Uninstalling Minecraft Education Edition on Your Mac: A Comprehensive Guide

Minecraft Education Edition is a popular game used in educational settings. However, there might be situations where you need to uninstall it from your MacBook. This article provides a comprehensive guide on how to completely remove Minecraft Education Edition, ensuring all associated files and data are deleted.

Why Uninstall Minecraft Education Edition?

Minecraft doesn't take up a lot of space, but there are many different reasons for wanting to delete it.

Performance Problems: Overly many mods and old settings can cause a slowdown in the game.
Storage Management: Freeing up disk space.
The game freezes or crashes.
Game files with corrupted data.
Switching accounts.
Starting Fresh: Some users, especially kids, might want to start the game from the very beginning.
Resolving Issues: Sometimes Minecraft Education, like any other app, may run into issues or errors. Reinstalling Minecraft Education app can sometimes fix these issues, but a normal reinstall may not be enough. Note that if you're getting a "Can't connect to service" error, this may be due to having both the Store version and the Desktop version installed.

If you need just to reinstall the game to solve some errors, then move to the next part of the article. If you want to completely remove Minecraft and you are not going to play the game anymore, then you can delete your account. This will disassociate your data from the game developer. Note, that when you delete the account, you will not be able to purchase games from the Mojang services using this account anymore. Go to the Settings. Scroll down and find the Delete your account section. Click on it.

Preparing for Uninstallation

Before uninstalling, it's crucial to back up your saved worlds if you intend to play the game again in the future. Back up your worlds as they may be deleted when you uninstall your current version. If you know you'll be back, you can backup your saved games before deleting Minecraft. this will allow you to jump right back in if you decide to reinstall.

Backing Up Saved Worlds

Saved worlds are files that store the player’s progress and creations within Minecraft Education Edition.

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Open the Finder.
Navigate to the following folder: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraftedu or ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft2.
Copy the “saves” folder to another location.

Note: If you are on a multi-user device, each user will have to go into their user's path to backup their their worlds as detailed above.

Step-by-Step Guide to Uninstalling Minecraft Education Edition

Uninstalling Minecraft Education Edition from a MacBook requires a systematic approach that ensures the removal of all application files and associated data. To delete Minecraft completely you first need to remove the game’s executable file, then find and remove its service files.

1. Quit Minecraft Education Edition

Closing the application before moving it to the Trash ensures that all processes and resources associated with Minecraft Education Edition are terminated. Make sure the application is not running before proceeding.

2. Locate the Application Files

Identifying the application files is a crucial step because it allows you to locate and remove the core component of the software. The Minecraft Education Edition app is located in the Applications folder on your MacBook.

Open the Applications folder on your Mac.
Find the Minecraft Education Edition app.

3. Move to Trash

Dragging the app to the Trash and emptying it removes the main application files from the computer.

Drag the Minecraft Education Edition app to the Trash.
Empty the Trash.

4. Delete Associated Data

Understanding the significance of associated data is crucial for ensuring a complete and thorough uninstallation process. In the case of Minecraft Education Edition, associated data includes saved worlds and login information. Deleting the associated data folders ensures that all traces of the application are removed from the computer. In addition to the main application file, Minecraft Education Edition may create additional files or folders for settings, saved games, or other data.

Open the Finder.
Navigate to the following folder: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraftedu or ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft2.
Delete the “saves” folder to remove any saved worlds.
You will see the “Go to the Folder” search field. Here you will need to find and remove all files and folders associated with the software.
The “launcher_profiles.json” file stores login information for Minecraft Education Edition. Delete this file if you wish to remove your login information.

5. Empty the Trash Securely

Once you have moved Minecraft Education Edition and its associated files to the Trash, empty it securely to prevent any possibility of data recovery.

6. Restart Your MacBook

After deleting Minecraft Education Edition, restarting your MacBook is recommended.

7. Verify Uninstallation

Once your MacBook has restarted, check the Applications folder and your hard drive to confirm that Minecraft Education Edition and all its associated files have been successfully deleted.

Alternative Uninstallation Methods

Using App Cleaner & Uninstaller

You might agree that it’s quite inconvenient when you need to delete apps often. App Cleaner & Uninstaller allows you to remove Minecraft or any other software completely in the fastest and easiest way. App Cleaner & Uninstaller allows you to remove all service files with the executable items.

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Launch App Cleaner & Uninstaller.
Select Minecraft Education Edition from the list of applications.
Click the Remove button.
You’ll be prompted to enter your admin password.
Confirm the deletion.

Manual Removal of Service Files

The removal method described above is a complete removal procedure for any application on Mac. To delete Minecraft completely you first need to remove the game’s executable file, then find and remove its service files.

Open Finder and click Go to Folder in the Go menu.
Type ~/Library and press Enter.
Search for any folders or files with "minecraftedu" or "minecraft" in their names and delete them. This may include files in Application Support, Caches, Logs, and Preferences folders.

Troubleshooting

Question 6: I followed the steps to delete Minecraft Education Edition, but I’m still having problems.

*Note: If you are on a multi-user device, each user will have to go into their user's path to backup their their worlds as detailed above.

Visual Bug on Windows: We're aware of a visual bug with uninstalling Minecraft: Education Edition from Windows computers. Users may see multiple versions of Minecraft: Education Edition installed, however there should only actually be installed (unless you have the desktop app + the store version, that's a different case). Users may also uninstall Minecraft: Education Edition, see it in their app/sprograms, and then get an error when trying to uninstall it again. For now, the workaround is to use the tool here to remove the registry edits from your computer, thus also removing it from add/remove programs.
Game Keeps Crashing After Reinstall: My kids love this game, but it's driving me crazy. They simply want to start fresh from the very beginning on their tablet and no matter what I do (clear cache, clear data, uninstall and reinstall), the game keeps crashing. You simply delete it from cloud and that should do the trick.

Maintaining an Updated Version

Minecraft Education releases regular updates with new features to make your experience even better!

Store app (Windows): Will give a store notification when the update is available.
Chromebook: Updates are configured in the managed Play Store.
iPad app: Updates and auto updates can be managed through the App Store.
Note: If a device does not auto update, it may be because your organization has blocked automatic updates.

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