Uninstall

Karabiner-Elements provides built-in uninstaller.
Use the uninstaller to remove Karabiner-Elements from your system.

You can launch the uninstaller from “Launch uninstaller” button on Uninstall tab.

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Then, follow the instruction of the dialog. (The uninstaller ask your administrator password in order to remove files.)

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Additional uninstallation

Some settings and files will remain after uninstallation. It does not affect the system even if it remains in place, but if you are concerned about them, please delete them manually.

  1. Input Monitoring settings
    • Remove karabiner_grabber and karabiner_observer from the Input Monitoring settings in macOS Settings.
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  2. Log files
    • Delete the following directories:
      • /var/log/karabiner
      • ~/.local/share/karabiner
  3. Temporary directories
    • Delete the following directories:
      • /Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/tmp
  4. Setting files
    • Delete the following directories:
      • ~/.config/karabiner