Uninstall WeChat DevTools on Mac

Save local mini-program projects and confirm any wanted account state before uninstalling WeChat DevTools. A project directory is not an app remnant. The September 19, 2026 record covers the app copied from the official package.

Quit and remove the app

Quit all developer-tool windows and helper processes, then move 微信开发者工具.app to Trash. Keep source projects and developer account settings outside the app’s own profile. The official page has more product information.

Review the app’s data

The cask lists ~/Library/Application Support/微信开发者工具, cache and product-specific preferences. The recorded bundle ID was generic com.github.Electron, so do not use that ID to claim every Electron app’s files.

If you installed it with Homebrew

The Homebrew cask has its own --zap list. brew uninstall --cask wechatwebdevtools removes the cask without that list; brew uninstall --cask --zap wechatwebdevtools also acts on its listed data without consulting Mole’s checkboxes. Zap includes the whole profile. Copy any projects or account-related files you need outside that folder and open the copies before choosing zap; otherwise use the command below without zap and leave the profile in place. 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 wechatwebdevtools

Check the result

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

pgrep -il "微信开发者工具"
ls -ld "$HOME/Library/Application Support/微信开发者工具"

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 leaves the developer-tool Application Support profile unselected under its user-data policy. It can select exact product cache or preference rows where ownership is known; generic Electron identity is insufficient.

What this test covered

The September 19, 2026 official-package test removed the app but retained its 258 MB Application Support profile as user data. Eight Electron helpers appeared as one product row in Status; no signed-in project sync was verified.