I"m trying to delete "top results.app" from my Mac and can't figure out how to do it.

Launch Activity Monitor and quit the App.

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Hello,

I had this same problem and just figured out how to fix it. I went to my launch pad and moved the icon to my menu bar. Then I right clicked on it to "show in finder". Once I did that I could move it to trash. In order to close it, check the top menu bar for a magnifying glass and press "exit".

I too got "Top Results" installed during the routine Filezilla client install.

Look up in your top right corner of your Mac, up by the clock, and find the rougue app's icon. On mine it looked like a circular hour glass. Click on it and choose exit or quit.

Open Safari, click on "Safari" in the upper left, then choose "preferences" Choose extensions and see if "Top Results" is listed in there. If it is, choose uninstall. If it opts to send you to a finder window do that. If you see the "Top Result" application in the finder window, close safari first, then go to the finder window and drag "Top Results" to the trash. Reopen Safari, preferences, extensions to make sure it is now removed.

I'm assuming Mozilla would allow this search result app to pass through some verification to ensure it doesn't behave like malware. In other words, we opted into installing a useless to us app as a part of the free Filezilla download. I guess it's hard to get something for nothing.

Hey so i don’t know if you figured it out or not but I just went through the same thing and figured it out.

1. Go to finder
2. Search in the search bar Application
3. It will say kind next to application where you just searched and press it and click everything
4. Next you will see a bar and it says search : this Mac and recents make sure to click this Mac
5. And you will see 2-3 folders that are named applications press and hold you mouse over each one and see which one say one application you can double click to check if you do that the icon top results should be there
6. Drag that folder to trash and drop it and empty trash it should be gone hope this helps

The difficult thing about this TopResults.app is that whenever you try to uninstall or delete it through the usual means (tossing trash, using an uninstall program) it says that you can't delete because it's open. That's typical. BUT there is no way to close the app. There's no way to "see" the app except sitting in the Applications folder. And because it's "always open" you can't delete it. That's the tough thing about this one.

I right clicked on the icon of "top results"

clicked on "Show contents"

then moved all its contents to the trash.

Now,

If you go back and look at "top results"

It only looks like a broken file with zero bytes size.

Though you can not delete it but now it is un-functional.

That is the only way I could figure out till now.

Update the thread if any better solution comes up.

thanks.

I've had the same situations. I used spotlight to search Activity Monitor - I deleted it there which closed the program, I was then able to move the Top Results app to the trash. Its took me hours to find this and how to close and delete.

Okay so it's great that Apple recommends that answer but IT DOES NOT WORK.

I CAN NOT DELETE THE APP. NOTHING SUGGESTED ANYWHERE WORKS.

I am BEYOND frustrated because Apple seems to keep endorsing answers that get NO results.

Hi! I had this EXACT same problem and I had no clue what to do. I just figured it out though. I had to look to the top of my browser screen where there is the bar that shows things like the time, wifi, battery percentage, etc. Then, I found something to the left of the wifi and such that looked like a magnifying glass and when I clicked on it there was an option to exit it (command'e'), so I clicked exit and then I was able to delete it... finally, I was so relieved.

To get rid of Top Results from your Mac.

1 Got to Acitivity monitor to stop it being in active use.

2.The locate the Top Results app.

3.Use force quit

4.your done.

5.Check your safari extension to see if it gone.

I did get rid of it by placing a in the Terminal (found in Launchpad) the following strand;

~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db "DELETE from apps WHERE title='TopResult';" && killall Dock.-bash:

and later searching in applications and utilities for the app “Totalresults” and sending it “Totalreults" to the trash for deletion.

It took a while but i got rid of it.-

Note that TOP RESULTS must be one word "Topresults"

The way I managed to remove this pain was by going into System Preferences, going to Users & Groups, clicking on Login Items and deleting "the Top results" app from there. Hope this helps someone.

Try rebooting into the Safe Mode and see if you can delete the app.

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Did you try the Safe Mode? Try booting into another admin user account to see if you can delete it there?

How to use Activity Monitor on your Mac - Apple Support

1. Top results isnt showing up in my activity monitor.
2. Top results isnt showing up in my extensions.