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How to manually uninstall Pro Tools 10 and Pro Tools Express on Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.x
Manually uninstall Pro Tools 10 on Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.x


Last Updated : July 11, 2014
Products Affected : Pro_Tools, Pro_Tools_HD, Pro_Tools_Express


Since the Pro Tools 10 and Pro Tools Express uninstallers do not work on Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9, follow the instructions below if you need to remove Pro Tools from your system.
NOTE: This will remove ALL Pro Tools 10 files. If you would like to keep your user saved files, back up the following folders:
  • /Applications/Avid/Pro Tools/IO Settings
  • /Applications/Avid/Pro Tools/Plug-In Maps
  • /Applications/Avid/Pro Tools/Session Templates
  • /Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins (Installed AAX plug-ins. Do NOT delete if Pro Tools 11 is co-installed.)
  • /Library/Application Support/Digidesign/Plug-In Settings (Presets for installed plug-ins)

To manually remove Pro Tools 10, delete the following files and folders:
  • /Applications/Avid
  • /Library/Application Support/Avid (This will also delete installed AAX plug-ins. See above.)
  • /Library/Application Support/Digidesign (This will also delete installed RTAS plug-ins.)
  • /Library/Application Support/Propellerhead Software/REX
  • /Library/Audio/MIDI Devices/Digidesign Device List.middev
  • /Library/Audio/MIDI Drivers/DigidesignDioMidiDriver.plugin
  • /Library/Audio/MIDI Patch Names/Avid
  • /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/Avid CoreAudio.plugin
  • /Library/Frameworks/AFnd.framework
  • /Library/Frameworks/CFnd.framework
  • /Library/Frameworks/DAE.framework
  • /Library/Frameworks/DFW.framework
  • /Library/Frameworks/DHS.framework
  • /Library/Frameworks/DigiPlatformSupport.framework
  • /Library/Frameworks/DirectIO.framework
  • /Library/Frameworks/DSI.framework
  • /Library/Frameworks/DSPManager.framework
  • /Library/Frameworks/DUI.framework
  • /System/Library/Extensions/DigiDal.kext
  • /Users/[User Name]/Library/Preferences/com.digidesign… (Delete all files with this prefix.)
  • /Users/[User Name]/Library/Preferences/DAE Prefs
  • /Users/[User Name]/Library/Preferences/DigiSetup.OSX
  • /Users/[User Name]/Library/Preferences/Pro Tools Prefs

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