Uninstall Raspberry Pi Imager on Mac

Finish any image write before quitting Raspberry Pi Imager. An SD card already written by Imager is a separate device, not app data to clean. The September 19, 2026 record covers the app copied from the official package.

Quit and remove the app

Eject the target media normally, quit Imager, then move Raspberry Pi Imager.app to Trash. If you used OS Customisation, check whether you need the hostname or Wi-Fi settings for the next setup. The official page has more product information.

Review the app’s data

The cask lists ~/Library/Caches/Raspberry Pi, ~/Library/Preferences/com.raspberrypi.Raspberry Pi Imager.plist and old saved state. The preference name contains spaces and is not the app’s bundle ID; inspect it as an app-specific review path.

If you installed it with Homebrew

The Homebrew cask has its own --zap list. brew uninstall --cask raspberry-pi-imager removes the cask without that list; brew uninstall --cask --zap raspberry-pi-imager also acts on its listed data without consulting Mole’s checkboxes. Zap includes the spaced preference path, which Mole treats as review rather than automatic ownership. 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 raspberry-pi-imager

Check the result

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

pgrep -il "Raspberry Pi Imager"
ls -ld "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.raspberrypi.Raspberry Pi Imager.plist"

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 can list the spaced preference name as a review item, initially unchecked. Exact bundle-ID remnants are selected by default when present; Mole does not touch the SD card or a downloaded OS image outside app-owned data.

What this test covered

The September 19, 2026 official-package test found a preference file whose name includes spaces and left it for review. The run did not write a Raspberry Pi image or verify credential cleanup.