Photo & Design
How to Completely Uninstall Figma on Mac
To uninstall Figma, drag the application icon from your Applications folder to the Trash. Because it is an Electron wrapper around a cloud editor, simply deleting the app leaves behind several support folders and a background process.
Remove Figma and everything it leaves behind
Figma 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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Email me the link- Application
- Figma
- Typical data size
- 500 MB – 10 GB
- Category
- Photo & Design
- File Location
~/Library/Application Support/Figma
Manual cleanup steps
- Quit the app completely (⌘+Q in the menu bar).
- Move Figma from the Applications folder to the Trash.
- Remove the folders Figma left behind, listed in the table below.
- Empty the Trash to free up the space.
Everything Figma keeps on your Mac
4 locations. Tick each one as you remove it; back up anything marked as your data first.
Locations are the standard macOS folders Figma uses; some appear only after you use the matching feature.
What Figma leaves behind
Specific to Figma
Moving the app to the Trash does not remove its settings, app data, or the local font helper. A launch agent remains active to start the font helper at login, and various folders containing preferences and cached data persist. These remaining files typically occupy 500 MB – 10 GB.
- Background items
- The desktop app installs a font helper (FigmaAgent) with a launch agent so designs can use local fonts; it keeps running until removed.
- Account and sync
- All Figma files live in your Figma account; the desktop app does not store designs locally.
Preparing to remove Figma
Ensure all offline edits have synced to your account since designs are stored in the cloud rather than locally. You should manually save any critical work as local copies via the menu. Finally, quit the app and remove the launch agent located at ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.figma.agent.plist to stop the background helper.
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By hand or with OptiClear
| By hand | With OptiClear | |
|---|---|---|
| Places to check | 4 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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