Uninstall Motrix on Mac

Finish or pause Motrix downloads and identify their save folder before removing the manager. Completed downloads do not belong to the app bundle. The September 19, 2026 record covers the app copied from the official package.

Quit and remove the app

Quit Motrix and its bundled aria2c engine, then move Motrix.app to Trash. If an aria2c process remains, identify its path before stopping it, since another app may run a separate engine. The official page has more product information.

Review the app’s data

The cask lists ~/Library/Application Support/Motrix, exact app.motrix.native cache and preferences, logs and saved state. Application Support may hold task history or settings; the downloaded files can live elsewhere.

If you installed it with Homebrew

The Homebrew cask has its own --zap list. brew uninstall --cask motrix removes the cask without that list; brew uninstall --cask --zap motrix also acts on its listed data without consulting Mole’s checkboxes. Zap includes task state, so inspect it before using zap. Mole also suppresses zap if its list would cross an unchecked, shared, unknown, or unsupported path; selected remnants still follow Mole’s own deletion path.

brew uninstall --cask motrix

Check the result

These commands inspect the running process and one relevant location. They do not remove anything:

pgrep -il "Motrix"
ls -ld "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Motrix"

No pgrep match means no process with that name is running; a match needs identification before quitting anything. A listed path still exists, while an ls “No such file” error means only that exact path is absent. A permission error is inconclusive.

What Mole lists

Mole lists display-name Application Support for review, unchecked. Exact bundle-ID cache and preferences can be selected by default; it does not claim the downloads folder or an unrelated aria2 process.

What this test covered

The September 19, 2026 official-package test of Motrix 1.8.19 grouped eight processes, including aria2c, into one Status row. The display-name support folder stayed unchecked; completed downloads were not tested for deletion.