How do I remove unwanted updates from the App Store?

I have the sam problem but no solution worked.

In the update list appears the "EPSON Printer Software Update ...". I downloaded this update 2 years ago but a short time later I uninstalled it again and deleted the printer from my system. I simply was not satisfied with this printer and replaced it. Now I have no Epson printer anymore and don't need this update anymore. But in the App Store the software still appears as update for my system.

Two weeks ago I bought a new Mac with Yosemite. You can guess which update appeared in the App Store as update for my Mac ...

Does any know how to get rid of an update to an app you never purchased?

Since some time I get pushed to update ‘MenuTab for Facebook’. Something I never purchased. I don’t want to do anything with Facebook.

But this app is not in my Purchased items neither is it on my Mac.

Thanks for posting this. One update: in OS X El Capitan, the relevant file was ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.appstore/ProductionBag. Deleting this did the trick.

By the way, with reference to one of the other posts, the directory "~" is equivalent to "/Users/yourusername"

DAN-THE-MAN aka danthecannonman.... that was the easiest solution given on this page and I did it and it worked like a charm! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

This has been plaguing me for over a year!! THANK YOU!!!

I've had the same problem with a couple of apps that cause the red icon on AppStore icon. But updates won't download (message says I'm not the registered user or something like that). Or they'll download but not install. And I never use 'em anyway. Found the solution: double click hard drive, double click applications folder, click and drag the offending apps to trash, empty trash, then go to app store and click on updates. When it checks for updates, it'll discover there aren't any for your new set of applications. Voila, red icon disappears.

I have done just about everything listed and still cannot stop the App Store from showing a new update to Fireplace 3D Lite. I have removed the app using App Delete, Used the Hide button on the Purchases panel and even trashed the com.apple.appstore.plist file. After a restart App Store dock still shows 1 app to be updated and it installs the Fireplace 3D Lite. It does this several times a day and I have not found any way to remove the update from the App Store.

I have even searched my HD to see if i had another copy of the app and it comes up negative

The App Store Update says

Fireplace 3D Lite fixed compatibility with macOS Sierra

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Version 1.1.1

Released Sep 21, 2016

How do I remove unwanted updates from my

How do I remove the update alert on my phone, I can't right click as in your example?

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