How to uninstall Ximalaya on Mac
Ximalaya keeps its data in a folder named after its Chinese display name, ~/Library/Application Support/喜马拉雅, separate from the app. Anything you downloaded for offline listening and want to keep should be checked there before you remove it. This covers the official Mac download, 喜马拉雅.app with the bundle id com.gemd.iting, and the Homebrew cask ximalaya.
Quit and remove the app
- Quit Ximalaya from the Dock or its app menu; closing the window alone leaves it running.
- Open Finder's Applications folder, find
喜马拉雅.app, and move it to the Trash.
Where Ximalaya keeps its data
In Finder, press Shift + Command + G and open each location that exists.
| Location | What it holds | What to do |
|---|---|---|
~/Library/Application Support/喜马拉雅 |
The app's main data folder | Listed by Mole for review, not selected; check it, then remove it |
~/Library/Application Support/Ximalaya SetUp |
A small folder the installer leaves, 624 KB in the test | Not listed by Mole; move it to the Trash yourself |
~/Library/Logs/喜马拉雅 |
App logs | Safe to remove |
~/Library/Preferences/com.gemd.iting.plist |
Preferences | Remove with the app |
~/Library/Saved Application State/com.gemd.iting.savedState |
Saved window state | Remove with the app |
Check the result
pgrep -il 喜马拉雅
ls -d ~/Library/Application\ Support/喜马拉雅 ~/Library/Application\ Support/Ximalaya\ SetUp
No output from pgrep means Ximalaya is not running; a listed process means it is still open, so quit it before removing data. For ls -d, a printed path means that folder is still on disk, which is expected for the installer folder until you remove it by hand; "No such file or directory" means it is gone.
If you installed it with Homebrew
Mole skips --zap when its list reaches unchecked or shared data, or cannot be fully checked, and still cleans the leftovers you selected.
The ximalaya cask's zap list covers ~/Library/Application Support/喜马拉雅, ~/Library/Application Support/Ximalaya SetUp, ~/Library/Logs/喜马拉雅, the preferences file and the saved window state. If you leave the 喜马拉雅 data row unticked, Mole drops --zap; if you tick every row, Mole can run it, and the zap step also removes the installer folder. Running brew uninstall --cask --zap ximalaya yourself removes the data folder whatever you ticked in Mole, so copy out what you want first, or remove only the app:
brew uninstall --cask ximalaya
What Mole lists
For Ximalaya, Mole lists ~/Library/Application Support/喜马拉雅 for review without selecting it, and selects the app together with its logs, preferences and saved window state by default. ~/Library/Application Support/Ximalaya SetUp is not listed, so remove it yourself.
What this test covered
On September 20, 2026, the official package was copied into Applications, opened, and removed with a Mole 1.15 Preview (build 280) with Full Disk Access, with every review row ticked, which removed ~/Library/Application Support/喜马拉雅. The 624 KB Ximalaya SetUp folder was not listed and stayed on disk. Signing in, downloads and the Homebrew cask were not tested.