Can't remove AU plugin

Audio Plugins
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Hello,

I see people mainly have issues that PluginHost or any other DAW can’t see the plugin. I have opposite problem.

I removed all instances of my plugin file (I mean all myPlugin.component files I removed from all possible localisations on my computer), I removed all plugin from Juce Plugin Host, Reaper and other DAWs, then I restart computer and then rescan in all DAWs all AU plugins and myPlugin is still visible. How I can remove it definitely, or how I can find localisation of the plugin file visible in DAW?

For any help great thanks in advance.

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The system caches the available AU plugins, and refreshing the cache can be a bit tricky.

That said, something like the following normally works for me:

  • Remove the plugin from ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components or /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components as appropriate
  • Then, either:
    • In a terminal, run killall -9 AudioComponentRegistrar; or
    • In Logic Pro’s plugin manager, click the “Full Audio Unit Reset” button and restart Logic; or
    • As a last resort, reboot the machine
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Reuk, first of all, the problem has been solved.

I need to clarify this. I probably didn’t express myself clearly enough earlier. The plug-in was not only visible in the DAW plug-in list, but I could also load it normally. The second thing I hadn’t noticed before was that the loaded plug-in was actually an old (earlier) version. This led me to conclude that the old plug-in probably had a different file name. This turned out to be true, and deleting that file solved my problem.