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Make copies of any files that might be stored solely within the Air folder on your local machine. This includes anything that you recently added to a folder locally that may have not synced up to the cloud or that you know isnāt stored on anyone elseās device. To be safe, make duplicates of anything potentially sensitive and store these items in a separate location.
Quit Air Flow
Quit the Air Flow app if it is running on your computer. If you see the Air logo in the top menu bar, right click on it and click āQuit Airā
Delete Air Flow related files from Finder
Open Finder and navigate to your user directory
If it doesnāt already exist in your Finder side nav, go to Finder ā Settings (or Preferences) ā Sidebar and select it. It will have a house icon and usually be some form of your name.
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Once in this directory, use the keyboard shortcut
cmd+shift+.to reveal hidden files:
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Navigate to the āLibraryā folder ā āApplication Supportā folder and move any folder that includes the words āair-desktopā to the trash
Navigate back to your user directory and then move the āAirā folder to the trash
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Note that this is your last chance to make copies of any files that might not be synced/backed up to the cloud that you are worried about losing.
Delete Air application
Delete the Air application from your Applications folder (right click and move to trash)
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Lingering issue after uninstalling Air Flow? Try a force quit
Force quit Air Flow processes
Force quit any lingering Air Flow processes via Activity Monitor.
Use spotlight search to bring up Activity Monitor.
Search in Activity monitor for āairā.
Select everything with the Air logo using cmd + click.
Click the x button at the top and choose āForce Quitā
