Uninstall Whisky on Mac

Copy any Whisky bottles you want to keep before uninstalling. The default bottles are inside its container, not beside the app icon. The September 19, 2026 record covers the app copied from the official package.

Quit and remove the app

Stop running Windows programs and quit Whisky. Use its bottle controls to inspect custom bottle locations, then move Whisky.app to Trash. Keep the copy of each wanted bottle outside the Whisky container. The official page has more product information.

Review the app’s data

Whisky documents ~/Library/Containers/com.isaacmarovitz.Whisky/Bottles for default bottles, ~/Library/Application Support/com.isaacmarovitz.Whisky/Libraries for GPTK, and /usr/local/bin/whisky for its optional command. The cask also lists preferences and logs. Do not delete the container until bottle ownership and backup are checked.

If you installed it with Homebrew

The Homebrew cask has its own --zap list. brew uninstall --cask whisky removes the cask without that list; brew uninstall --cask --zap whisky also acts on its listed data without consulting Mole’s checkboxes. Zap includes the default container, which can contain the entire bottle collection. 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 whisky

Check the result

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

pgrep -il "Whisky"
ls -ld "$HOME/Library/Containers/com.isaacmarovitz.Whisky"

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 can list the exact Whisky container and preferences, with exact bundle-ID rows selected by default when safe. A container holding bottles deserves manual review before confirming removal; Mole does not claim custom bottle folders or an unrelated Wine installation.

What this test covered

The test used the app copied from the official package. On September 19, 2026, the sample wrote a container and preferences. Moving the container to Trash failed on permissions, and the remaining background-item entry was for confirmation only. No completed bottle deletion was verified.