Photo & Design
How to Completely Uninstall Krita on Mac
To remove Krita, quit the app and drag it from the Applications folder to the Trash. However, this action alone does not delete your personal settings or created assets.
Remove Krita and everything it leaves behind
Krita 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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- Krita
- Typical data size
- 500 MB – 10 GB
- Category
- Photo & Design
- File Location
~/Library/Application Support/krita
Manual cleanup steps
- Quit the app completely (⌘+Q in the menu bar).
- Move Krita from the Applications folder to the Trash.
- Remove the folders Krita left behind, listed in the table below.
- Empty the Trash to free up the space.
Everything Krita keeps on your Mac
1 locations. Tick each one as you remove it; back up anything marked as your data first.
Locations are the standard macOS folders Krita uses; some appear only after you use the matching feature.
Residual files left by Krita
Specific to Krita
Dragging the app to the Trash leaves behind support folders containing your brushes, resource bundles, workspaces, and session data. These items occupy between 500 MB – 10 GB and remain on your disk until you remove them manually via the hidden ~/Library folder. Your saved documents also persist independently since they are stored wherever you chose to save them.
Preparing to uninstall Krita
Before removal, ensure all work is finalized within the app. Because custom resources like brush presets are kept together in one location, you must export them to avoid losing your configurations. Checking for unsaved canvas fragments ensures no progress is lost during the process.
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By hand or with OptiClear
| By hand | With OptiClear | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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