How to uninstall Webex on Mac

Removing Webex takes the app off this Mac; it does not delete your Webex account or cancel a paid plan. Webex keeps its local data in ~/Library/Application Support/Cisco Spark, a folder whose name matches neither the app nor its bundle ID, so check it separately after the app is gone. Leave or end any meeting before you start. These steps cover the Webex app downloaded from webex.com and the Homebrew cask webex. Webex Meetings, Cisco's separate meetings app, keeps its own folders; leave them alone if you still use it.

Quit Webex and remove the app

  1. Leave any meeting, then quit Webex from its app menu or with Command-Q.
  2. Search for Webex in Activity Monitor and check that its processes have exited.
  3. Move Webex from Finder's Applications folder to the Trash.
  4. Open System Settings › General › Login Items & Extensions and turn off any Webex entry that is still listed.

Or use Cisco's Webex Uninstaller

Cisco publishes a Webex Uninstaller, with separate downloads for Apple silicon and Intel Macs, on its Uninstall Webex App on macOS page. Open it and click OK; it asks for your Mac password. Tick Keep the user files and data if you want to remove only the application files. The same page shows the command-line form, where --keep-user-data does the same and --force quits Webex first.

Where Webex keeps local data

In Finder, press Shift + Command + G and check each location. Skip the ones that do not exist.

Location What it holds What to do
~/Library/Application Support/Cisco Spark Webex's own data folder. Cisco's manual removal steps point to the Webexteams_upgrades (Intel) or Webexteams_upgrades_arm (Apple silicon) folder inside it Remove it once you no longer use Webex on this Mac
~/Library/Caches/Cisco-Systems.Spark Cache Cisco's manual steps remove it; safe to remove
~/Library/Application Support/Cisco Webex Launcher Launcher data written on first launch, 16.5 MB in this test Remove with the app
~/Library/Preferences/Cisco-Systems.Spark.plist App preferences Remove with the app
~/Library/Application Support/Webex Meetings, ~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.cisco.webex.meetings Webex Meetings, the separate app Keep if you use Webex Meetings

The first two come from Cisco's manual uninstall article; the others come from the Homebrew cask's zap list and the recorded test.

Check the result

Run these read-only commands in Terminal:

pgrep -il webex
ls -d "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Cisco Spark" "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Cisco Webex Launcher" "$HOME/Library/Caches/Cisco-Systems.Spark"
  • No output from pgrep means no Webex process is running. A listed process means Webex, or Webex Meetings if you have it, is still open; quit it before touching its folders.
  • ls -d prints each folder that still exists and reports "No such file or directory" for the rest. A surviving Cisco Spark folder is expected if you left that row unticked.

If you installed it with Homebrew

The webex cask's uninstall step stops Webex. Its zap list is wide: besides ~/Library/Application Support/Cisco Spark, Cisco Webex Launcher and the caches, preferences and WebKit data filed under Cisco-Systems.Spark, it also names Webex Meetings folders such as ~/Library/Application Support/Webex Meetings, ~/Library/Application Support/Cisco/WebEx Meetings and ~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.cisco.webex.meetings. Running brew uninstall --cask --zap webex yourself moves all of them to the Trash, whatever you ticked in Mole, and whether or not you still use Webex Meetings. Homebrew Webex cask

To remove only the app:

brew uninstall --cask webex

Mole adds --zap only when every path in the zap list sits inside your own ~/Library, touches no row you left unticked, and is not claimed by another installed app. Application Support/Cisco Spark is unticked by default, so unless you tick it, Mole leaves --zap out and removes the app and the rows you selected.

What Mole lists

When you remove Webex with Mole:

  • ~/Library/Application Support/Cisco Spark is listed but not selected.
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Cisco Webex Launcher is listed but not selected.
  • Caches, preferences and other folders filed under the bundle ID Cisco-Systems.Spark are selected by default.
  • Mole does not run Cisco's Webex Uninstaller.

What this test covered

On September 20, 2026, Webex 46.9.0.35800 was copied from the official download into Applications, opened once without signing in, and removed with Mole 1.15 Preview (build 280), with every row in the review list ticked. The app and ~/Library/Application Support/Cisco Webex Launcher (16.5 MB) went to the Trash, and no Webex login item appeared in Mole's startup list. ~/Library/Application Support/Cisco Spark was not in that run's list; its review row was added after this test. Meetings, sign-in, Cisco's Webex Uninstaller, Webex Meetings and the Homebrew cask were not tested.