Unable to uninstalling n8n, local installed on a macbook

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I want to remove my local installed n8n from my macBook pro.
I removed nod.js, but unable to remove n8n files completely from my laptop.
‘’’
ps -ef | grep n8n
501 1687 1674 0 5:44PM ttys000 0:00.00 grep n8n
‘’’

Can someone, please, advise on how to completely remove n8n installation?

Kind regards,
Robert

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You should really try local install via docker / docker compose. Much more stable.

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Thank you for your tip to run it in docker!
But I would like to first totally remove the old installation before moving on with the new installation of n8n.

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Sure you used node? Should just be able to:

npm uninstall -g n8n

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Thanks for your suggestion! But I have done thus already.
I am still having the following:

ps -ef | grep n8n   
  501  9319  1674   0  6:32PM ttys000    0:00.00 grep n8n
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I believe some grep executions will show your ps request in the output, if its just one you can safely assume its no longer installed.

You can check via:

npm list -g

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After I uninstalled node.js and npm.

npm list -g
zsh: command not found: npm

So it can not befound

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Oh I see, you didnt need to uninstall node, but that works too! Did you get it to work in docker then?

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I prefer to clean my system firts.
I tried reinstalling, but I am getting errors.

So, hopefully you can help deleting it completely first.

Thanks for your feed back🙏🏻

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Did you try install docker / docker compose and use the docker compose file:

Docker compose is probably easier. What errors are you encountering?

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I understand your docker suggestions.

But I would like to first clean my Mac before moving on.
Hopefully it is not so difficult to clean my system first.

Hopefully some one can point out how to?

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You should be fine if you removed node / npm and the n8n package.

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Thanks but their are still parts of the instalment working. Because when I do a new fresh installation it is not willing to do so.

Why is it so difficult to totally uninstall non from my MacBook?

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What do you mean still working? Screenshots?

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ps -ef | grep n8n
501 9319 1674 0 6:32PM ttys000

Shows that process parts of in are still running

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When you use ps, it will show in the output your own ps session because it contains n8n. I believe it is gone for you.

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