How To Delete Slack on Mac?

Slack is the fastest and most effective way of communicating with your team; Slack provides you with a more secure platform to communicate with your team and share documents.

It is one of the most popular workplace apps giving virtual spaces for businesses to unify their teams and communicate more effectively.

If your work on Slack is up, and you want to deactivate your Slack account and uninstall it entirely from Mac, it will require a wee bit of work. You do not have to worry; we are here to help you!

Let’s learn all the processes, from transferring ownership of your Slack workspace and deactivating your account to finally uninstalling the Slack app on Mac. 

Steps To Delete Slack on Mac

Let’s begin with all the steps needed to delete Slack on Mac.

Please avoid step #1 if you are not the primary owner of any particular workspace. If you own any workspace, it is your responsibility to first transfer ownership of that to someone else.

Step #1: Transfer Ownership of Slack Workspace

To transfer the ownership of a Slack workspace to someone else, follow these steps:

1. Launch the Slack app.
2. Click on the drop-down arrow next to the workspace name at the top left.
3. Select “Administration.”
4. Select “Manage members.” Now, your workspace administration page will open on your browser.
5. Click on the three dots next to your name.
6. Select “Transfer ownership.”
7. Select the member to transfer ownership
8. Enter your password, and tap on the “Transfer Workspace Ownership” button.
9. You will get the “Ownership Transfer Successful” notification.

Now, head to Step #2. If you do not own the workspace but instead are just a member, then you can directly begin with the second step.

Step #2: Delete Slack Account

Follow these steps to Delete a Slack account on your MacBook:

1. Open the Slack app on your MacBook.
2. Click on your profile name on the top right.
3. Select the “Profile” option.
4. Click on the three dots under your profile.
5. Select “Account settings.”
6. Scroll down and click on “Deactivate your account.”
7. Enter your password.
8. Confirm deactivation by clicking “Yes, deactivate your account.”
9. Again click “Deactivate my account.”

Step #3: Uninstall Slack

There are two ways; the first is to do it manually, and the second is to use a third-party app.

Method #1: Uninstall Slack Manually

Follow these steps to uninstall Slack from your MacBook manually:

1. Quit the Slack app.
2. Open Finder on your MacBook.
3. Tap on “Applications” on the left panel.
4. Find “Slack,” right-click and select “Move to Trash,” or drag the app to the trash.
5. Next, click on “Go” on the top-left.
6. In the window that appears, type ~/Library/ and hit “Go.”
7. In the Library folder, look for all the files that contain Slack or its developer’s name, and delete them by dragging them to the trash.

This way, your Slack app will be uninstalled fully from Mac.

Method #2: Use Third-party App

You can use a third-party app like CleanMyMac 3 or App Cleaner & Uninstaller to remove Slack or any app for that matter.

Let’s try App Cleaner & Uninstaller.

1. Download the App Cleaner & Uninstaller app.
2. Quit Slack and locate it in the App Cleaner & Uninstaller app.
3. Click the “Remove” button on the bottom right.
4. Review the items you want to delete and click “Remove” again.
5. Now, empty the trash.

The Final Words

If you want to resort to other workspace platforms like Google or Microsoft team ones and get rid of Slack from your Mac, you can do that if you follow all the steps, we explained in this article.

Uninstalling anything on Mac requires a little more effort. You can always try any third-party app like App Cleaner & Uninstaller to help you achieve the desired results.