Delete freeform app

" FreeForm " application is Baked Right Into the Operating System.

It can not be deleted / removed - period.

Ventura macOS 13, the Operating System resides in a Sealed and Read Only Volume that can not be opened by the User

The best that can be done is leave it alone and do not use it.

The application only occupies about 22 MB of Space on the drive

Let us ( you and me ) agree to disagree.

To use another example.

You put a diamond in a Combination Vault ( The Sealed and Read Only Volume ).

The Vault ( Sealed and Read Only Volume ) combination is Owned by a Third Party ( Apple )

You what to open the Vault ( Sealed and Read Only Volume ) to Remove the Diamond ( Freeform )

They say they Own the Vault ( Sealed and Read Only Volume ) and will not give you the combination to Open the Vault to Modify the contents in the Vault.

End of Story

You can't delete macOS installed apps.

LauraVC91 wrote:

🤭 didn’t know it, but still… multiple Apple apps can be deleted, maybe they haven’t spotted this one 🤔

Apple knows what apps it loaded. It doesn't need to "spot" anything. For reasons known only to them, they have made the decision this is part of the operating system and cannot be deleted.

That isn't even close to true. Freeform is not part of the hardware in any way. It's just another app (software) Apple included with a recent update to Ventura. Also for the iPad and iPhone.

You can't remove it because, like every other app installed by the OS, it's on a read-only section of the drive.

It can't be deleted because Apple designed it that way, the same as Photos, Disk Utility, Finder, etc.

This has been answered, but I’ll explain in simple terms: Freeform is a system app Apple has installed. Apple does not allow you to delete system apps. Period.

My solution to this is to create a folder in Launchpad and put in it every application that Apple forces me to have installed that I don't use. It doesn't free up the disk space, but it does make Launchpad cleaner.

SpooterW wrote:

Why not? it's not essential system software...

It is a security feature. The apps installed by the system are protected, so they cannot be replaced by malware or modified by malware. Even if you are never using an app, other applications or the system might be relying on the presence of these app and trying to use it. And if it were possible to replace a system installed program by a trojan, this would be be a security risk.

That's not anything unusual. For at least the past two releases of iOS, users can offload/remove unneeded apps installed with the OS.

But, you can't do that in macOS. It's permanent.

FYI

The Operating System resides in a Sealed and Read Only Volume that can not be opened by the User.

" Motherboard " in Windows or Linux Environment = " Logicboard " in Apple Terminology

This does not explain why it cannot be deleted. It just reiterates that it cannot be done. Please actually explain why it cannot be deleted instead of just saying it cannot be done using different words.

QuinicAcid wrote:

My solution to this is to create a folder in Launchpad and put in it every application that Apple forces me to have installed that I don't use. It doesn't free up the disk space, but it does make Launchpad cleaner.

Technically, no one forced the User to Install Ventura

That was a conscience and purposeful action done by the User

FrankieCrankie wrote:

Been following this thread because I simply want to know how to delete freeform from the Dock.

FWIW, Freeform does not appear in the Dock with any of my Ventura installs. To remove it if it's there, control-click on its icon and choose Remove from Dock from Options.