Safari Technology Preview uninstall leftovers

[2580285]

Hi there,

I uninstalled Safari Technology Preview with AppCleaner and everything was moved to the trash.

When voiding the trash, a folder named "com.apple 19-04-46-245.SafariTechnologyPreview" seems to be locked ("in use") and it is impossible to delete it. I installed STP again and uninstalled it only to get to the same point, this time with "com.apple 12-34-22-971.SafariTechnologyPreview" adding to the first folder in the trash. They both contain a "Safary Family" file which opens like a folder but doesn't have an icon nor an extension.

Thank you for any suggestion!

 

[Lunder89]

Locked files can't be deleted if they are in use. First thing to try is to restart your Mac and then empty the trash. If that does not work. Try to open the Terminal app and type this command: sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash

Type your admin password and hit return. That should empty your trash.

 

[KALLT]

Have you tried restarting?

 

[2580285]

Hi there,

thanks for the tips. I tried both restarting and emptying the trash with the terminal command but sadly the files are still there...

 

[Lunder89]

All right then. Not giving up yet. I found this on Apples website, it might be worth a try.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201583

 

[yomovil]

(1) You'll have to boot into Recovery Mode and run from terminal "csrutil disable" in order to disable System Integrity Protection.
(2) Restart, delete the file
(3) Back to Recovery Mode to re-enable SIP and running from terminal "csrutil enable"
(4) Welcome