#Uninstall virtualbox mac how to#
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Do I just delete this? Is this an indication that I need to hunt around for more files to just get rid of VirtualBox? I know Oracle installs a bunch of networking drivers or something, and a bunch of other weird stuff I don't understand, but I haven't had issues installing or uninstalling VirtualBox on Windows. It has an icon like a cardboard box with gel cube coming out of it. It's honestly more confusing than Windows.Ĭase in point: I thought I deleted everything VirtualBox, but now I notice there's an app in Macintosh HD > Applications named VirtualBox.pkg. and then there's two different Applications folder, one for the Mac (I guess?) and another for the user (am I even stating this correctly?). Some apps still have things installed or running in the background, some of which has to have an uninstall app run to remove them, some has to be done manually. Since the program installs many helper scripts outside the /Applications folder, you need to clean those up with the included uninstall tool and. If you don't have the installation image anymore, you can re-download it.

#Uninstall virtualbox mac how to#

I went into the Settings > Extensions section, and there's only something there about Parellels (which my boss installed last year), not about Oracle or VirtualBox.Ĭlick to expand.I don't know how to answer this question anymore with Mac Since using Mac several years ago, I've heard that uninstalling an app is just deleting it from the Applications folder. The correct method to uninstall Virtualbox is to use the official uninstall script that is included on the installation image. Maybe the warnings are just scaring me for no good reason, but if Apple's giving me all of these warnings, and I'm not experienced with this, I can't tell what I should/shouldn't be doing.Ĭan someone tell me how to rewind this installation of the 'legacy system extension'? The first and most straightforward method to uninstall VirtualBox on Mac is through the VirtualBox application itself. I've uninstalled VirtualBox using its uninstall tool (which gave me an 'unidentified developer' warning, which I figured out how to override, but I have no idea what it actually did beyond apparently uninstalling VirtualBox. The option to add the extension changed to telling me to restart, but there's no option to remove it.

I'm sort of a newb with this on Mac, so I just wanna rewind it.

So VirtualBox, to run Rocky Linux, apparently needs Oracle's 'legacy system extension' to work right, which I tried to enable, and apparently did, but it needs a restart, and I'm just not understanding all of the warning pop-ups I'm getting from the Mac. I tried installing VirtualBox on my work Mac to try out Rocky Linux to simulate a RHEL server for local testing, but all the pop-ups I've seen from Monterey, even based on recommendations, are terrifying me, and I just want to revert what I've done. I can't believe in this rabbit hole now but I'm almost shaking at this point.