How can I remove Firefox using terminal?

Question

I'm a beginner with Mac OS X. Would somebody please tell me how to fully uninstall Firefox using Terminal on Mac OS X Lion?

I'm experiencing hangs and crashes with Firefox 5.0.1, so I want to remove it then re-install it.

Thanks so much in advance.

nohillside · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-30T22:00:55.200

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To remove Firefox.app:

Login with an administrator account
sudo rm -rf /Applications/Firefox.app/

You get the same result by just dragging the Firefox app from /Applications/ to the trash.

If the crashes continue after reinstalling, deleting preferences and support files in the user library may help:

~/Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox*
~/Library/Application Support/Firefox
~/Library/Application Support/Mozilla
~/Library/Mozilla
~/Library/Caches/Firefox

edited Nov 30 '11 at 22:00

answered Nov 30 '11 at 09:45

nohillside

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please can you list me those files when you get back home – JAHelia Nov 30 '11 at 11:44
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@JAHelia, you could use a program like AppCleaner to do the search & deletion for you. – Jari Keinänen Nov 30 '11 at 13:34

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 30 '11 at 11:01

It's very probable that your profile is corrupt, rather than Firefox itself (in which case, deleting Firefox won't help as any new installation will use the corrupt profile).

Creating a new profile may help - the safest way to do that is using the Profile Manager.

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 30 '11 at 19:45

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You might also consider uninstalling it using AppZapper, which will remove the app and all of its configuration files. There is a fully-functional free trial available.

answered Nov 30 '11 at 19:45

Peter Roe

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