How to Uninstall Yaak on Mac

Yaak keeps API workspaces locally unless you set up directory sync. Export or back up wanted requests, environments and workspace data first; treat API keys in those files as sensitive. The recorded test used a direct download, not a Homebrew installation.

Remove the app and inspect its data

Quit Yaak and move Yaak.app from Applications to Trash. Inspect its exact app support folder before selecting local state; a separate synced directory, if configured, stays at its chosen location. The cask names bundle-ID support, cache, logs and WebKit data. A local workspace database is different from an exported or directory-synced copy. Vendor guidance.

Check the result

ls -ld ~/Library/'Application Support'/app.yaak.desktop ~/Library/Logs/app.yaak.desktop

Run this read-only check after quitting the app. A printed path still exists; “No such file or directory” means that path is absent, while a permission error needs its own investigation.

If you installed it with Homebrew

The Homebrew cask has a zap list that includes bundle-ID support, cache, logs and WebKit data, not an independently chosen sync directory. Run the command below without --zap if you want to keep those files and inspect them separately. A manual --zap follows the whole cask list regardless of Mole’s checkboxes. Mole uses zap only when its targets are selected, owned and within the checked boundary; otherwise it removes selected remnants through its own flow.

brew uninstall --cask yaak

What Mole lists

Exact bundle-ID application support and cache rows are normally selected. Check the support row before removal if it holds the only copy of a workspace.

What this test covered

Yaak from the official package was removed on September 20, 2026. The bundle-ID rows were removed, but no remote API, populated workspace or directory sync was tested.