How to fully uninstall Figma on Mac
Dragging Figma to Trash leaves behind Electron caches, font helper data, plugin settings, and auto-updater files. Here's how to remove everything.
7+
Leftover locations
200 MB–1 GB
Typical leftover size
No
Background process
What Figma leaves behind
Figma's desktop app is built on Electron and caches rendered design thumbnails, component data, and font information locally. Even after deleting the app, these files remain scattered across at least 7 Library directories:
| Location | Contents |
|---|---|
| ~/Library/Application Support/Figma/ | Local font cache, plugin data, and workspace settings |
| ~/Library/Caches/com.figma.Desktop/ | Electron browser cache and rendered design data |
| ~/Library/Caches/com.figma.Desktop.ShipIt/ | Auto-updater staging files |
| ~/Library/Preferences/com.figma.Desktop.plist | User preferences and window state |
| ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.figma.Desktop.savedState/ | Window positions and open tabs |
| ~/Library/Logs/Figma/ | App logs and crash reports |
| ~/Library/HTTPStorages/com.figma.Desktop/ | Web storage and authentication tokens |
Manual removal (step-by-step)
- 1. Quit Figma completelyRight-click the Figma icon in the Dock → Quit, or press ⌘Q while Figma is focused.
- 2. Delete the app bundleOpen /Applications in Finder, drag Figma.app to Trash.
- 3. Open Library in FinderPress ⌘ Shift G in Finder and type
~/Library. - 4. Delete these folders/filesNavigate to each location in the table above and delete the Figma files. Use ⌘ Delete to move to Trash.
- 5. Empty TrashOnce you're confident, empty the Trash to reclaim disk space.
Automated removal with Zapper
Instead of hunting through 7+ directories manually, Zapper finds everything in seconds:
- Before deleting Figma, drop
Figma.apponto Zapper's window. - Zapper scans all 11 Library directories and shows every leftover file with its path and size.
- Review the list, check the files you want to remove, and click Zap.
- Files move to Trash — restore with ⌘Z if needed.
Figma's font helper and local data
Figma installs a local font helper service so it can access system fonts in the browser version. This helper indexes your installed fonts and makes them available to the web app, bridging the gap between browser sandboxing and your local font library.
The desktop app itself is built on Electron (like Slack and Discord) and caches rendered design thumbnails and component data locally. Even though Figma files live in the cloud, the local cache can grow significantly as you work on more projects — often reaching several hundred megabytes.
~/Library/Application Support/Figma/
Contains the font helper cache, plugin data, and workspace settings. This folder often holds the largest share of Figma's leftover data. Zapper finds and removes it automatically during the scan.