How to uninstall Redis Insight on Mac
Redis Insight is Redis's own GUI client. It keeps its log files in a hidden folder in your home directory, separate from the Redis servers you connect to, so look through that folder before you remove anything. These steps cover the official download from Redis's site and the Homebrew cask redis-insight (formerly redisinsight).
Quit Redis Insight and remove the app
Quit Redis Insight from its app menu, check Activity Monitor for Redis Insight, then move it from Applications to the Trash. Removing the app does not delete or change any Redis server it connected to.
Where Redis Insight keeps its data
The official 3.8.0 download tested here uses the bundle id org.RedisLabs.RedisInsight-V2, while the Homebrew cask's zap list names org.RedisLabs.RedisInsight-V3 paths. Check which spelling Finder or the commands below actually show on your Mac.
| Location | What it holds | What to do |
|---|---|---|
~/.redis-insight |
Log files, per Redis's own docs | Listed but not selected by default; review before removing |
~/Library/Application Support/RedisInsight |
App data under the display name without its space | Listed but not selected by default |
~/Library/Caches/org.RedisLabs.RedisInsight-V2 |
App cache | Selected by default |
~/Library/Caches/org.RedisLabs.RedisInsight-V2.ShipIt |
Updater cache | Selected by default |
~/Library/HTTPStorages/org.RedisLabs.RedisInsight-V2 |
Embedded web storage | Selected by default |
~/Library/Logs/RedisInsight |
App logs, named in the Homebrew zap list | Selected by default |
~/Library/Preferences/org.RedisLabs.RedisInsight-V2.plist |
App preferences | Selected by default |
~/Library/Saved Application State/org.RedisLabs.RedisInsight-V2.savedState |
Window state | Selected by default |
Check the result
pgrep -il "redis insight"
ls -d ~/.redis-insight
ls -d ~/Library/Application\ Support/RedisInsight
- No output from
pgrepmeans Redis Insight has quit. - The second line prints the path if you kept the folder; "No such file or directory" means it is gone.
- The third line checks the Application Support folder the same way.
If you installed it with Homebrew
Mole skips --zap when its list reaches unchecked or shared data, or cannot fully be checked, and still cleans the leftovers you selected.
The redis-insight cask's zap list trashes ~/.redisinsight-app, ~/Library/Application Support/RedisInsight, and the -V3 caches, HTTPStorages, preferences and saved state, plus ~/Library/Logs/RedisInsight and a recent-documents record. Because ~/.redisinsight-app sits outside ~/Library, Mole always leaves --zap out for a Homebrew-installed Redis Insight and removes only the rows you selected. The zap list does not include ~/.redis-insight, so Homebrew leaves that folder alone either way.
brew uninstall --cask redis-insight
Running brew uninstall --cask --zap redis-insight yourself moves every path in its zap list to the Trash regardless of what you ticked in Mole.
What Mole lists
~/.redis-insight, the log folder Redis's docs name for the Mac, is listed but not selected by default.~/Library/Application Support/RedisInsightis listed but not selected by default.- The bundle-id caches, HTTPStorages, preference file and saved window state, and
~/Library/Logs/RedisInsight, are selected by default. - Mole does not sweep in every file whose name contains "redis"; other Redis tools and command-line clients are not treated as part of this app.
What this test covered
Redis Insight 3.8.0, bundle id org.RedisLabs.RedisInsight-V2, was installed from the official download and uninstalled on September 19, 2026, with Mole Preview build 277. The Application Support/RedisInsight folder was removed in the recorded run, and the test is where Mole's exact ~/.redis-insight row came from. The Homebrew cask and its -V3 paths were not part of this test; those facts come from reading the current cask on September 27, 2026.