can this downloaded os update be found and removed?

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can this downloaded os update be found and removed?

I unchecked the "download new updates when available" too late, and now Catalina appears to have been downloaded to my computer and I'm already really tired of being asked daily if I',m ready to restart my computer and "finish" the install. I absolutely do not want this upgrade and I'm really nervous to think of it lurking onboard, waiting for me to make a mistake. Is it possible to remove whatever was actually downloaded? Where is it it and how to I go about removing these files?

iMac with Retina 5K display, 10.13

Posted on Oct 20, 2019 02:28 PM

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lopezcalling Author

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Oct 20, 2019 02:39 PM in response to stedman1

Don't see it. The closest is the System Preferences app which is in the Applications folder but that doesn't have an uninstall option. It's an 8.9 GB file according to the System preferences pane. Poking around on the web it seemed like years ago people were asking this same question a lot when OSX first came out and there seemed to be paths to find the files they wanted to delete. This Catalina seems really hidden somewhere.

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stedman1

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Oct 20, 2019 02:32 PM in response to lopezcalling

The Catalina install file should be in your Applications folder, and entitled “Install Mac OS X Catalina” (or similar).

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Oct 20, 2019 05:01 PM in response to lopezcalling

Sort your applications alphabetically:

Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app

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