Uninstalling SWB Audio App & Capture

There are two steps to the uninstall:

1. SWB Audio Capture (the audio driver itself)
2. SWB Audio App (the menubar part, that you can see)Manually:

Step 1: Uninstall SWB Audio Capture

First step is to remove the audio driver. You do this using the SWB Audio App:

1. Open SWB Audio App from the menu bar, and choose Uninstall Audio Driver.
2. Enter your password in the dialog that appears.
3. You can verify that the driver is uninstalled by going to System Preferences | Sound | Output. There should be no SWB Audio Capture driver listed anymore.

Step 2: Remove SWB Audio App

1. Go to /Applications/
2. Find SWB Audio App and move it to the trash.

Optional - Manual Uninstall

If you want to remove the driver manually, here's a script that'll do it:

Look to the very bottom of this article, and download the script "uninstall_swb_audio_app.sh"

Then from terminal, at the same place you downloaded it, run it:

bash uninstall_swb_audio_app.sh       (then hit return)

Step by Step

1. Download the script (see link at bottom of this article)
2. Move to the Downloads folder (where the script should have been saved to)

   cd ~/Downloads

3. Run the script:

   zsh uninstall_swb_audio_app.sh                         (then hit return)

   or, if using bash:
   

   bash uninstall_swb_audio_app.sh                        (then hit return)

4. Enter your password when required

Script Contents:

#!/bin/bash

echo "This script will remove SWB Audio App & SWB Audio Capture"
echo "Please enter your own user account password if asked.  Press CTRL-C to abort."

sudo rm -rf '/Applications/SWB Audio App.app/'
sudo rm -rf /Users/Shared/SWBAudioDaemon
sudo rm -rf /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.shinywhitebox.SWBAudioHelperTool.plist
sudo rm -rf ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.shinywhitebox.SWBAudioDaemon.plist
sudo rm -rf /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/SWBAudioCapturePlugIn.driver
sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod