1. Stop any running actions. (optional)
2. While holding down the Shift and Option keys, choose the QRecall ➤ Quit and Uninstall menu command.

QRecall will uninstall or deactivate all active components (plug-ins, agents, daemons, tools, services) and terminate all background processes (except running actions). Your preferences, actions, log files, and identity keys are not deleted.

The QRecall application contains an embedded tool to uninstall itself, which is convenient in situations where the application won't launch or the built-in uninstall command fails.

This assumes your QRecall application is installed in the /Applications folder. If it is installed at some other location, adjust the path appropriately.

1. Launch the Terminal application.
2. Issue the command:
   /Applications/QRecall.app/Contents/Resources/uninstall.sh <options>
   Where <options> can be nothing or any combination of:
   • --everything: Uninstall everything (settings, actions, encryption keys, ...). Without this, only the active components are uninstalled, equivalent to the application's Quit and Uninstall command.
   • --force: Force quit any running QRecall components. If omitted, running QRecall processes are asked to quit normally.
   • --hard: Performs a "hard" restart of the system. Running applications are terminated without asking to save documents. If omitted, a regular system restart is initiated.
3. Enter your administrative account password.
4. Wait for the system to restart.
5. You can now drag the QRecall application to the trash.

The uninstall.sh script will uninstall or deactivate all QRecall components (plug-ins, agents, daemons, tools, services), terminate all background processes and running actions, and then initiate a system restart. If the --everything option is included, your preferences, actions, encryption keys, log, and identity key are also deleted.

To manually eradicate any trace of QRecall, perform these steps.

Note: depending on your preferences and which version of the operating system you're running, some of the files and folders listed here may not exist. If a listed file or folder does not exist, just ignore it and continue.

1. Stop all running actions.
2. Quit the QRecall application.
3. Trash any files beginning with "com.qrecall." from the following locations:
   • /Library/LaunchDaemons
   • /Library/LaunchAgents
   • /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools
   • ~/Library/LaunchAgents
4. Restart your computer.
5. Trash the QRecall folder from the following locations:
   • /Library/Application Support
   • ~/Library/Application Support^†
   • ~/Library/Logs
   • ~/Library/Preferences^†
6. Trash all files beginning with "com.qrecall." in the ~/Library/Preferences folder^†.
7. Trash the QRecallService.service plug-in in the ~/Library/Services folder.
8. Trash the qrecall executable in /usr/local/bin and the qrecall.1 file in /usr/local/share/man/man1‡.
9. Trash the QRecall application^†.

† If you plan to reinstall QRecall and want to preserve your actions, preferences, and encryption keys, skip these steps.

‡ If you altered the qrecall tool or man page install location(s) using the advanced preferences, these locations may be different.

This procedure will remove everything related to QRecall, including your preferences, actions, log files, encryption keys, and your identity key.