how do i remove imovie from my ma
How can I remove iMovie from my iMac
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You can remove iMovie from your Mac by dragging the app from the Applications folder into the trash and then deleting the trash. If you are using iMovie 9 you still would have the iMovie Projects folder and the iMovie Events folder in your Movies folder on your Mac. Those folders contain your projects and media. If you delete those folders using the same method you would lose your projects and media forever, particularly if you didn't have your source media stored elsewhere. Also, you won't be able to get iMovie 9 again, since it has been discontinued, so you may not ever be able to access your iMovie 9 projects again. One thing you can do if you have iMovie 10 on your Mac is to update your iMovie 9 projects and events into iMovie 10 where they can be played and edited. Then you could delete iMovie 9 without losing your projects and events.
If you are using iMovie 10, dragging the app from the Applications folder into the trash and then emptying the trash would delete iMovie 10 from your Mac. However, the iMovie library that contains your projects and media would still remain in the Movies folder on your Mac. You could delete the iMovie library by dragging it to the trash and emptying the trash, but, again, you would be forever losing all of your projects and the media that is stored in the iMovie library. If you don't have your media stored elsewhere, such as in a Finder folder, it could be a significant loss -- but that would be your call.
I have seen many posters on this forum regretting that they deleted iMovie because now they find a use for it but can no longer get it. Instead of deleting iMovie you may wish to consider moving it and the projects and events folder, or the library in the case of iMovie 10, to an external drive that is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). That way you will preserve your options in case you ever want to access your projects or the media again, or to make movies.
As a further note, deleting the apps themselves does not free up much space. The media that takes up the space is stored in the Events folder for iMovie 9 and in the iMovie library for iMovie 10.
-- Rich
