How to uninstall Yinxiang Biji (印象笔记) on Mac
Yinxiang Biji (印象笔记) is the China edition of Evernote and installs separately from the international Evernote app, which has its own guide. Notes sync to your Yinxiang account, so removing the app does not delete them, but check that the last edits have synced before you quit it for good. Because the app registers itself for http and https links, Mole can treat some of its folders as browser data and lock them, which is covered below. This covers the official package from yinxiang.com and the Homebrew cask yinxiangbiji.
Quit Yinxiang Biji and remove the app
- Quit 印象笔记 from its Dock icon or menu.
- Open System Settings › General › Login Items & Extensions and turn off the Yinxiang entry. The app registers a background helper there (
com.yinxiang.Mac.XPCService). - Find 印象笔记 in Finder's Applications folder and move it to the Trash.
Where its data lives
| Location | What it holds | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| ~/Library/Application Support/com.yinxiang.Mac | The app's local data | May be locked in Mole as browser data; move it to the Trash yourself in Finder once your notes have synced |
| ~/Library/Application Support/com.yinxiang.MacHelper | Data of its helper | Listed by Mole for review, not selected |
| ~/Library/Caches/com.yinxiang.Mac, ~/Library/Caches/com.yinxiang.MacHelper | Regenerable caches | Selected by default |
| ~/Library/HTTPStorages/com.yinxiang.Mac* | Web session storage | Review or locked; remove it by hand if Mole locks it |
| ~/Library/Preferences/com.yinxiang.Mac.plist, com.yinxiang.MacHelper.plist | Preferences | Remove with the app |
Mole checks whether an app registers for http and https links and opens HTML files, the same signal macOS uses to offer a default browser. When it does, Mole keeps that app's Application Support, Containers, Group Containers, WebKit, HTTPStorages and Cookies rows locked as browser data, which you cannot tick. In the recorded test Yinxiang Biji was classified this way and six rows, including ~/Library/Application Support/com.yinxiang.Mac, stayed on disk. If you see locked rows for this app, they are not a missed scan; remove them yourself in Finder after checking your notes are synced.
Check the result
pgrep -il yinxiang
ls -d ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.yinxiang.Mac ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.yinxiang.MacHelper
- No output from
pgrepmeans neither the app nor its helper is running; a listed process means one is still open, so quit it first. ls -dprinting a path means that folder is still on disk, which is what a locked row looks like after the uninstall; "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 yinxiangbiji cask quits the app and its helper and unloads com.yinxiang.Mac.XPCService and com.yinxiang.MacHelper on uninstall. Its zap list covers Application Support/com.yinxiang.Mac and com.yinxiang.MacHelper, both Caches folders, Caches/com.evernote.edam.usage, the sharing extension's container and scripts folder, HTTPStorages/com.yinxiang.Mac* and both preferences files. Because Mole leaves some of those rows unticked or locked, it drops --zap. Running brew uninstall --cask --zap yinxiangbiji yourself removes all of them whatever Mole showed, so make sure your notes have synced first, or remove only the app:
brew uninstall --cask yinxiangbiji
Account
Uninstalling does not delete your notes or cancel a membership; both are managed in your Yinxiang account.
What Mole lists
For Yinxiang Biji, Mole selects the app and the Caches folders for com.yinxiang.Mac and com.yinxiang.MacHelper by default, and lists the helper's Application Support folder, preferences file and HTTPStorages folder for review without selecting them. When the app's Info.plist declares both link schemes and HTML documents, Mole locks its Application Support, Containers, Group Containers, WebKit, HTTPStorages and Cookies rows as browser data, and those have to be removed by hand. Mole does not edit Login Items & Extensions.
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 and default selection. Six rows were classified as browser personal data and kept, including ~/Library/Application Support/com.yinxiang.Mac (328 KB). The com.yinxiang.Mac.XPCService login item could be toggled in Mole beforehand, and a Yinxiang login entry was still in Login Items & Extensions afterwards, pointing at the app in the Trash. The test did not record the other five locked paths one by one. Signing in, syncing notes, a membership and the Homebrew cask were not tested.