OMG WHY IS IT SOOOOO HARD TO DELETE PLUGINS ON MAC???!!!!

[Blend30]

I've tried several times to delete the multi Rtmp plugin and it won't go away!!! I've even done a full delete of OBS and reinstall and it's still there! My livestreams have gone to crap since I installed this plugin!! Please pleeeeeesee advise how to remove!

 

[szxly1]

Remove it from "/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/plugins" and "$HOME/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/plugin_config"

 

[Blend30]

It doesn't have a "plugins" folder and only "plugin_config" and I don't see any plugins in it.

 

[szxly1]

If you have installed the plugin before, you should have the plugins folder. You may not have a navigation path in the Finder window for it. Check it again with this command (including the double quotes) on Terminal:
cd "/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/plugins/"

 

[johnathansmith1969]

I am having the same issue I have two versions of winsocket and can’t find them

 

[MrDapperSam]

I don’t have the OBS-studio file in Application Support. Where would it be?

 

[Babs Johnson]

Like szxly1 said : on Terminal: cd "/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/plugins/" or click on finder, then click "Go" in the top menu bar and select "Go to Folder" and past this - Library/Application Support/obs-studio/plugins/

 

[swaenboutu]

Hey thanks for the answers here. I still have an issue, I have deleted the plugins directory but, every time Lunch OBS, the directories are automatically recreated. Is there a step I've missed and I need to do before deleting the directory?

 

[Richywarbucks]

Hey so what helped for me is going to

User/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/plugins!

to reveal Library in the "User" folder click View, Show View options, and check "Show Library Folder"

 

[Zachary Crespin]

I had some issues recently and I was able to find my plugins by going to "File" > "Show Settings Folder" inside of OBS

 

[gwstoni]

This is very helpful. I'm trying to delete the old OBS NDI plugin. Found the folders, don't see the plugins. Could they be somewhere else? I do see the new plugin so I'm going to delete them and try again.

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

OMG WHY IS IT SOOOOO HARD TO DELETE PLUGINS ON MAC???!!!!​

'cuz Apple and their walled garden ... seriously, that is why

And things are getting worse on Windows desktop OS side as Microsoft copies some of Apple's 'hide stuff from users so they don't mess it up' approach...

In this case, some of the posts above mention how to get around hidden file/folders structures. Same can happen on Windows OS side with NTFS permissions and user/admin rights, and default File Explorer views.

 

[Talonis]

And things are getting worse on Windows desktop OS side as Microsoft copies some of Apple's 'hide stuff from users so they don't mess it up' approach...

It’s a sensible approach. Most computer users are completely ignorant of system workings and should be let nowhere near. After 30+ years dealing with this kind of stuff it is better to keep things that can destroy computer operations out of reach of people who don’t know (or care to know) how it functions.

Walled Gardens save computer lives! (Or something like that).

You can still access it if you know what you’re doing but setting fences high is a good thing.

As you say, even Microsoft is doing it now. The approach works. Most people are not techies.

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

Oh I get it.. believe me as I also have many decades of experience in this and am well aware of the well-deserved IT Tech support acronyms for typical users. That said, there are times when that 'help/approach' gets in the way of reasonable (and sometimes necessary) actions ... no right answer