Can't seem to delete Divx from my Macbook Pro

Any third-party software that doesn't install by drag-and-drop into the Applications folder, and uninstall by drag-and-drop to the Trash, is a system modification.

Whenever you remove system modifications, they must be removed completely, and the only way to do that is to use the uninstallation tool, if any, provided by the developers, or to follow their instructions. If the software has been incompletely removed, you may have to re-download or even reinstall it in order to finish the job.

Here are some general guidelines. Suppose you want to remove something called “BrickYourMac.” First, consult the product's Help menu, if there is one, for instructions. Finding none there, look on the developer's website, say www.brickyourmac.com. (That may not be the actual name of the site; if necessary, search the Web for the product name.) If you don’t find anything on the website or in your search, contact the developer. While you're waiting for a response, download BrickYourMac.dmg and open it. There may be an application in there such as “Uninstall BrickYourMac.” If not, open “BrickYourMac.pkg” and look for an Uninstall button.

You may have to log out or reboot in order to complete an uninstallation.

If you can’t remove software in any other way, you’ll have to erase your boot volume and perform a clean reinstallation of OS X. Never install any third-party software unless you're sure you know how to uninstall it; otherwise you may create problems that are very hard to solve.

Trying to remove complex system modifications by hunting for files by name often will not work and may make the problem worse. The same goes for "utilities" that purport to remove software.

There is a way to get from Point A to Point B without all the yada yada.

If you've unistalled the software and the sneaky plug-in stayed behind, try this and see if it works:

Go to > Library/Internet Plug-Ins

Look for > DivX Web Player .plugin (or whatever comes up as DivX)

Manually delete it.

I forgot to add to my reply that I found DivX hiding in my Library/Quick Time folder.

I also found it in the Library/Applications folder.

And I had previously uninstalled DivX from my system. Don't trust the uninstall that comes with a free third-party software. One of the beauties of having a Mac is the ease of manually deleting anything you don't want.

Thank you Lumco. I followed this guidance and found a bunch of DivX files lurking. Important to point out that users will need to unhide files first, the libraries are hidden folders and as such are not accessible from a simple finder search.

Hopefully no more popus to upgrade to the newest version....

I had a Divx uninstaller that they included in one of the Divx folders that I found using spotlight. It was in my Applications Folder > DivX > Uninstall DivX for Mac.

This is expecially annoying because the VLC Divx plugin is the one APPLE RECOMMENDS and it is filled with spyware and spamware garbage that's once installed is nearly impossible to get rid of.

Thanks for this post. I also found DivX hidden in the Framework folder.

You will find DivX in these folders:

1. Application Support (tons of files)

2. Internet Plug-Ins

3. Frameworks

4. QuickTIme

After deleting I recommend restarting the computer.

Best

I followed Hello26's answer and so far all's good . Thanking him . His solution , Spotlight , DIVX for Mac uninstall .😐