This removal guide is for the latest version of TechTool Pro 9 for Mac. To completely remove TechTool Pro 9, we have done much technical analysis on it. If you want to remove TechTool Pro 9 manually, you need to know the following installation information.
1> Information of TechTool Pro 9 installer:
- Format: PKG
- Size: 142 MB
The following is the information about files, folders and processes after TechTool Pro 9 is installed. With this information in hand we can now manually uninstall TechTool Pro 9 completely.
2> Basic information of the app:
- Size: 300 MB
3> Add-on software:
- Autoupdate.app
- FileStructureTool.app
- TechTool Pro 9 noSparkle.app
- TechTool Protection.prefPane
- TechToolProAgent.app
- TechToolProDaemon.app
- TechToolProStartup.app
- TechTool Protogo.app
4> Process information:
- 4.1 Main process:
- TechTool Pro 9
- 4.2 Associated process:
- Autoupdate
- FileStructureTool
- TechTool Pro 9 noSparkle
- TechTool Protection
- TechToolProAgent
- TechToolProDaemon
- TechToolProStartup
- TechTool Protogo
5> Folders:
- TechTool Protection
- TechTool Pro 9/
- com.micromat.techtoolpro9
6> Files:
- com.micromat.pkg.TechToolPro9Installer.bom
- com.micromat.pkg.TechToolPro9Installer.plist
- com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist
- com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist
- TechToolProDaemon.log
7> Framework/Extensions/XPC/Plugins
- Sparkle.framework
- Growl.framework
Simply dragging TechTool Pro 9 to Trash cannot uninstall it completely to free disk space on Mac OS but leave a lot of remnant files.
How to manually remove TechTool Pro 9 completely?
- 8.1> Start Activity Monitor. Select the process name “TechTool Pro 9” and hit the “Force Quit” button.
- 8.2> Open Applications folder. Find “TechTool Pro 9” and drag it to Trash.
- 8.3> Open Finder or Spotlight. Search for TechTool Pro 9 files and folders and delete them.
How to automaticlly remove TechTool Pro 9 ?
- 9.1> Install and Start MacRemover
- 9.2> Launch the MacRemover, highlight the icon of TechTool Pro 9 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.