What needs to go in order to fully remove a MAMP install from OSX?

Question

For reasons that we won't discuss, I have determined that MAMP is a pile of crap that haunts my system, and unless I remove it fully, I will live in shame.

I've done the obvious thing and removed the MAMP directory from my Applications folder, however, I don't like wandering files, and I have an itching feeling that MAMP put some .sock files somewhere, or otherwise made a mess in my file system.

What files does MAMP add to a system when it's installed, and where are they?

If you have proof that MAMP doesn't actually put files anywhere (besides the /MAMP dir), then that's as good an answer as any!

Answer 1

From their help page:

To "uninstall" MAMP, you only have to delete the MAMP directory and everything returns to the original state (MAMP does not alter anything on the "normal" OS X).

Answer 2

When you download MAMP, you get a MAMP Pro trial, also. In the MAMP Pro folder, there is an 'uninstaller'. When you open the uninstaller, it asks you if you would like to remove all traces (preferences, etc.)

When I used it, it appeared to delete absolutely everything for MAMP and MAMP Pro.

Answer 3

MAMP does alter one system file: /etc/hosts (it adds any virtual hosts you may have created under the "hosts" tab here).

You may want to delete those entries.

To do so, go to Finder, select "Go"-"Folder" from the menu, and enter "/etc". Then you need to temporarily change permissions on both the host file and the directory it's in, by right clicking and chosing "Get info" and changing the permissions.

You can then edit the hosts file in Textedit.

After you're done, you should put the permissions back to what they were to be on the safe side.

Answer 4

You should use default Mamp uninstaller file. It is located in the following directory: Applications folder → MAMP PRO → MAMP PRO Uninstaller.app Mamp uninstaller. But note, the folder /Applications/MAMP will not be deleted. You will have to do it manually. (resource)

Actually, you can search for all leftovers of Mamp by a special free app (App Cleaner & Uninstaller by Nektony - you can find it in the App Store)

Answer 5

AppZapper is a great tool that solves this problem. Search Google for it, it's free for the first 5 time you use it.

Answer 6

To fully uninstall any application. Try installing AppTrap. + it's free

Each time you move an application to Trash, AppTrap would find the preference files in your library and let you delete them as well.