Photo & Design
How to Completely Uninstall Affinity Designer on Mac
To uninstall Affinity Designer, quit the app and drag it from the Applications folder to the Trash. Since the separate version is no longer sold and replaced by a unified free app in 2025, you can remove the standalone software while keeping your documents.
Remove Affinity Designer and everything it leaves behind
Affinity Designer data usually takes 500 MB – 10 GB on a Mac. The free scan shows the exact size on your Mac before you change anything.
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- Affinity Designer
- Typical data size
- 500 MB – 10 GB
- Category
- Photo & Design
- File Location
~/Library/Containers/com.seriflabs.affinitydesigner2
Manual cleanup steps
- Quit the app completely (⌘+Q in the menu bar).
- Move Affinity Designer from the Applications folder to the Trash.
- Remove the folders Affinity Designer left behind, listed in the table below.
- Empty the Trash to free up the space.
Everything Affinity Designer keeps on your Mac
2 locations. Tick each one as you remove it; back up anything marked as your data first.
Locations are the standard macOS folders Affinity Designer uses; some appear only after you use the matching feature.
What Affinity Designer leaves behind
Specific to Affinity Designer
Dragging the app to the Trash does not remove its associated data folders or your personal documents. Depending on whether you have the Mac App Store or direct version, settings, resources, and autosaves remain in either a Containers or Application Support folder. These stored items typically occupy 500 MB – 10 GB and persist until you manually delete them via the hidden ~/Library folder.
- Current status
- Affinity Designer 2 is no longer sold; in 2025 Canva replaced the separate Affinity apps with one free Affinity app that opens existing documents.
- Account and sync
- The Mac App Store version is tied to your Apple Account; the version bought directly is registered to an Affinity (Serif) account.
Preparing to remove Affinity Designer
Before removal, ensure all work is finalized because the app must be closed to delete its files. You should verify your autosave data for any missing work. Because different versions store settings in different locations, identify which folder corresponds to your registration method before cleaning up remaining residues.
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By hand or with OptiClear
| By hand | With OptiClear | |
|---|---|---|
| Places to check | 2 folders, one by one | One scan |
| File sizes | You look them up yourself | Shown for every item |
| Removing the wrong thing | Easy to delete the wrong folder | Goes to the Trash first, so it can be restored |
| Cost | Free | Scan is free; cleaning needs Pro (yearly plan has a 7-day free trial) |
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