Cannot delete an app from launchpad using VoiceOver on Mac Os X 10.11

By Unregistered User (not verified), 10 January, 2017

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macOS and Mac Apps

Hello everyone,
I've found something that I think is a bug. When I move to an app that can be uninstalled in Launchpad then press VO-CMD-Spacebar and choose delete, I here VoiceOver indicate that a popover has appeared requesting for a password for the administrator account, correct me if I'm wrong. Is there a safe way to work around this issue? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

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By Tyler on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - 06:14

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

I was able to reproduce this issue where selecting delete from the actions menu resulted in a popover that Voiceover failed to focus to. I just pressed the return key and the popover seemed to go away and the app was deleted. I was not prompted for an administrator password, but I was logged in to the computer as an administrator.

HTH

By Unregistered User (not verified) on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - 06:14

In reply to by Tyler

Hello there,
I tried pressing return after selecting delete from the actions menu, but the popover did not disappear. I'm logged in as an administrator and I have a password set for that account.

By Bruce Harrell on Monday, May 12, 2025 - 17:14

First, if you aren't already the designated administrator on your own computer, you should be. Search the internet for how do I add an administrator to my Mac, and follow the instructions.
Second, you don't want to use the delete key to delete an app. doing so will leave bits and pieces behind that eventually will clutter up your drive. Instead, use an app like App cleaner to remove addps. app Cleaner and other similar apps will delete the targeted app and will also delete those bits and pieces so no clutter occurs.

Good luck!

Bruce