This removal guide is for the latest version of SwitchResX for Mac. To completely remove SwitchResX, we have done much technical analysis on it. If you want to remove SwitchResX manually, you need to know the following installation information.
1> Information of SwitchResX installer:
- Format: ZIP
- Size: 4 MB
The following is the information about files, folders and processes after SwitchResX is installed. With this information in hand we can now manually uninstall SwitchResX completely.
2> Basic information of the app:
- Size: 7.7 MB
3> Add-on software:
- MenuCracker.menu
- SwitchResX Control.app
- SwitchResX Daemon.app
- SwitchResX Extensions.osax
- SwitchResX Menu.app
- fr.madrau.switchresx.app
4> Process information:
- 4.1 Main process:
- SwitchResX
- 4.2 Associated process:
- MenuCracker
- SwitchResX Daemon
- SwitchResX Extensions
- SwitchResX Menu
5> Folders:
- MenuCracker.menu
- SwitchResX Control.app
- SwitchResX Daemon.app
- SwitchResX Extensions.osax
- SwitchResX Menu.app
- fr.madrau.switchresx.app
6> Files:
- fr.madrau.switchresx.app.plist
- fr.madrau.switchresx.daemon.plist
7> Framework/Extensions/XPC/Plugins
- SwitchResx.prefPane
Simply dragging SwitchResX to Trash cannot uninstall it completely to free disk space on Mac OS but leave a lot of remnant files.
How to manually remove SwitchResX completely?
- 8.1> Start Activity Monitor. Select the process name “SwitchResX” and hit the “Force Quit” button.
- 8.2> Open Applications folder. Find “SwitchResX” and drag it to Trash.
- 8.3> Open Finder or Spotlight. Search for SwitchResX files and folders and delete them.
How to automaticlly remove SwitchResX ?
- 9.1> Install and Start MacRemover
- 9.2> Launch the MacRemover, highlight the icon of SwitchResX and then click “Run Analysis”, which will scan out all the traces of the unwanted application automatically.
- 9.3> Click on the “Complete Uninstall” button and then choose “YES” to confirm your operation.