This article explains how to Remove WD Discovery on Windows and macOS.*END
WD Discovery helps to manage external drives like My Passport, My Book, My Book Duo, WD Elements, WD Backup Drive, WD easystore and others.
Windows
- Turn on show hidden files.
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Open WD Discovery in the system tray. - Click the Gear icon.
Click Quit.
- Press Control+Alt+Delete.
Click on the Windows Task Manager.
- Right-click and select End Task on all of these.
WD Discovery
WD Device Agent
WD Desktop App
WDDiscoveryMonitor
wdsync
- Open Control Panel.
Go to Programs.
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- Find WD Discovery.
Select Uninstall/Change or right click and select Uninstall/Change.
- Select Uninstall.
- Open C:\Users\USERNAME.
Delete the .wdc folder.
- Type \AppData after the USERNAME.
Press Enter.
- Remove these files and folders.
- \Local\Western Digital\WD Discovery
- \Roaming\WD Discovery
- \Roaming\WDDesktop
- \Roaming\Western Digital\WD Discovery
- \Roaming\Western Digital\WDDesktop
- Program Files\WD Desktop App
- Reboot.
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macOS
- Click Go.
Click Applications.
- Click WD Discovery > More WD Apps > Uninstallers.
Click Uninstall WD Discovery.
- Click Uninstall
- Enter password.
Click OK to uninstall.
- Hold shift, command, and period keys to view hidden files.
- Remove these files and folders.
- /Applications/WD Discovery
- /Library/Application Support/WD Discovery
- /Library/Application Support/WDDesktop
- /Library/LaunchAgents
- Remove everything that starts with com.wdc
- /Users/USER_NAME/.wdc
- /Users/USER_NAME/Library/Application Support/WD Discovery
- /Users/USER_NAME/Library/Containers/com.wdc.WDDesktop.WDDesktopFinderSync
- /Users/USER_NAME/Library/Containers/WDDiscoveryService.Main
- Reboot.
IMPORTANT:
- Removing WD Discovery will remove WD Drive Utilities.
- WD Drive Utilities cannot be removed by itself when WD Discovery is installed.
- Install WD Drive Utilities stand alone software if needed.
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