Installing and Starting MATLAB (Installing and Using MATLAB on Mac OS X) Installing and Using MATLAB on Mac OS X     Removing (Uninstalling) a MATLAB Installation To remove a MATLAB installation, you need to remove MATLAB and its related products OroborOSX XDarwin Depending on where these components are located, you may need Administrator privileges to remove them. Remove MATLAB Locate the folder that contains MATLAB and its related products. If you followed the installation process, the folder is named matlab6p5. Drag the matlab6p5 folder to the Trash and then choose Empty Trash from the Finder menu. Remove OroborOSX Use the Mac's Sherlock application to locate the OroborOSX application. To remove OroborOSX from your system, drag the OroborOSX icon to the Trash and then choose Empty Trash from the Finder menu. Remove XDarwin To delete XDarwin (XFree86) from your system, you must have Administrator privileges. Remove the following directories and their contents: /Applications/XDarwin.app /usr/X11R6 /etc/X11 To remove the three directories at one time, you can use the command sudo /bin/rm -rf /Applications/XDarwin.app /usr/X11R6 /etc/X11 To run sudo you must be an Administrator. The sudo command will prompt you for your password before executing the rm (remove) command.   Printing Where to Go from Here