Uninstall Unused Applications
If you have an application that you no longer use, you can free up some drive space and reduce clutter in the Applications folder by uninstalling that application. When you install an application, the program stores its files on your Mac’s hard drive, and although most programs are quite small, many require hundreds of megabytes of drive space. Uninstalling applications you do not need frees up the drive space they use and removes their icons or folders from the Applications folder.
In most cases you must be logged on to your Mac with an administrator account to uninstall applications.
Uninstall Unused Applications
Click Finder ().
Click Applications.
Click and drag the application or its folder and drop ...
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