How to uninstall Sweet Home 3D on Mac
Before removing Sweet Home 3D, save and copy your SH3D home plans, imported furniture and textures to a separate backup, then open the copy. This guide covers the official Mac download; Homebrew-specific removal is separate below.
Quit and remove the app
Finish current work and quit Sweet Home 3D. Check Activity Monitor for its process before removing the app in Finder. In Applications, move Sweet Home 3D.app to the Trash; if you keep it elsewhere, use its actual location. Keep the Trash until your backup has been checked. Official documentation
Review local data
These exact locations were observed in the removal record. Open them through Finder’s Go › Go to Folder. Copy wanted contents first; leave them if you want to keep settings or cannot establish ownership. They are optional data removal, not a prerequisite for removing the app.
~/Library/Preferences/com.eteks.sweethome3d.plist
Check the result
This read-only check searches full process command lines, not disk contents.
pgrep -ifl 'Sweet Home 3D'
No output with exit status 1 means no matching command line was found. A printed entry needs inspection in Activity Monitor because names can match unrelated processes. An error is not proof of removal. Also check that the app is absent from its original Finder location; a retained data folder or independent component does not mean the app is still installed.
If you installed it with Homebrew
Use the installed cask receipt and uninstall without zap.
brew uninstall --cask sweet-home3d
The command removes the cask’s managed application artifacts without running zap. The live cask additionally names these zap targets, which can erase settings, local data or integration files; this is Homebrew’s list, not a vendor data-location claim.
~/Library/Preferences/com.eteks.sweethome3d.plist
A direct brew uninstall --cask --zap sweet-home3d runs its own zap scope without consulting Mole’s checkboxes. Mole uses zap only when the complete scope passes its gate; unchecked or shared paths, paths outside the review boundary, unknown stanzas and unsupported directives suppress it. Selected remnants still use Mole’s deletion path.
What Mole lists
A preference whose full identifier matches the installed app is selected by default when present and not protected. The recorded ~/Library/Preferences/com.eteks.sweethome3d.plist can instead be a review row when a different app identifier is installed; check the actual checkbox and keep wanted settings.
These defaults assume “Remove data and settings with apps” is off. Opting in also selects eligible reviewed app data; shared stores and protected data retain individual review or stay locked.
What this test covered
The September 21, 2026 record covers the following test. The official download was launched and removed. The eTeks support directory was not created on first launch; home plans were outside removal.