Uninstall Xcodes on Mac

Record which Xcode versions and simulator runtimes Xcodes installed before removing the Xcodes interface. Those developer tools have their own lifetimes. The September 19, 2026 record covers the app copied from the official package.

Quit and remove the app

Quit Xcodes, then move Xcodes.app to Trash. Leave installed Xcode apps, Archives and simulator data untouched; switching the active Xcode is not an uninstall step. The official page has more product information.

Review the app’s data

The cask names a privileged helper and old ~/Library/Application Support/com.robotsandpencils.XcodesApp. The current app uses com.xcodesorg.xcodesapp; the older folder contained available-xcodes.json in the test and needs review rather than automatic deletion.

If you installed it with Homebrew

The Homebrew cask has its own --zap list. brew uninstall --cask xcodes-app removes the cask without that list; brew uninstall --cask --zap xcodes-app also acts on its listed data without consulting Mole’s checkboxes. The historical folder and helper need separate ownership checks. 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 xcodes-app

Check the result

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

pgrep -il "Xcodes"
ls -ld "$HOME/Library/Application Support/com.robotsandpencils.XcodesApp"

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 lists the historical support folder for review, unchecked. Exact current bundle-ID rows can be selected by default; it does not remove Xcode versions or Apple developer data.

What this test covered

The September 19, 2026 official-package test covered Xcodes 4.1.1. A background-item entry still pointed at the trashed app afterward, and the historical support folder was a review row. Xcode installations were not removed.