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Uninstall

How to uninstall OpenCore Legacy Patcher

Removing OCLP can involve the application, root patches, the OpenCore bootloader, and NVRAM. Plan carefully so your Mac can still boot.

On this page

The three manual uninstall parts

  1. Step 1

    Revert root patches

    Open OCLP, go to Post Install Root Patch, and choose Revert Root Patches. Monterey and later support snapshot reversion; Big Sur may require reinstall.

  2. Step 2

    Remove the application

    Use the uninstaller package from the project releases page to remove the app, LaunchAgent, and PrivilegedHelperTool.

  3. Step 3

    Remove OpenCore from EFI

    Mount the EFI partition and remove EFI/OC and System folders. Do not delete the whole EFI folder because it may contain Windows or Linux boot files.

  4. Step 4

    Reset NVRAM

    Reset NVRAM after removing OpenCore to return boot variables to a cleaner state.

Before removing the bootloader

The uninstall docs warn that after removing OpenCore, your Mac may no longer boot newer patched macOS and may show the prohibited symbol.

Have a bootable recovery path

Prepare a bootable USB drive with OpenCore or a natively supported macOS installer before removing the bootloader.

Before you uninstall

Troubleshooting

A fix may be safer than removing the bootloader.

Update guide

Update app, OpenCore, and patches before deciding to remove OCLP.

Download

Get the uninstaller package from releases.