title: Completely uninstall PostgreSQL 9.0.4 from Mac OSX Lion?
body: <p>This question may look like a duplicate of: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2715055/how-to-uninstall-postgresql-on-my-mac-running-snow-leopard">How to uninstall postgresql on my Mac (running Snow Leopard)</a> however, there are two major differences. I'm running Lion and I'm trying to uninstall PostgreSQL 9.0.4. I've looked at the last question and the link that it referenced, but I did not find a file called "uninstall-postgresql" when I run this command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo find / -name "*uninstall-*"  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So, I assume this means that the uninstall process for 9.0.4 is different than that of 8.x.</p>
  
  <p>I've seen a couple of posts in different places describing a method for manual uninstallation but, similarly, some of the directories/files referenced are not present on my machine.</p>
  
  <p>Any assistance or direction you can provide would be greatly appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>Just for reference, this is the link the other poster used to uninstall postgres from snow leopard. As I tried to step through these commands, most of them choked with some variant of "command not found".</p>
  
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  <p>UPDATE:</p>
  
  <p>In addition to <code>brew uninstall postgres</code>, should I remove any of the following files/directories manually? Keep in mind I want to completely wipe the slate clean, no data files/database tables or anything.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; sudo find / -name "*postgres*"             
  find: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory
  find: /dev/fd/4: Not a directory
  /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/doc/activerecord-3.1.1/rdoc/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter_rb.html
  /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/doc/activerecord-3.1.1/ri/ActiveRecord/ConnectionAdapters/PostgreSQLAdapter/postgresql_version-i.ri
  /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/doc/arel-2.2.1/rdoc/lib/arel/visitors/postgresql_rb.html
  /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.1.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
  /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/arel-2.2.1/lib/arel/visitors/postgresql.rb
  /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/arel-2.2.1/test/visitors/test_postgres.rb
  /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.1.1/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/databases/jdbcpostgresql.yml
  /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/railties-3.1.1/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/databases/postgresql.yml
  /Library/WebServer/Documents/postgresql
  /Library/WebServer/Documents/postgresql/html/app-postgres.html
  /Library/WebServer/Documents/postgresql/html/postgres-user.html
  /private/etc/apache2/users/postgres.conf
  /private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/groups/_postgres.plist
  /private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/sharepoints/postgres's Public Folder.plist
  /private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/_postgres.plist
  /private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/postgres.plist
  /System/Library/DirectoryServices/DefaultLocalDB/Default/groups/_postgres.plist
  /System/Library/DirectoryServices/DefaultLocalDB/Default/users/_postgres.plist
  /Users/postgres
  /Users/remcat/dev/working/startwire/vendor/plugins/foreign_keys/lib/foreign_keys/postgresql_adapter.rb
  /Users/remcat/Library/Application Support/CrashReporter/postgres_DCCEF98F-4602-5FF7-964F-5E717AC007B4.plist
  /Users/remcat/Library/Caches/Homebrew/postgresql-9.0.4.tar.bz2
  /Users/remcat/Library/Caches/Metadata/Safari/History/http:%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.org%2Fdocs%2Fcurrent%2Fstatic%2Findex.html.webhistory
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/postgres_2011-11-06-194716_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/postgres_2011-11-06-194742_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/postgres_2011-11-06-194757_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/postgres_2011-11-06-194958_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/postgres_2011-11-06-203352_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/postgres_2011-11-06-203359_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/.postgres_2011-11-06-194716_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash.plist
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/.postgres_2011-11-06-194742_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash.plist
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/.postgres_2011-11-06-194757_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash.plist
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/.postgres_2011-11-06-194958_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash.plist
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/.postgres_2011-11-06-203352_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash.plist
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/.postgres_2011-11-06-203359_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash.plist
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/postgres_2011-11-06-194716_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/postgres_2011-11-06-194742_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/postgres_2011-11-06-194757_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/postgres_2011-11-06-194958_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/postgres_2011-11-06-203352_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash
  /Users/remcat/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/postgres_2011-11-06-203359_Ramys-MacBook-Pro.crash
  /Users/remcat/Library/Saved Application State/org.postgresql.pgadmin.savedState
  /usr/bin/postgres_real
  /usr/include/postgres_ext.h
  /usr/include/postgresql
  /usr/include/postgresql/internal/postgres_fe.h
  /usr/include/postgresql/server/postgres.h
  /usr/include/postgresql/server/postgres_ext.h
  /usr/include/postgresql/server/postgres_fe.h
  /usr/lib/postgresql
  /usr/local/Library/Aliases/postgres
  /usr/local/Library/Formula/postgresql.rb
  /usr/local/var/postgres
  /usr/local/var/postgres/postgresql.conf
  /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
  /usr/share/devicemgr/backend/vendor/rails/railties/configs/databases/postgresql.yml
  /usr/share/devicemgr/webserver/gems/gems/eventmachine-0.12.10/lib/em/protocols/postgres3.rb
  /usr/share/man/man1/postgres.1.gz
  /usr/share/postgresql
  /usr/share/postgresql/postgres.bki
  /usr/share/postgresql/postgres.description
  /usr/share/postgresql/postgres.shdescription
  /usr/share/postgresql/postgresql.conf
  /usr/share/postgresql/postgresql.conf.sample
  </code></pre>