How to Uninstall Norton Utilities on a Mac
Norton Utilities is a product by Symantec that maintains your computer's functions by using a combination of tools such as disk defragmenter and disk repair, and organizes your files to improve computer performance. Although this program is helpful for older operating systems such as Tiger, the Leopard and Snow Leopard operating systems include many of these helpful features and work seamlessly to reduce possible software conflicts. Norton Utilities for Macintosh computers was discontinued, which may cause software conflicts with other programs or future operating system updates and requires uninstalling the program.
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Instructions
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Access the Norton Utilities folder. Click the "Finder" icon on your dock, or select "Go" from the top of the screen followed by selecting "Applications" from the drop-down menu. Scroll through the list of applications until you find Norton Utilities, and drag the icon to the Trash bin. Click the Trash bin at the bottom of your screen, followed by clicking "Finder" at the top of your screen and clicking "Empty Trash Bin" from the drop-down menu.
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Manually remove Norton Utilities folder. If you have Macintosh 7.0, uninstalling Norton Utilities will often leave files behind, which you will need to manually remove from your computer. Double-click the Norton Application Aliases folder, and remove Norton Utilities, Norton Disk Doctor, Norton FileSaver, Speed Disk and Unerase. Double-click "Documentation" followed by opening the Help folder, and remove the Norton Utilities Help folder. Double-click "Norton Help Scripts," and remove all files with the word "launcher" in them.
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Remove the Norton Utilities Preferences folder. Double-click the Preferences folder, and remove the Norton Utilities Preferences folder, followed by closing the Preferences folder and double-clicking the StartUpItems folder. Remove the NortonMissedTracks, NUMCompatibilityCheck, TrackDelete and VolumeAssist folders from StartUpItems. Double-click the System folder followed by double-clicking "Library" and "Extensions." Remove DeleteTrap, symfs, SymOSXKernelUtilities.kext and SymDC.kext.
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Empty your Trash Bin. Click the "Finder" button at the top of your screen, followed by clicking "Empty Trash Bin" to permanently delete all files in the recycling bin. Restart your computer by clicking the "Apple" icon, and click "Restart" from the drop-down menu. Click "Restart."
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