How to deinstall? #17

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adam · 2025-12-30T01:32:04+01:00

adam commented

2025-12-30 01:32:04 +01:00

Originally created by @burnout-syndrome on GitHub (Jun 8, 2020).

Thank you for your great work, I love the idea of this project! But how can I get back to the old state, in case that I want to deinstall the app? Especially because of the helper, how can I remove it completely?

Originally created by @burnout-syndrome on GitHub (Jun 8, 2020). Thank you for your great work, I love the idea of this project! But how can I get back to the old state, in case that I want to deinstall the app? Especially because of the helper, how can I remove it completely?

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@davidwernhart commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2020):

Hi @burnout-syndrome!

Thank you for your feedback!
As I previously described in other issues, the helper tool is not a real concern regarding security, performance or battery life and this system is also used by many other applications.
If you want to uninstall the application, simply set the maximum charge percentage back to 100 and move the app to trash.
If you want to remove the helper tool, you first have to locate the location of the helper.
This can be accomplished with a script like this.
After downloading, you have to make the script executable (sudo chmod 755 privilegedHelperToolStatus.sh) and execute it with sudo ./privilegedHelperToolStatus.sh. This will list all installed helpers and wether or not the application the helper is built for still exists on your system. For me, the location of AlDente's helper tool is: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.davidwernhart.Helper. Navigate to the folder and delete the file.

I hope that this helped.

Best regards,
David

@davidwernhart commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2020): Hi @burnout-syndrome! Thank you for your feedback! As I previously described in [other](https://github.com/davidwernhart/AlDente/issues/4) issues, the helper tool is not a real concern regarding security, performance or battery life and this system is also used by many other applications. If you want to uninstall the application, simply set the maximum charge percentage back to 100 and move the app to trash. If you want to remove the helper tool, you first have to locate the location of the helper. This can be accomplished with a script like [this](https://github.com/erikberglund/Scripts/blob/master/tools/privilegedHelperToolStatus/privilegedHelperToolStatus). After downloading, you have to make the script executable (`sudo chmod 755 privilegedHelperToolStatus.sh`) and execute it with `sudo ./privilegedHelperToolStatus.sh`. This will list all installed helpers and wether or not the application the helper is built for still exists on your system. For me, the location of AlDente's helper tool is: `/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.davidwernhart.Helper`. Navigate to the folder and delete the file. I hope that this helped. Best regards, David

adam commented

2025-12-30 01:32:04 +01:00

@burnout-syndrome commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2020):

Great, thank you for your reply!

@burnout-syndrome commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2020): Great, thank you for your reply!

adam commented

2025-12-30 01:32:04 +01:00

@halpz commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2021):

AppCleaner finds all these files too!

@halpz commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2021): AppCleaner finds all these files too!

adam commented

2025-12-30 01:32:05 +01:00

@indianakernick commented on GitHub (May 10, 2021):

The homebrew formula also properly deletes this file

@indianakernick commented on GitHub (May 10, 2021): The homebrew formula also properly deletes this file

adam commented

2025-12-30 01:32:05 +01:00

@BANKslow commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2021):

I am a leek and am not able to run these commands properly. I am stuck on putting terminal to the right folder where the HelperStatusTool script is located. Would you be so kind to ELI5 how to delete the Helper application through terminal?

@BANKslow commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2021): I am a leek and am not able to run these commands properly. I am stuck on putting terminal to the right folder where the HelperStatusTool script is located. Would you be so kind to ELI5 how to delete the Helper application through terminal?

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2025-12-30 01:32:05 +01:00

@sufyazi commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2021):

I am a leek and am not able to run these commands properly. I am stuck on putting terminal to the right folder where the HelperStatusTool script is located. Would you be so kind to ELI5 how to delete the Helper application through terminal?

Hi @BANKslow to remove a file from the terminal, just run 'rm [the file you want to delete]'. rm is a terminal command called 'remove', and the space is important so is the right name of the thing you want to delete. You said you were able to point the terminal to the right folder where the script you want to delete is located, so just run rm [name of file] with no brackets and keeping the single space between rm and the filename. Press enter after the line and it'll be deleted.

@sufyazi commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2021): > I am a leek and am not able to run these commands properly. I am stuck on putting terminal to the right folder where the HelperStatusTool script is located. Would you be so kind to ELI5 how to delete the Helper application through terminal? Hi @BANKslow to remove a file from the terminal, just run 'rm [the file you want to delete]'. rm is a terminal command called 'remove', and the space is important so is the right name of the thing you want to delete. You said you were able to point the terminal to the right folder where the script you want to delete is located, so just run `rm [name of file]` with no brackets and keeping the single space between rm and the filename. Press enter after the line and it'll be deleted.

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Reference: starred/AlDente-Battery_Care_and_Monitoring#17