Plugin Alliance how to remove!

[chk071]

Uninstallers are unfortunately very uncommon on Mac OS. It's really annoying. This is one area where Windows is far superior (though to be fair, the uninstall process in Windows very rarely gets rid of everything properly).

IIRC, the Plugin Alliance plugins don't have uninstallers on Windows either.

Yes, that's really dumb. Especially as no one has a crystal ball to know where the installers installs config and user files etc. Not that every uninstaller also removes those, but, if you have to remove the plugin by hand, you have to remove the config and user files by hand in any case.

[plexuss]

With macOS i use a file search app and find all files with the name of the plugin i want to delete and delete them, if I want to delete everything. It can be risky because its a manual process and easy to delete needed files. But, so far it works.

Why are you still doing it that way when Wide Blue Sound has a fail-safe one-click free app specifically designed for that task?

I can't be bothered to use it. I also enjoy looking at the search results as it usually teaches me something new such as where other certain files are etc.

[lajosuti]

Dude. I can't even delete Edge from windows permanently.

Dude. Can you delete Safari from your Mac permanently?

[jamcat]

Probably. I think you just drag the Safari app to the trash can. But no one would ever try because Safari is good.

[kidslow]

Yes but that would only be "permanent" until you perform the next MacOS upgrade and then Apple will put Safari back.

Also, searching on a Mac for just the app name will not give you all the associated files, if they are named for the developer and not the product. I don't think Wideblue's tool will get everything either because it keys off the installer receipts, especially if the files get created on first use rather than during the install. I recommend a combination of AppCleaner and Wideblue, and you'll get most of the cruft ... but perhaps still not all of it.

[strumm]

how hard is it to delete one file? in windows its like some seconds to do it.

If you did the MegaBundle plan for a year, you are deleting 136 files in each of the VST3, AU, AAX locations so it's 408 files. And in each of those locations it isn't always obvious which ones are Plugin Alliance, so you have to go one at a time by name to each of the locations. It's a major pain.

EDIT : Figured out easy solution for Mac.

There is a program called PlugInfo. It scans all your plugins on your system and shows them in a list, and you can then sort by Publisher. Then for example, you can select all 'AAX' Plugin-Alliance plugins, and right click the selection, and choose 'Show in Finder'. Finder opens with all the plugins selected, so you can just move them all to Trash in one go. Then just repeat for AU and VST3

[ramseysounds]

Has anyone noticed its the OP’s 1st post and hes done a runner….

[chk071]

The usual.

[beekane]

so. small sh script to remove the files to bin:

#!/bin/bash

# Directories to search for plugins
PLUGIN_DIRS=(
"/Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins"
"/Library/Application Support/Digidesign/Plug-Ins"
"/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components"
"/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3"
"/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST"
)

# List of plugin names (space-separated, derived from the web)
PLUGINS=(
"ACME Audio Opticom XLA-3"
"ADA Flanger"
"ADA STD-1 Stereo Tapped Delay"
"ADPTR AUDIO HYPE"
"ADPTR AUDIO Metric AB"
"ADPTR AUDIO SCULPT"
"ADPTR AUDIO Streamliner"
"AMEK EQ 200"
"AMEK EQ 250"
"AMEK Mastering Compressor"
"Ampeg B-15N"
"Ampeg SVT-3PRO"
"Ampeg SVT-VR"
"Ampeg SVT-VR Classic"
"Ampeg V-4B"
"Bettermaker BM60"
"Bettermaker Bus Compressor"
"Bettermaker EQ232D"
"Black Box Analog Design HG-2"
"Black Box Analog Design HG-2MS"
"Brainworx bx_2098 EQ"
"Brainworx bx_bassdude"
"Brainworx bx_cleansweep Pro"
"Brainworx bx_clipper"
"Brainworx bx_console AMEK 200"
"Brainworx bx_console AMEK 9099"
"Brainworx bx_console Focusrite SC"
"Brainworx bx_console N"
"Brainworx bx_console SSL 4000 E"
"Brainworx bx_console SSL 4000 G"
"Brainworx bx_console SSL 9000 J"
"Brainworx bx_control V2"
"Brainworx bx_crispytuner"
"Brainworx bx_delay 2500"
"Brainworx bx_digital V3"
"Brainworx bx_dynEQ V2"
"Brainworx bx_enhancer"
"Brainworx bx_glue"
"Brainworx bx_hybrid V2"
"Brainworx bx_limiter"
"Brainworx bx_limiter True Peak"
"Brainworx bx_masterdesk"
"Brainworx bx_masterdesk PRO"
"Brainworx bx_masterdesk True Peak"
"Brainworx bx_megadual"
"Brainworx bx_oberhausen"
"Brainworx bx_opto"
"Brainworx bx_panEQ"
"Brainworx bx_refinement"
"Brainworx bx_rockergain100"
"Brainworx bx_rockrack V3"
"Brainworx bx_rooMS"
"Brainworx bx_saturator V2"
"Brainworx bx_stereomaker"
"Brainworx bx_subsynth"
"Brainworx bx_townhouse Buss Compressor"
"Brainworx bx_XL V2"
"Chandler Limited GAV19T"
"Dangerous Music BAX EQ"
"Dear Reality dearVR MUSIC"
"Dear Reality dearVR PRO"
"Diezel Herbert"
"Diezel VH4"
"DS Audio TANTRA 2"
"DS Audio Thorn"
"elysia alpha compressor"
"elysia karacter"
"elysia mpressor"
"elysia museq"
"elysia nvelope"
"elysia Phil's Cascade"
"ENGL E646 VS"
"ENGL E765 RT"
"ENGL Savage 120"
"fiedler audio stage"
"Friedman BE-100"
"Friedman Buxom Betty"
"Friedman DS-40"
"Fuchs Overdrive Supreme 50"
"Fuchs Train II"
"Gallien-Krueger 800RB"
"Harris Doyle Natalus DSCEQ"
"Kiive Audio Tape Face"
"Kiive Audio XTComp"
"Knif Audio Knifonium"
"Knif Audio Soma"
"Lindell Audio 254E"
"Lindell Audio 354E"
"Lindell Audio 50 Series"
"Lindell Audio 69 Series"
"Lindell Audio 6X-500"
"Lindell Audio 7X-500"
"Lindell Audio 80 Series"
"Lindell Audio 902 De-Esser"
"Lindell Audio ChannelX"
"Lindell Audio MBC"
"Lindell Audio PEX-500"
"Lindell Audio SBC"
"Lindell Audio TE-100"
"Looptrotter SA2RATE 2"
"Louder Than Liftoff Chop Shop"
"Louder Than Liftoff SILVER BULLET mk2"
"Mäag Audio EQ2"
"Mäag Audio EQ4"
"Mäag Audio Magnum-K"
"Maor Appelbaum Mastering & Hendyamps THE OVEN"
"Millennia NSEQ-2"
"Millennia TCL-2"
"Mixland Vac Attack"
"NEOLD BIG AL"
"NEOLD U17"
"NEOLD U2A"
"NEOLD V76U73"
"NEOLD WARBLE"
"NEOLD WUNDERLICH"
"Noveltech Character"
"Noveltech Vocal Enhancer"
"PA FREE bx_blackdist2"
"PA FREE bx_bluechorus2"
"PA FREE bx_boom!"
"PA FREE bx_distorange"
"PA FREE bx_greenscreamer"
"PA FREE bx_megasingle"
"PA FREE bx_metal2"
"PA FREE bx_meter"
"PA FREE bx_opto Pedal"
"PA FREE bx_shredspread"
"PA FREE bx_tuner"
"PA FREE bx_yellowdrive"
"ProAudioDSP DSM V3"
"Purple Audio MC77"
"Schoeps Mono Upmix"
"Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor"
"Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor Class A"
"SPL Attacker Plus"
"SPL De-Esser Collection"
"SPL De-Verb Plus"
"SPL DrumXchanger"
"SPL EQ Ranger Plus"
"SPL HawkEye"
"SPL IRON"
"SPL Mo-Verb Plus"
"SPL Passeq"
"SPL PQ"
"SPL Transient Designer Plus"
"SPL TwinTube"
"SPL Vitalizer MK2-T"
"Suhr PT100"
"Suhr SE100"
"Three-Body Technology Cenozoix Compressor"
"Three-Body Technology Kirchhoff-EQ"
"THX Spatial Creator"
"TOMO Audiolabs LISA"
"Unfiltered Audio Bass-Mint"
"Unfiltered Audio Battalion"
"Unfiltered Audio BYOME"
"Unfiltered Audio Dent 2"
"Unfiltered Audio Fault"
"Unfiltered Audio G8"
"Unfiltered Audio Indent 2"
"Unfiltered Audio Instant Delay"
"Unfiltered Audio LION"
"Unfiltered Audio LO-FI-AF"
"Unfiltered Audio Needlepoint"
"Unfiltered Audio Sandman"
"Unfiltered Audio Sandman Pro"
"Unfiltered Audio SILO"
"Unfiltered Audio SpecOps"
"Unfiltered Audio TRIAD"
"Unfiltered Audio Zip"
"Vertigo VSM-3"
"WEDGE FORCE Keemun"
)



# Trash directory (macOS-specific)
TRASH_DIR=~/.Trash

# Function to search for plugins and move them to Trash
move_to_trash() {
local plugin_name="$1"
local moved=false

echo "Searching for: $plugin_name"

# Loop through each directory
for dir in "${PLUGIN_DIRS[@]}"; do
# Check each plugin extension
for ext in aaxplugin component vst3 vst; do
# Construct the expected plugin file name
local plugin_file="${plugin_name}.${ext}"
# Find the plugin file
local found_path
found_path=$(find "$dir" -name "$plugin_file" -print -quit)
if [[ -n "$found_path" ]]; then
echo "Found: $found_path"
# Move the plugin to the Trash
mv "$found_path" "$TRASH_DIR"
echo "Moved to Trash: $found_path"
moved=true
fi
done
done

if [ "$moved" = false ]; then
echo "Plugin not found: $plugin_name"
fi
}

# Loop through each plugin name and search for it
for plugin in "${PLUGINS[@]}"; do
move_to_trash "$plugin"
done

that worked for me. i will check out that wide blue sound site

thanks