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Dianne K Wilson
565 PointsHow to Uninstall Mamp on Mac computer?
Installed Mamp on my Mac (maybe incorrectly) when trying to learn Joomla. Would like to uninstall Mamp and its associated files for the websites and web pages I'd played with and start over. Why uninstall? Now that I'm learning WP (so much better)... I will NEVER use Joomla! Thanks in advance for your help!
5 Answers
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 PointsDianne,
Just remove the MAMP folder. MAMP doesn't install anything outside that folder, I don't think.
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 PointsDianne,
It's really up to you. I'd take a quick look at both folders and decide which one you don't mind deleting. You can always make a copy of the folders and set the copies aside for later, in case you need something. The default location for htdocs is inside the MAMP folder, but if you're confident that the alternate location works, then I say use that location going forward.
Dianne K Wilson
565 PointsThanks James for quick reply! So... is the 'htdocs' folder COMPLETELY BLANK when Mamp is first installed? If so, can I delete everything in them since I'm not using ANY of those test files anymore. Oh, I will make copies as you suggested BEFORE I delete the 'htdocs' folders' contents.
Matt Trask
10,027 PointsA simple clean out should work.
First, go into your finder, and find the MAMP application. highlight it, click the gear at the top of the finder and select "Move to Trash".
Then do command+space(just "command" and "spacebar") together to open up the search function. Run a general search for MAMP and look to see. Remove any files that pop up, and then empty trash. Just because, restart your computer at that point. Should work.
You should keep MAMP as a personal server to work in PHP though. Will help.
Dianne K Wilson
565 PointsThank you for trying to help me! I remembered that Zac changed a preference to connect to a new htdocs location, and I searched for my 'htdocs' folder location and discovered that I'd somehow created TWO 'htdocs' folders! I think I can keep my Mamp installation if you can answer my ???'s...
- Can I DELETE the 'htdocs' folder located here... Applications/Mamp/htdocs?
- Can I KEEP my 'htdocs' folder that's located here... Home/Sites/htdocs, but DELETE ALL FILES in it so I can start over?
Dianne K Wilson
565 PointsThanks James for quick reply! So... is the 'htdocs' folder COMPLETELY BLANK when Mamp is first installed? If so, can I delete everything in them since I'm not using ANY of those test files anymore. Oh, I will make copies as you suggested BEFORE I delete the 'htdocs' folders' contents.
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 PointsYes, htdocs begins empty.
Dianne K Wilson
565 PointsThanks again for your help!
Dianne K Wilson
565 PointsDianne K Wilson
565 PointsThank you for trying to help me! I remembered that Zac changed a preference to connect to a new htdocs location, and I searched for my 'htdocs' folder location and discovered that I'd somehow created TWO 'htdocs' folders! I think I can keep my Mamp installation if you can answer my ???'s...