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Is there a way to delete the Apple News app in Big Sur?

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Is there a way to delete the Apple News app in Big Sur?

Lowhangers

macrumors regular
Original poster
Nov 26, 2017
I have no interest in Apple News, is there a way to delete it like in iOS? I find the app to be awful, with a non-configurable interface and Apple pushing its political agenda in it.

Yet I can find no way to delete it from Big Sur.

Thanks if you can assist.

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fisherking

macrumors 604
Jul 16, 2010 7,632 2,437 ny somewhere
just don't open it. it's 20mb, so not using any signficant space.

Lowhangers

macrumors regular
Original poster
Nov 26, 2017
Yeah, I moved it to the end on Launchpad. But I like a lean system so I try to get rid of every app I don't use. I dislike clutter on my system.

fisherking

macrumors 604
Jul 16, 2010 7,632 2,437 ny somewhere
the Apps folder probably has a bunch of apps you don't use. for me: chess, stocks, voice memos, reminders. ETC ETC.

you could make a folder in launchpad, put it on the last page, and move ALL the apps you don't use there. just an idea.

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sashavegas

macrumors member
Jul 11, 2018
I post instruction several days ago
Step 1 : boot into recovery and from terminal there issue the following
csrutil disable
csrutil authenticated-root disable
Reboot

Step 2 : once back at desktop, from terminal type mount, you should see deviceses like /dev/disk1s5s1, your case might be different, or whatever your name.

Step 3: from terminal type mkdir mnt, it will create directory in your user home

Step 4: mount this as following:
sudo mount -o nobrowse -t apfs /dev/disk1s5 mnt/
make sure you use disk1s5, not disk1s5s1, remove last "s1"

once mounted from terminal

sudo rm -rf mnt and drag application you want to delete, for example
sudo rm -rf mnt/System/Applications/Maps.app , hit enter

repeat for any application you want to remove


Step4: once done , you need to bless the folder
from terminal
sudo bless --folder mnt/System/Library/CoreServices --bootefi --create-snapshot && sudo reboot

once reboot your application is gone forever.

P.S
in Mojave it was easy, in Catalina it was relativly easy , you still can mount volume by ussing "sudo mount -uw/"
BUT Big Sur, uses snapshot, so you cannot mount it the way in Catalina, and once you done messing your system, you need to create new snapshot, by using "blessing" comand.

fisherking

macrumors 604
Jul 16, 2010 7,632 2,437 ny somewhere
I post instruction several days ago
Step 1 : boot into recovery and from terminal there issue the following
csrutil disable
csrutil authenticated-root disable
Reboot

Step 2 : once back at desktop, from terminal type mount, you should see deviceses like /dev/disk1s5s1, your case might be different, or whatever your name.

Step 3: from terminal type mkdir mnt, it will create directory in your user home

Step 4: mount this as following:
sudo mount -o nobrowse -t apfs /dev/disk1s5 mnt/
make sure you use disk1s5, not disk1s5s1, remove last "s1"

once mounted from terminal

sudo rm -rf mnt and drag application you want to delete, for example
sudo rm -rf mnt/System/Applications/Maps.app , hit enter

repeat for any application you want to remove


Step4: once done , you need to bless the folder
from terminal
sudo bless --folder mnt/System/Library/CoreServices --bootefi --create-snapshot && sudo reboot

once reboot your application is gone forever.

P.S
in Mojave it was easy, in Catalina it was relativly easy , you still can mount volume by ussing "sudo mount -uw/"
BUT Big Sur, uses snapshot, so you cannot mount it the way in Catalina, and once you done messing your system, you need to create new snapshot, by using "blessing" comand.
or you could just not open the app... ...

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