Stop Mojave updating to Catalina

I run Mojave on an iMac. I inadvertently downloaded the installer for Catalina but I do not want to upgrade. I cannot remove the installer from Launchpad. I am afraid to switch off the iMac in case it begins loading Catalina when I switch back on. What can I do?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jul 23, 2020 06:48 AM

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Posted on Jul 23, 2020 06:54 AM

flying.boy wrote:

I run Mojave on an iMac. I inadvertently downloaded the installer for Catalina but I do not want to upgrade. I cannot remove the installer from Launchpad. I am afraid to switch off the iMac in case it begins loading Catalina when I switch back on. What can I do?


Delete it from the Applications folder

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Jul 23, 2020 06:54 AM in response to flying.boy

flying.boy wrote:

I run Mojave on an iMac. I inadvertently downloaded the installer for Catalina but I do not want to upgrade. I cannot remove the installer from Launchpad. I am afraid to switch off the iMac in case it begins loading Catalina when I switch back on. What can I do?


Delete it from the Applications folder

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