Help I got a brand new iMac 24 inch M3 and when stuff was transferred from my old 2011, my teenagers must have put a lot of games that took a lot of room and I can’t figure out how to uninstall them. Some of the apps : ARK, ARK SOTF, Garrys Mod, counterstrike global offensive, slime rancher, the binding of Isaac kingdom, new lands, and unturned
they are taking up many GBs
iMac 24″, macOS 14.6
Is Steam installed? If so, then most of those games probably were installed by the Steam app. I'm not certain how individual games installed through Steam should be uninstalled.
Keep in mind that some games could have been purchased from one of several game sites/stores, each may have their own methods and usually have their own game store/site launchers. You want to look for any other game launchers like Steam, Epic, etc. since those game launchers typically control the games.
See if those games each provide an uninstall application. That would be the preferred way for removing them. You could also search the internet for “[insert game name here] uninstall” to find a way to remove them.
The last solution is to drag the game to the Trash and empty the Trash.
If you can't get the developer's instructions I've been using a app called Delete Apps since Ventura without issues. It allows you to see what files are up for deletion and you can select multiple apps for a batch delete.
I'd do a quick check to see how many Launchpad can remove.
Uninstall apps on your Mac - Apple Support
It gets those downloaded from the Mac App store.
Deleting old space eating apps from new computer iMac 24”
