How to uninstall Typora on Mac

Your Markdown documents are ordinary files in the folders you saved them to, and removing Typora does not touch them. What Typora keeps for itself is small but personal: custom themes, unsaved drafts and your license activation. Deal with those three first, because the folder that holds the themes is removed by default. This guide covers Typora from its disk image and the Homebrew cask typora.

Save drafts, copy themes and free the license

  1. Save any untitled document you still want as a real file. Typora's recovery page says untitled drafts on macOS sit in ~/Library/Autosave Information.
  2. Open Typora's preferences and click Open Theme Folder. Typora's theme guide puts it at ~/Library/Application Support/abnerworks.Typora/themes. Copy any theme or CSS file you added or changed to a folder of your own.
  3. To free the activation for another Mac, choose Typora › My License… and click Deactivate. A license covers three devices at a time, as Typora's activation page explains. If this Mac is already gone, Typora's license page explains how to deactivate it from the web.

Quit Typora and remove the app

  1. Quit Typora from the Typora menu.
  2. Search Activity Monitor for Typora and check that it has exited.
  3. Move Typora from Finder's Applications folder to the Trash.

Where Typora keeps its data

Typora's troubleshooting page lists the folders to remove for a manual uninstall. Check each one with Shift + Command + G in Finder and skip what does not exist.

Location What it holds What to do
~/Library/Application Support/abnerworks.Typora Themes and other app data Copy your themes out first, then remove it
~/Library/Caches/abnerworks.Typora Caches Safe to remove after quitting
~/Library/Preferences/abnerworks.Typora.plist Preferences Remove only for a clean start
~/Library/Saved Application State/abnerworks.Typora.savedState Documents to reopen at launch Safe to remove after quitting
~/Library/Autosave Information Untitled drafts, shared by every app that autosaves Never remove the folder; save drafts as files instead

Check the result

Run these read-only commands after the app is in the Trash:

pgrep -il typora
ls -d "$HOME/Library/Application Support/abnerworks.Typora"
ls "$HOME/Library/Application Support/abnerworks.Typora/themes"
  • No output from pgrep means Typora is not running. A listed process means it is still open; quit it first.
  • The first ls printing the path means the app data folder is still there. "No such file or directory" means it is gone, which is the expected result once your themes are copied.
  • If the second ls still lists your theme files, you can copy them now. After the folder is in the Trash, they can still be put back from the Trash until you empty it.

If you installed it with Homebrew

The typora cask's zap list includes ~/Library/Application Support/abnerworks.Typora and ~/Library/Application Support/Typora, the caches, cookies, HTTP storage, WebKit data, preferences, saved window state and Typora's recent-documents list. brew uninstall --cask --zap typora moves them to the Trash, your themes included. It does not touch your documents.

To keep everything but the app:

brew uninstall --cask typora

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. Otherwise it runs the plain command and removes only the leftovers you selected. A brew command you type yourself never consults Mole's checkboxes.

What Mole lists

For Typora from its disk image:

  • ~/Library/Application Support/abnerworks.Typora is selected by default, and your themes are inside it. Copy them out or untick the row before you remove.
  • Caches, preferences, HTTP storage, WebKit data and saved window state filed under abnerworks.Typora are selected by default. If a ~/Library/Autosave Information/abnerworks.Typora folder exists, it is selected too.
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Typora, if present, is listed but not selected.
  • The uninstall scan excludes personal folders such as Documents, Desktop and Downloads.

What this test covered

On September 19, 2026, Typora was copied from its disk image into Applications, opened, and uninstalled with a Preview build of Mole 1.15. There was no Homebrew receipt. ~/Library/Application Support/abnerworks.Typora was selected by default and moved to the Trash with the app. On September 26, 2026, Typora 1.14.10 from its disk image was installed again and removed with a development build of Mole with every row ticked: the app and five listed items went to the Trash, Application Support/abnerworks.Typora included, and nothing from the list remained. No custom theme, draft or license activation was part of either test, and the Homebrew cask was not tested.