How to Uninstall LaunchBar on Mac

Before removing LaunchBar, keep any custom Actions and indexing rules you intend to reuse. The index points to files; removing the launcher does not remove those source files. The recorded test used a direct download, not a Homebrew installation.

Remove the app and inspect its data

Quit LaunchBar from its menu-bar interface, then move the app from Applications to Trash. Its index window shows custom rules, and the vendor documents Actions in the support folder. Keep ~/Library/Application Support/LaunchBar if it holds Actions or other custom configuration; a cache can be rebuilt. Vendor guidance.

Check the result

ls -ld ~/Library/'Application Support'/LaunchBar ~/Library/Preferences/at.obdev.LaunchBar.plist

Run this read-only check after quitting the app. A printed path still exists; “No such file or directory” means that path is absent, while a permission error needs its own investigation.

If you installed it with Homebrew

The Homebrew cask has a zap list that includes Application Support/LaunchBar, its cache, preferences and saved state. Run the command below without --zap if you want to keep those files and inspect them separately. A manual --zap follows the whole cask list regardless of Mole’s checkboxes. Mole uses zap only when its targets are selected, owned and within the checked boundary; otherwise it removes selected remnants through its own flow.

brew uninstall --cask launchbar

What Mole lists

The display-name support folder is a review row and unselected by default. Exact bundle-ID cache and preferences are normally selected.

What this test covered

LaunchBar 6.24 was removed from the official package on September 20, 2026. Accessibility permission was not granted, and a 52 KB support folder remained after the run. Its first-run process was seen, but later Status capture did not show a row.