How to uninstall PicList on Mac

PicList is an open-source image hosting and cloud storage manager built on PicGo, from piclist.cn and its GitHub project. Its configuration, including the image host settings and any keys or tokens you entered, sits in data.json inside ~/Library/Application Support/piclist. Copy that file somewhere private before you remove anything if you will set PicList up again; PicList can also sync its configuration over WebDAV or Git, as its README describes. On first launch it also adds a Finder service. This guide covers the Apple silicon download and the Homebrew cask piclist.

Quit and remove the app

  1. Copy data.json from the folder above if you want to keep your setup.
  2. Quit PicList from its menu bar icon. In the test it ran 5 processes, which Mole's Status page groups into one PicList row.
  3. Open Finder, go to Applications and drag PicList to the Trash.

The app registered no login item or launch agent in the test.

Where the data lives

Press Shift + Command + G in Finder to open each path. Skip any path that is not on your Mac.

Location What it holds What to do
~/Library/Application Support/piclist data.json with your image hosts and shortcuts, manage.json, logs, temporary upload folders and the Electron data Copy data.json first, then remove. Mole lists the folder for review and selects only the cache folders inside it.
~/Library/Application Support/piclist/blob_storage, Cache, Code Cache Chromium caches Remove. Selected by default.
~/Library/Services/Upload pictures with PicList.workflow The Finder service PicList installs on first launch Remove with the app; it does nothing once PicList is gone. Mole lists it for review and does not select it.
~/Library/Preferences/com.kuingsmile.piclist.plist Preferences Remove. Selected by default.
~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments/com.kuingsmile.piclist.sfl4 The app's recent-documents list Remove. Selected by default.

Temporary caches for com.kuingsmile.piclist and com.kuingsmile.piclist.helper.GPU sit in your per-user cache folder (getconf DARWIN_USER_CACHE_DIR prints it), and Mole removes them with the app.

Images you already uploaded stay on your image host. Removing PicList does not delete them.

Check the result

pgrep -il piclist
ls -ld "$HOME/Library/Application Support/piclist" "$HOME/Library/Services/Upload pictures with PicList.workflow" "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.kuingsmile.piclist.plist"
  • No output from pgrep means no PicList process is running. A printed line is a process that is still alive; quit it in Activity Monitor.
  • A path printed by ls still exists. No such file or directory means the path is gone.

If you installed it with Homebrew

brew uninstall --cask piclist

The cask has no uninstall step, so this removes the app only. Its zap list names ~/Library/Application Support/piclist, the preferences file and the saved window state, but not the Finder service. Running brew uninstall --cask --zap piclist removes that whole list, data.json included, and does not read Mole's checkboxes. Mole adds --zap only when every path on the zap list sits inside ~/Library, none of them touches a row you left unchecked, and no other installed app claims them. ~/Library/Application Support/piclist is unchecked by default, so Mole does not use the zap unless you tick that row.

What Mole lists

Mole selects the app, the preferences file, the recent-documents list, the three cache folders inside piclist and the temporary caches. It lists ~/Library/Application Support/piclist and the Upload pictures with PicList.workflow service for review without selecting them.

These defaults assume “Remove data and settings with apps” in General › Cleaning is off. With it on, Mole also ticks both review rows.

What this test covered

On October 20, 2026, the test downloaded PicList 3.6.1 for Apple silicon from the address the Homebrew cask uses, copied it to Applications without running brew install, opened it past the Gatekeeper prompt, uploaded nothing, and removed it with a source-built Mole with every review row ticked. On first launch it added the Finder service. Mole moved nine rows and the app to the Trash, and nothing was left. Status showed one PicList row with 5 processes. The app ships an Electron update feed; no update was run. Configured image hosts, uploads, configuration sync, a Homebrew-managed uninstall and Mole's notarized release build were not tested.