Uninstalling Amazon WorkDocs Drive - Amazon WorkDocs

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Uninstalling Amazon WorkDocs Drive

These steps explain how to uninstall Amazon WorkDocs Drive from Windows macOS, and Apple silicon machines.

To uninstall Amazon WorkDocs Drive from Windows machines

  1. Open the Amazon WorkDocs Drive settings and choose Quit Amazon WorkDocs Drive. If you don't remember how to open the settings, see Opening the Amazon WorkDocs Drive settings.

  2. Start Control Panel, choose Programs and Features, Amazon WorkDocs Drive, Uninstall, and then choose OK.

To uninstall Amazon WorkDocs Drive from macOS Intel machines

  1. On the menu bar, choose the Amazon WorkDocs Drive icon, choose the gear icon, then choose Quit Amazon Workdocs Drive.

  2. From the Applications folder, choose the Amazon WorkDocs Drive icon, then choose Move to Trash.

  3. Navigate to ~/.config/Amazon/AWSWorkDocsDriveClient on your hard drive and remove the WorkDocs folder and any sub folders. Finally, navigate to ~/Library/Caches/ and empty your WorkDocs cache.

You can remove Amazon WorkDocs Drive from macOS Apple silicon machines manually by using the Applications folder, or you can use the command line. The following steps explain how to use both methods.

To uninstall Amazon WorkDocs Drive from macOS Apple silicon devices (manual)

  1. Open the Applications folder.

  2. Open the WorkDocs Drive context menu and choose Show package contents.

  3. Select the macOS folder.

  4. Tap and hold (double-click) to uninstall Amazon WorkDocs Drive.

To uninstall Amazon WorkDocs Drive from macOS Apple silicon devices (command line)

  • Open Terminal and run the following command. Enter the command on a single line with no line breaks, and enter your password when prompted.

    sudo /Applications/WorkDocs\ Drive.app/Contents/MacOS/uninstall.app/Contents/MacOs/uninstall