If you build your own applications or online services, chances are that you’ve installed lots of tools to test out which ones can help you develop more efficiently or expand more quickly. One of the areas you may have investigated is the provision of an application programming interface (API) for clients so that they can plug directly into your tools from their own systems. There are several ways to do that, one of which is to use an API platform like Postman to help create APIs. If you’ve tried out Postman and decided it’s no longer for you, or you just don’t use it anymore, you should uninstall it to free up space. In this article, we’ll show you how to uninstall Postman on your Mac.
What is Postman?
Postman is an API platform — a tool for creating, managing, and publishing APIs. It has an API repository that allows users to store, catalog, and collaborate on API artifacts in one place. It has several tools that allow users to design, test, and document APIs and then share them and make them discoverable. Postman has four different types of workspace — personal, team, partner, and public — to make it easy to collaborate on the development of APIs. It integrates with lots of other tools and is extensible through its own API.
Is Postman safe?
Yes. Postman is used by some of the biggest companies in the world, such as WhatsApp Business, Paypal, Siemens, and TotalEnergies.
Why uninstall Postman?
The main reason for uninstalling Postman is that you no longer use it. If that’s the case, uninstalling it will free up space and prevent potential future conflicts with other software on your Mac. It’s also good practice from a security point of view to uninstall applications you no longer use. If you don’t use an application, you are less likely to keep it updated. And having old versions of software installed on your Mac increases the risk of you inadvertently downloading malware because malware distributors use fake updates as a way of distributing their malicious files.
How to uninstall Postman on Mac
There are a couple of different ways to uninstall Postman on your Mac. One of them involves tracking down each file it has placed on your Mac and dragging it to the Trash, one by one. The other is much easier and uses
a specialist uninstaller to do the hard work for you. We’ll show you both methods.
Easy way to uninstall apps
Manual app deletion is a lot of work, and so you’ll be pleased to know there is a much easier method to remove applications. You can use a specialist uninstaller. We recommend CleanMyMac’s Applications tool. It can delete multiple apps at the same time as well as get rid of leftover files from applications that weren’t uninstalled properly and reset applications that are misbehaving. It will also tell you which installed applications you haven’t used in a long time so you can decide whether or not to remove them. And it will show you which of your apps have updates available and make it very easy to update them all at once. Try CleanMyMac for free and follow the steps below to uninstall Postman:
- Open CleanMyMac and choose Applications in the sidebar.
- Click Scan.
- Choose Manage My Applications.
- Locate Postman in the list of all apps and select it.
- Click Uninstall.
If you want to uninstall lots of apps at the same time, choose them at step 4 and click Uninstall when you have selected them all.
How to uninstall Postman on your Mac manually
- Go to your Applications folder and drag Postman to the Trash.
- Click the Finder icon in the Dock.
- Choose the Go menu, then Go to Folder.
- In the text box, type or paste each of the paths below, one at a time, pressing Return after each one. At each location, look for files or folders with Postman in their name and drag them to the Trash.
~/Library/Preferences
~/Library/Application Support
~/Library/Caches
~/Library/Containers
~/Library/Logs - Empty the Trash.
Once you’ve emptied the Trash, Postman will be uninstalled from your Mac.
Postman is an API platform that allows you to create, manage, and distribute APIs. Users can design, test, and document APIs, as well as store, catalog, and collaborate on APIs all in one place. If you’ve previously installed Postman and no longer use it, you should uninstall it to free up space and prevent potential conflicts with other files in the future. Follow the steps above to uninstall Postman on your Mac.
