atom-osx-uninstaller

What is it?

• Script for archiving atom.io configs. (pending)
• Script for completely uninstalling atom.io from OS X.
• Script for restoring atom.io configs after fresh installation. (pending)

How to fully uninstall Atom from OS X

1. Backup and configs you want to save (pending)

$ cd ~/.atom
$ mkdir ../atom_configs_backup
$ cp *.json ../atom_configs_backup
$ cp *.cson ../atom_configs_backup
$ cp *.coffee ../atom_configs_backup
$ cp *.less ../atom_configs_backup
$ apm list --installed --bare > packages.list
$ cp packages.list ../atom_configs_backup

The list of actual files is something akin to this, depending on what you have installed:

• config.cson
• github.cson
• init.coffee
• keymap.cson
• kite-config.json
• package-deps-state.json
• projects.cson
• snippets.cson
• styles.less
• packages.list

2. Delete the following files and folders from your system:

 /Applications/Atom.app
 ~/.atom
 /usr/local/bin/atom
 /usr/local/bin/apm
 ~Library/Application Support/Atom/
 ~/Library/Preferences/com.github.atom.plist
 ~/Library/Application Support/com.github.atom.ShipIt
 ~/Library/Application Support/com.github.GitHub.ShipIt
 ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.github.atom.savedState
 ~/Library/Caches/com.github.atom
 ~/Library/Caches/Atom

NOTE: You will only have the ShipIt locations if you used the Atom > Install Shell Commands menu item.

If you are only removing Atom, you are now done.

3. Reinstall Atom

• download atom app from web: https://atom.io/
• unzip/untar the archive
• drag the Atom.app file into /Applications/
• launch atom.

If you simply want a clean reinstall, you are done.

4. Restore configs from previous install. (pending)

$ cd ~/.atom
$ cp ../atom_configs_backup/packages.list .
$ apm install --package-file packages.list

Once completed, run Atom and you should be restored to your previous setup.

NOTE: One of the major issues with atom is packages that bring the system down. Be careful on reinstalling packages.