How To Delete iTunes, Safari, Mail, Facetime, Photo Booth and Other Native Mac OS X Apps

In Mac OS X Apple introduce some native applications that help us use a device, browse the internet, use different social networks, use email accounts, however not all of them are used constantly by everybody.

For those who do not think Safari, iTunes, Mail, Photo Booth or other Mac OS X apps are useful, we provide you with a way you and delete these apps without too much effort. We know that there are apps on the Internet that can help you delete anything from a Mac, but this method can be used by anyone very easily without installing third party applications.

Apple does not normally allow us to delete Mac OS X apps because we might find that the system will not work just as good, you won’t be able to sync a device without iTunes and you won’t be able to use the camera without Facetime or iChat. If you are determined to delete some apps you might want to first do a backup of the Mac OS X and then run the commands below to delete whatever you want. It’s important that you type the commands just like you see them below otherwise they won’t work.

To start go to the Applications/Utilities folder in Mac and open the Terminal app. In the app write the cd /Applications/ command then write one of the commands below to delete the respective apps. After you run the delete command you will be asked to introduce the administrator password of your Mac to confirm the deletion.

sudo rm -rf iTunes.app/ – delete iTunes;
sudo rm -rf Safari.app/ – delete Safari;
sudo rm -rf Mail.app/ – delete Mail;
sudo rm -rf FaceTime.app/  – delete FaceTime;
sudo rm -rf QuickTime\ Player.app/ – delete Quicktime;
sudo rm -rf Stickies.app/  – delete Stickies;
sudo rm -rf Chess.app/ – delete Chess game;
sudo rm -rf iCal.app/ – delete iCal;
sudo rm -rf iChat.app/ – delete iChat;
sudo rm -rf Photo\ Booth.app Photo Booth application

These are just a few examples however using the pattern above you can delete any app from your Mac.