Author Tasnia Salinas By Tasnia Salinas, on February 02, 2021, in Mac Uninstaller

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In this article, we help you to learn How To Completely Uninstall Winamp Player on Mac Big Sur by using our best Mac App Uninstaller software - Omni Remover. Make sure you have downloaded the latest version here before continuing.


Background Knowledge

What is Winamp Player? Winamp is a media player wildly used on Windows, macOS and Android, originally developed by Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev by their company Nullsoft, which they later sold to AOL in 1999 for $80 million. It was then acquired by Radionomy in 2014. Since version 2 Winamp has been sold as freemium and supports extensibility with plug-ins and skins, and features music visualization, playlist and a media library, supported by a large online community (Learn How To Completely Uninstall 5KPlayer on Mac).

Why you may consider uninstalling Winamp Player on your Mac? The original release of Winamp has grew quickly popular with over 3 million downloads, with the developing trend of MP3 (music) file sharing. Even though with Winamp has over 25 million registered users, many users are still not fully adopted.

This situation get worse in October 2011, when Winamp Sync for Mac was introduced as a beta release. It's capable of syncing the Winamp Library to Winamp for Android and the iTunes Music Library (hence the name, "Winamp Sync for Mac"). Due to the unstable performance on modern macOS, say Yosemite, Sierra, Big Sur, many Mac users are forced to remove Winamp along with Winamp Sync client. If you are seeking the same solution, then follow this quick article to learn how to uninstall Winamp and Winamp Sync on Mac (Learn How To Uninstall VMware Fusion on Mac).



Part 1: How To Uninstall Winamp Player on Mac Big Sur Manually

Winamp Player is originally designed for Windows but it can be easily removed from your Mac for its clean design and programming. You can simply drag Winamp Player from Applications folder to Trash. However, this common Winamp Player removal method will leave some of application leftover junk on your Mac. Follow steps below to learn how to clean uninstall Winamp Player on Mac manually.

  • Step 1: To uninstall Winamp Player on Mac Big Sur, Open Finder > Applications > Winamp Player > Drag Winamp Player application file to Trash:
  • How To Uninstall Winamp Player on Mac Manually
  • Step 2: Move on to clean up Winamp Player related video codex profiles, user settings, and other 'Hidden' Winamp Player component files. To remove and clean up all these Winamp Player residual files, you need to move further: Open Finder > in Menu, click Go > enter ~/Library/.
  • Step 3: Now search Winamp Player leftover junk by checking each folder. They are possibly stored in the following folders: Application Support | Caches | Containers | Frameworks | Logs | Preferences | Saved | Application State | WebKit
  • Step 4: Drag the files associated with Winamp Player to Trash > Empty Trash and restart your Mac to finish the uninstalling of Winamp Player.

Part 2: How To Completely Uninstall Winamp Player on Mac

Many users feel the manual way to get rid of Winamp is complicated and troublesome. That's why you can choose Omni Remover as your best Mac App Uninstaller software that help you completely clean Winamp up on your Mac with one single click. Follow steps below to learn how to clean uninstall Winamp Player on Mac with Omni Remover.

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    Step 1:

    Click here to download Omni Remover (Ready for macOS Big Sur) > Install and Open Omni Remover on your Mac.

    How To Completely Uninstall Winamp Player on Mac Step 1
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    Step 2:

    In Omni Remover > App Uninstall > Click Winamp Player > Clean Uninstall.

    How To Completely Uninstall Winamp Player on Mac Step 2
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    Step 3:

    Then Omni Remover will start scanning all Winamp Player related data/files > After it finished scanning, click Clean Uninstall to start uninstall Winamp Player from your Mac.

    How To Completely Uninstall Winamp Player on Mac Step 3

The Bottom Line

Now probably you can completely and safely uninstall Winamp Player on your Mac with our suggestions above. One more thing, Omni Remover can also uninstall Winamp related extentions and plugins, clean up Sketch/Xcode cache junks and manage extentions at one go, and best of free up storage on your Mac. Free Download now to have a try.


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