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Recently, we have seen widespread adoption of Docker as the ultimate containerization platform. Because of this, setting up Docker on all platforms has been greatly simplified, including macOS and Windows.

However, some users usually face problems while removing docker from their system due to one reason or another. Apart from the main Docker files which we can get rid of easily, Docker also creates files and embeds them into system folders.

In this article, we will discuss how to remove the Docker application for macOS and manually delete its application files.

Uninstalling the Docker application in macOS

1. We will make sure that the Docker application and its background processes are not running. Eliminate this process through Activity Monitor by selecting any "Docker"process named and clicking on it .退出进程

   

2. In Finder, navigate to the Applications folder. Go ahead and find Docker in the list of applications and move it to the bin.

   

   Removing the Docker application from the Applications folder does not mean that we have removed Docker from the system. Along with other important files, these files are usually stored Libraryunder the folder.

   Since these files are usually hidden, we need to first find Librarythe folder, find the files and subdirectories related to Docker and delete them.

3. Click Options at the top of the menu bar under Finder Go. Under this menu at the very bottom, click 转到文件夹Options.

   

4. After clicking Go to Folder, a search box will open. Type in this box ~/Libraryand click Gothe button.

   This will allow us to access the Library folder as shown below.

   

5. Find the subpackages belonging to docker and delete them. We can start by deleting Applications Scriptsthe docker folder com.docker.helper 文件夹.

6. Under Cachesthe folder, find and delete com.docker.docker 文件夹the folder.

7. Go into Containersthe folder and delete com.docker.helperthe folders next to the folder com.docker.docker. The three folders we have highlighted below.

   

8. Now that we have gotten rid of the main docker folder, we will remove the remaining files related to your Docker installation. Access the folders and subfolders below and delete them from your system.

   ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.electron.docker-frontend.savedState
   ~/Library/Cookies/com.docker.docker.binarycookies
   /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.docker.vmnetd.plist
   ~/Library/Preferences/com.electron.docker-frontend.plist
   /usr/local/lib/docker
   ~/.docker
   ~/Library/Application Support/Docker Desktop
   ~/Library/Preferences/com.docker.docker.plist
   ~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.docker
   ~/Library/Logs/Docker Desktop
   /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.docker.vmnetd
   

Deleting these files from your system and emptying your Trash folder will successfully remove the Docker installation from your Mac. Alternatively, if you want an easier method, there are plenty of application uninstallers available.