How to uninstall Lynx from your Mac

How to uninstall Lynx Download Manager from your Mac: quit it, drag it to the Trash, and optionally remove its settings, caches and extension.

  1. If you turned on Open Lynx at login, turn it off in Lynx › Settings first.
  2. Quit Lynx (⌘Q). If you set it to keep running when its window is closed, right-click its Dock icon and choose Quit.
  3. Drag Lynx Download Manager from the Applications folder to the Trash.

Your downloaded files stay in the folder you chose (normally Downloads/LynxDownload).

To also remove settings and caches, delete this folder in Finder (⇧⌘G, then paste the path):

~/Library/Application Support/com.lynxdownload.manager

If you installed the browser extension, remove it from your browser’s Extensions page. Lynx also leaves a small connector file, com.lynxdownload.bridge.json, in each browser’s NativeMessagingHosts folder under ~/Library/Application Support. You can delete it too.

Updated September 25, 2026