Acorn stores worker configuration, local runtime files, logs, model downloads, and credentials needed to run jobs. The Settings uninstall flow removes the app-owned files and credentials listed below.
Acorn uses ~/.acorn/, ~/Library/Application Support/Acorn/,
~/Library/Logs/Acorn/, ~/Library/Preferences/computer.acorn.AcornApp.plist,
a per-user LaunchAgent, Login Items if enabled, and Keychain generic-password entries named
acorn or Acorn Worker (...). Uninstall also cleans legacy
.acorn-compute, AcornCompute, and Ambient-era locations. On machines
upgraded from older installs, computer.ambient.AmbientApp.plist and
com.acorncompute.app.plist may also be present and are removed automatically.
Downloaded Whisper model caches may also exist under ~/.cache/huggingface/hub/. Those caches
can be shared with other local ML tools, so command-line uninstall asks before deleting them.
Settings > Uninstall stops the worker, disables launch at login, clears Acorn Keychain credentials, deletes worker/app support folders, deletes app logs and preferences, clears pending Acorn notifications, moves Acorn.app to Trash, and exits.
The source repository includes scripts/uninstall_acorn.sh. Run it with
--dry-run to see every path before removal. The full audit lives in
docs/mac-app-uninstall.md.