Trash. No new user LaunchAgent appeared. Mole found Granola's GitHub release feed for update checks. Signing in, recording and account data were not tested.
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