Mac Users: How to Effectively Remove ExpanDrive

• Bernice Curry
• March-25-2019 9:09
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App Info: ExpanDrive is a distributed file system client that lets you transparently access, open, edit and save files from within all your favorite programs. This app claims to build cloud storage support into all apps.As a commercial software, it provides a free, unrestricted demo version for whose who want to give it a try.

As for the uninstallation, the app vendor guide its users to simply drag this app to the Trash can and ExpanDrive will be fully removed. But is it true?Is is clean enough?

If you have doubts in uninstalling ExpanDrive on your Mac, read through this post, and take one of the two available methods to remove ExpanDrive. To be specific, you can choose to manually remove ExpanDrive and app remnants in system, or instead, utilize an automated, reputable removal tool to get the job done without hassle.

Uninstall ExpanDrive & Remove Leftovers in Finder

Wanna achieve a thorough removal of unwanted app? You will need to go through three steps: check and quit the app > move it to the Trash > detect app leftovers.

Step 1. quit ExpanDrive (if it is active)

It is a common sense in Mac world that an app must be deactivated before you can move it to the Trash. So if the app is currently running, make sure to quit it first.

To do so, right click on the app in the Dock and choose Quit to shut down the app.

Or click the ExpanDrive icon in menu bar, click the settings icon and then choose Quit.

If the app is frozen or stops responding, you can press the Command – Option – Esx keystroke to activate the Quit Applications windows, then choose the app in the list, click Force Quit button below, and click Force Quit again in the pop-up dialog.

If you are not sure whether the app or related process still runs, use this little trick:

• Open up Activity Monitor from Dock, via Launchpad or through Spotlight
• Type ExpanDrive in search box, and select the process that contains the keyword
• Click the X icon on the upper left corner, and click (Force) Quit in pop-up dialog

After that, if ExpanDrive remains in Dock, right click on its icon again and choose Options > Remove from Dock. And then you can go ahead to the standard uninstall.

Step 2. trash to uninstall ExpanDrive

To uninstall ExpanDrive, you should delete this app in both the Applications folder and Trash. Here are the steps (which are the same in different macOS versions):

• Open  Finder, and access to the /Applications folder from the sidebar or Go menu
• Locate and select ExpanDrive, drag its icon to the Trash in Dock, and drop it there (alternatively, right click on ExpanDrive and choose Move to Trash option)
• Choose Empty Trash from the Finder menu, and then click Empty Trash button

Note that emptying the Trash will permanently remove all the items inside. Before that, make sure that everything in Trash is no longer needed. To avoid any risk in this step, you can delete the app individually in Trash like this: open up Trash, right click on ExpanDrive, choose Delete Immediately, and click Delete in the pop-up dialog.

For the apps that are installed from the Mac App Store, you can take this way too:

• Head to Launchpad from the Dock, through Spotlight, or by gesture shortcut
• Locate the app, then press and hold the app icon until it starts to jiggle
• Click the X icon on the upper left corner of the icon, and then click Delete button

Step 3. delete ExpanDrive leftovers

To figure out if there is any ExpanDrive leftovers on your system, you can utilize the Search feature in Finder to locate and delete items that are pertaining to ExpanDrive.

There are many system folders that may store the files associated with the target app:
~/Library/Caches/, ~/Library/Preferences/, ~/Library/PreferencePanes/, ~/Library/ApplicationSupport/, ~/Library/LaunchAgents/, ~/Library/LaunchDaemons/

Here is how to access to the hidden ~/Library (or /Library) system folder:

• Open the Finder, head to the Go menu in Menu Bar, and choose Go to Folder.

• Type ~/Library in the box that appears, and hit Enter key to open up the folder.

To locate ExpanDrive components precisely, use the Search feature in Finder:

• In the ~/Library folder, type ExpanDrive (or the vendor’s name) in the search bar
• Click “Library” under the bar to show the search result in the specific folder
• Identify the items in the result, then control-select those whose names contain the keyword, right-click on any of them, and choose Move to Trash
• After that, repeat the steps to detect ExpanDrive leftovers in the /Library folder

Warning: Mistakenly deleting unrelated items in those hidden system folders could affect the normal use of other apps or even the system. We suggest you to temporarily move the files pertaining to ExpanDrive to the Trash or any other folder for a few days. If nothing wrong occurs after the modification, you could delete them in Trash.

Take Simple Steps to Fully Remove ExpanDrive

How could I safely and quickly remove ExpanDrive on My Mac? If you start to think about this question, we recommend you to adopt a hassle-free, time-saving method, which is, using Osx Uninstaller to automatically complete the entire removal.

You can follow the 3 simple steps to completely remove ExpanDrive for Mac:

Step 1. Launch Osx Uninstaller, select ExpanDrive and click Run Analysis button

Step 2. Click Complete Uninstall button, and then click Yes to execute the uninstall

Step 3. Click Back to Interface button to re-scan currently installed apps on your Mac

Once you install this handy tool, you can easily remove a bunch of apps in the user-friendly interface. One of the advantages include that you will no longer need to search for the app vestiges in different system directories. Why not give it a try now?

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