Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Here is my tutorial on how to uninstall sound flower on mac.Maybe you have upgraded to MacOS Catalina and noticed that Soundflower is not working on Catalina. Or maybe you have started to use Blackhole instead of Soundflower and want to avoid conflicts in your virtual audio drivers.
MAKE A BACKUP before you install or remove software like Sunflower!
Use both Time Machine AND my favorite cloud backup Backblaze (affiliate link - 15 days free trial!) backblaze.com/cloud-backup.html#af9vjw
First you actually need the same installation disk image to remove soundflower that you used to install Soundflower. If you down have the file left, you can download it from github.
github.com/mattingalls/Soundflower/releases/tag/2.0b2
Inside the istallation image you will find a file called Uninstall Soundflower.scpt
Click on that file to open it in the script editor. Press the play button to use the script to uninstall Sound flower automatically. Now normally this is enough, but to certain that the uninstall script really has removed Soundflower, you can run the uninstall commands directly in the terminal. Or if you don't have the uninstall soundflower file. Just cut and paste the commands down here:
sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext
sudo rm -rf /Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/Soundflower*
sudo rm -rf /var/db/receipts/com.cycling74.soundflower.*
sudo rm -rf /Applications/Soundflower
After that you must restart your computer. Very important! Otherwise you can get problems with your audio drivers when you are uninstalling Sound flower.
After you have restarted your computer you should see that Soundflower is removed from your audio preferences and removed from your audio devices.
Here is my tutorial on how to uninstall sound flower on mac.Maybe you have upgraded to MacOS Catalina and noticed that Soundflower is not working on Catalina. Or maybe you have started to use Blackhole instead of Soundflower and want to avoid conflicts in your virtual audio drivers.
MAKE A BACKUP before you install or remove software like Sunflower!
Use both Time Machine AND my favorite cloud backup Backblaze (affiliate link - 15 days free trial!) backblaze.com/cloud-backup.html#af9vjw
First you actually need the same installation disk image to remove soundflower that you used to install Soundflower. If you down have the file left, you can download it from github.
github.com/mattingalls/Soundflower/releases/tag/2.0b2
Inside the istallation image you will find a file called Uninstall Soundflower.scpt
Click on that file to open it in the script editor. Press the play button to use the script to uninstall Sound flower automatically. Now normally this is enough, but to certain that the uninstall script really has removed Soundflower, you can run the uninstall commands directly in the terminal. Or if you don't have the uninstall soundflower file. Just cut and paste the commands down here:
sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext
sudo rm -rf /Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/Soundflower*
sudo rm -rf /var/db/receipts/com.cycling74.soundflower.*
sudo rm -rf /Applications/Soundflower
After that you must restart your computer. Very important! Otherwise you can get problems with your audio drivers when you are uninstalling Sound flower.
After you have restarted your computer you should see that Soundflower is removed from your audio preferences and removed from your audio devices.
