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Command to uninstall all apps from App Store #511
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This is possible to achieve with standard unix tools awk and xargs. I suggest implementing this in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy The requested behavior could be implemented easily with a command like the one below. If
If this is too verbose, I'd suggest implementing an API like:
Personally I don't think it makes sense to add functionality outside of what is available in the app store. But if cleaning up app data is desired, it should be added to the base uninstall command as an option rather than implementing a 2nd way to delete an app. |
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When testing, bootstrapping and reinstalling a machine, I'd like to have the ability to uninstall all apps from a single command.
Describe the solution you'd like
Something similar to the function below, that I've been currently using.
With the change in ownership, I was able to not require
sudo
and send the app to the user trash, not the root one.Note: sending to the trash relies on
brew install trash
.Describe alternatives you've considered
A similar function could be defined with
rm
instead oftrash
.Also, the current implementation does not "appclean" the mac. It only uninstalls the app, but all associated files stay. A more thorough function could be implemented with
mdfind
.Additional context
(none)
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