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Uninstallation
These are instructions for manually uninstalling BlackHole.
You can also uninstall by downloading and running the automated uninstaller: Download Uninstaller.
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Close all audio applications, including Audio MIDI Setup and the System Settings app (System Preferences on older versions of macOS).
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Open the terminal (Terminal.app).
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Change to the directory where the driver is located.
cd /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL
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Check if the driver is present in that directory. When running
ls
it should show a bundle with the nameBlackHoleXch.driver
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Remove the directory
BlackHoleXch.driver
. You will need to use elevated user privileges (sudo
) which requires you to enter your user account password after entering the command.sudo rm -rf BlackHole2ch.driver
to remove the 2ch version.sudo rm -rf BlackHole16ch.driver
to remove the 16ch version.sudo rm -rf BlackHole64ch.driver
to remove the 64ch version.sudo rm -rf BlackHole.driver
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Restart the Core Audio subsystem.
sudo killall -9 coreaudiod
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Check your system preferences and/or Audio MIDI Setup. You should not see the BlackHole driver anymore.