Completely uninstall PostgreSQL 9 0 4 from Mac OSX Lion

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This question may look like a duplicate of  How to uninstall postgresql on my Mac  running Snow Leopard  however  there are two major differences  I m running Lion and I m trying to uninstall PostgreSQL 9 0 4  I ve looked at the last question and the link that it referenced  but I did not find a file called  uninstall-postgresql  when I run this command   sudo find   -name   uninstall-       So  I assume this means that the uninstall process for 9 0 4 is different than that of 8 x   I ve seen a couple of posts in different places describing a method for manual uninstallation but  similarly  some of the directories files referenced are not present on my machine   Any assistance or direction you can provide would be greatly appreciated   Just for reference  this is the link the other poster used to uninstall postgres from snow leopard  As I tried to step through these commands  most of them choked with some variant of  command not found      UPDATE   In addition to brew uninstall 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Uninstallation     sudo  Library PostgreSQL 9 6 uninstall-postgresql app Contents MacOS installbuilder sh   Removing the data file     sudo rm -rf  Library PostgreSQL   Removing the configs     sudo rm  etc postgres-reg ini   And thats it

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homebrew Installer  Assuming you installed PostgreSQL with homebrew as referenced in check status of postgresql server Mac OS X and how to start postgresql server on mac os x  you can use the brew uninstall postgresql command   EnterpriseDB Installer  If you used the EnterpriseDB installer then see the other answer in this thread    The EnterpriseDB installer is what you get if you follow  download  links from the main Postgres web site  The Postgres team releases only source code  so the EnterpriseDB com company builds installers as a courtesy to the community   Postgres app  You may have also used Postgres app    This double-clickable Mac app contains the Postgres engine

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I was not able to uninstall PostgreSQL 9 0 8  But I finally found this   I installed Postgres using homebrew   brew list   Look for the correct folder name  Something like   postgresql9   Once you find the correct name  do    brew uninstall postgresql9   That should uninstall it

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The following is the un-installation for PostgreSQL 9 1 installed using the EnterpriseDB installer  You most probably have to replace folder  9 1  with your version number  If  Library Postgresql  doesn t exist then you probably installed PostgreSQL with a different method like homebrew or Postgres app   To remove the EnterpriseDB One-Click install of PostgreSQL 9 1    Open a terminal window  Terminal is found in  Applications- Utilities- Terminal Run the uninstaller   sudo  Library PostgreSQL 9 1 uninstall-postgresql app Contents MacOS installbuilder sh   If you installed with the Postgres Installer  you can do   open  Library PostgreSQL 9 2 uninstall-postgresql app   It will ask for the administrator password and run the uninstaller  Remove the PostgreSQL and data folders  The Wizard will notify you that these were not removed   sudo rm -rf  Library PostgreSQL  Remove the ini file   sudo rm  etc postgres-reg ini  Remove the PostgreSQL user using System Preferences -  Users  amp  Groups    Unlock the settings panel by clicking on the padlock and entering your password  Select the PostgreSQL user and click on the minus button   Restore your shared memory settings   sudo rm  etc sysctl conf    That should be all  The uninstall wizard would have removed all icons and start-up applications files so you don t have to worry about those

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I don t use the same version  but uninstall actions are the same  Looking for file uninstall-postgresql inside directory   Library PostgreSQL 9 6     then run it      Screenshot in macOS 10 13   then  sudo rm -rf  Library PostgreSQL    to delete all unnecessary directory

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Incase you have multiple versions of Postgres installed on your machine  You can remove all via brew command as   brew uninstall --force postgresql

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This blog post explains very well    just replace 9 X by your version  e g  9 6   A  If installed PostgreSQL with homebrew  enter brew uninstall postgresql  B  If you used the EnterpriseDB installer  follow the following step   Run the uninstaller on terminal window  sudo  Library PostgreSQL 9 X uninstall-postgresql app Contents MacOS installbuilder sh  C  If installed with Postgres Installer  do   open  Library PostgreSQL 9 X uninstall-postgresql app  Remove the PostgreSQL and data folders  The Wizard will notify you that these were not removed   sudo rm -rf  Library PostgreSQL   Remove the ini file   sudo rm  etc postgres-reg ini   Remove the PostgreSQL user using System Preferences -  Users  amp  Groups   Unlock the settings panel by clicking on the padlock and entering your password  Select the PostgreSQL user and click on the minus button  Restore your shared memory settings  sudo rm  etc sysctl conf

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Another avenue that hasn t been considered is that your postgres was installed by pgvm  Postgres Version Manager   Uninstall with pgvm uninstall 9 0 3

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If you installed using the graphical installer by BigSQL from the official postgres site and if you installed in the default location     You can find your uninstaller in your home directory    Users  lt yourusername PostGreSQL uninstall

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open terminal and type the below command and hit enter  sudo  Library PostgreSQL 9 X uninstall-postgresql app Contents MacOS installbuilder sh

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