Rancher Desktop was working fine, but I needed an etcd node integrated with Kubernetes for a little programming project I have going on. Knowing that the processor architecture changed from Intel (x86) to ARM (M1), after a year things should certainly have been ironed out… right?Īfter checking I found out that some tools didn’t work, like VirtualBox but there are often others that do work without issues.Īfter installing Rancher desktop on the m1 I ran into an issue that /usr/local/bin was not created and ownership was not set to my user, this was easy to resolve by the solution below. The new Macbook M1 Pro had raving reviews, super performance, and long battery life. To get up and running quickly I decided to stick with technology that I knew before, hardware I have used for the past 8 years without breaking down has been Apple MacBook Pro’s. Now Docker Desktop is completely uninstalled from your Mac.This year I started my own company: 0to1. ~/Library/Application Support/Docker Desktop.(NOTE: It will be easy for you to use the “Go to Folder…” option from Menu bar > Go > Go to Folder… to locate these files and folders.) Similarly look for the following folders and files and move them to trash.

In the Finder go to Library > Application Scripts >.Open the Finder > Applications folder and move the Docker.app to the trash.Now press the Uninstall button to uninstall Docker.Then go back to the Troubleshoot screen and press Reset to factory details button to remove the settings data.It may take several minutes for the purge process to complete. In the Troubleshoot screen press the Clean / Purge data button to remove all the containers and images in the machine.From the drop-down menu select Troubleshoot.Steps to cleanly uninstall Docker on macOS I have followed these steps to cleanly uninstall Docker on macOS system. However, most of them may leave traces of supporting files used by Docker in the system.

There are several ways to uninstall the Docker Desktop on macOS.

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