How to Uninstall Hoppscotch on Mac
Export collections and environments you need before removing Hoppscotch Desktop. The recorded test never signed in, so it does not establish what a workspace can restore afterward. The recorded test used a direct download, not a Homebrew installation.
Remove the app and inspect its data
Before quitting, use Export in each wanted collection's options and choose the format to save locally, then verify collections and environments outside the removal folders. The environment documentation says secret variable values are neither synced nor exported, so preserve needed secrets separately in your private password store.
Quit Hoppscotch and remove Hoppscotch.app from Applications. A separate browser extension or web workspace, if used, remains outside the desktop bundle. The exact app support and WebKit folders can carry local desktop state. Keep exported request data outside those folders before selecting removal. Vendor guidance.
After quitting, copy wanted local state from the paths below to an independent private backup outside the removal folders and verify it. In Finder, press Shift + Command + G to open each path or its parent, then move only existing unneeded app-specific items to the Trash. Keep shared parents and other apps' files:
~/Library/Application Support/io.hoppscotch.desktop~/Library/Caches/io.hoppscotch.desktop~/Library/Saved Application State/io.hoppscotch.desktop.savedState~/Library/WebKit/io.hoppscotch.desktop
Check the result
ls -ld ~/Library/'Application Support'/io.hoppscotch.desktop ~/Library/WebKit/io.hoppscotch.desktop
Run this read-only check after quitting the app. A printed path still exists; “No such file or directory” means that path is absent, while a permission error needs its own investigation.
If you installed it with Homebrew
The Homebrew cask has a zap list that includes Application Support/io.hoppscotch.desktop, cache, saved state and WebKit data. Run the command below without --zap if you want to keep those files and inspect them separately. A manual --zap follows the whole cask list regardless of Mole’s checkboxes. Mole skips --zap when its list reaches unchecked or shared data, or a removal scope it cannot verify; selected remnants still follow Mole's own removal flow.
brew uninstall --cask hoppscotch
What Mole lists
Exact bundle-ID application support, cache and WebKit rows are normally selected, so verify your independent backup first and uncheck wanted local state. Mole does not erase a web workspace or account.
What this test covered
The official Hoppscotch 26.8.0 package was copied and removed on September 20, 2026. No sign-in, collection export or remote sync was exercised.