How to uninstall qBittorrent on Mac

qBittorrent splits its data between two folders, and neither of them holds your downloads. Downloaded files stay in the save path you set in qBittorrent, ~/Downloads by default, and removing the app never touches them. Settings live in ~/.config/qBittorrent, and the .torrent files it tracks, their resume data and its logs live in ~/Library/Application Support/qBittorrent. Keep that second folder if you want to continue or seed your torrents after a reinstall. These steps cover the official download from qbittorrent.org and the Homebrew cask qbittorrent, which install the same app.

Stop transfers and quit qBittorrent

Let active downloads finish or pause them, then quit qBittorrent from its app menu. You do not need to remove torrents before uninstalling; if you do remove one, leave the option to also delete its files unticked unless you mean to delete the download. Move qBittorrent from Applications to the Trash.

Where qBittorrent keeps its data

The first two locations come from the qBittorrent FAQ; the rest are from the Homebrew cask and Mole's test.

Your save path is deliberately missing from this table. Never delete the download folder as part of an uninstall.

Check the result

Run these read-only commands in Terminal:

pgrep -il qbittorrent
ls -d ~/.config/qBittorrent
ls -d ~/Library/Application\ Support/qBittorrent
ls -d ~/Library/Caches/qBittorrent

• No output from pgrep means qBittorrent has quit.
• For each ls -d line, a printed path means the folder is still there, and "No such file or directory" means it is gone. The first two surviving is the expected result if you kept your settings and torrents; the cache folder should be gone after an uninstall.

Your download folder is not checked here because nothing in this guide removes it.

If you installed it with Homebrew

The qbittorrent cask's zap list includes ~/.config/qBittorrent (your settings), ~/Library/Application Support/qBittorrent (your torrent files and resume data), the cache, both preferences locations and the saved window state. brew uninstall --cask --zap qbittorrent moves all of them to the Trash whatever you selected in Mole; it does not list your download folder. To keep your settings and torrents, remove only the app:

brew uninstall --cask qbittorrent

Mole adds --zap only when everything in the zap list sits in your own ~/Library, is a row you left selected, and is not claimed by another installed app. qBittorrent's list includes ~/.config/qBittorrent, which is outside ~/Library, so Mole removes it without --zap and moves only the rows you selected.

What Mole lists

When you remove it with Mole:

• ~/Library/Caches/qBittorrent, the org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent preferences plist, the older Preferences/qBittorrent folder and the saved window state are selected by default.
• ~/.config/qBittorrent and ~/Library/Application Support/qBittorrent are listed but not selected, so your settings and torrents stay unless you tick them.
• The uninstall scan excludes ~/Downloads and does not search custom folders for downloaded files.

What this test covered

qBittorrent was installed from the official download and uninstalled on September 19, 2026, with a Mole Preview build, with the review list shown. The cache and preferences were selected by default and removed. ~/.config/qBittorrent and ~/Library/Application Support/qBittorrent stayed on disk, unselected; the exact ~/.config/qBittorrent row was added to Mole in the same test batch. No torrent activity is recorded, so the test does not show real torrent files or resume data being kept, and the Homebrew cask was not part of it.