I want to get Karabiner-Elements entirely off my system, but something seems to be running in the background. I did the official uninstall procedure from inside the Karabiner app and removed some of the remaining files manually. But I can't delete this folder:
/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs
Inside are these files and folders:
/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/tmp/karabiner_grabber_devices.json
/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/tmp/karabiner_grabber_manipulator_environment.json
/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/tmp/karabiner_grabber_state.json
/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/tmp/karabiner_notification_message.json
/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/tmp/krbn_grabber
/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/tmp/pid
/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/tmp/pid/karabiner_grabber.pid
/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/tmp/pid/karabiner_session_monitor.501.pid
/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/tmp/rootonly
/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/tmp/user
/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/tmp/user/501
/Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/tmp/user/501/con_usr_srv_grb_clnt
I can remove the json files but they are immediately regenerated. The other items I cannot remove. What's going on?
System: MacBook Air M1 running macOS 15.5.
Asked by Daan
(466 rep)
Jul 7, 2025, 07:53 AM