Uninstall Guide
How to Uninstall NotchNook
Experiencing severe battery drain, high CPU usage, or MacBook overheating? Here is how to completely wipe NotchNook from your system in under two minutes.
NotchNook Battery Drain Alert
NotchNook has been widely reported by users on Reddit and tech forums to consume between 10% and 15% CPU in the background, leading to excessive heat and reduced battery health on MacBook Air and Pro models.
Looking for a replacement? Notchy covers the same ground for $0 instead of $25 — native SwiftUI, idling around ~0.1% CPU, and running back to macOS 13 Ventura.
Step-by-step removal
You cannot delete an app while it is running. Click the NotchNook icon in your menu bar and select 'Quit'. Alternatively, open Activity Monitor, search for 'NotchNook', and force quit the process.
Open Finder and navigate to your 'Applications' folder. Locate 'NotchNook.app', drag it to the Trash, and empty the Trash.
NotchNook leaves files behind. Open Finder, press Cmd+Shift+G, and paste `~/Library/Containers`. Look for a folder named `cafe.lo.nooky` and delete it to completely wipe its cached data.
Open System Settings → General → Login Items. If NotchNook is still listed there, click the minus (-) button to ensure it doesn’t try to launch in the background.
A free replacement, without the $25.
Battery and CPU are the most common reasons people remove a notch app. The honest way to judge any of them, NotchNook included, is Activity Monitor with nothing playing — an idle notch app should sit near zero. Notchy is native SwiftUI and idles around 0.1% CPU, which is how it holds smooth animation without a battery cost.
Notchy was engineered from the ground up in pure, native SwiftUI. It consumes roughly ~0.1% CPU. It gives you a faster, fluid Dynamic Island without destroying your battery life.
Oh, and instead of charging you $25... Notchy is 100% Free.
Everything Notchy does, for free
- Fluid Dynamic Island animations on the Mac notch
- Command palette (⌃⌥K) — every action one keystroke away
- Knock — double-tap a modifier key to open the notch
- AI usage tracker (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot)
- Detach any tab into a menu-bar popover
- Now Playing music controls (Apple Music & Spotify)
- Time-synced karaoke lyrics under the notch
- Mac clipboard history shelf (password-manager safe)
- Searchable clipboard — filter by text, file name, or OCR'd words
- On-device OCR — copy a screenshot, get its text (Apple Vision)
- Window snapping — drag a window to the notch to tile it
- App Launcher — pin apps to the notch, open with one tap
- Text snippets — TextExpander-style pastes from the ⌘K palette
- One-tap screen capture to clipboard + shelf
- Color eyedropper — sample any pixel, hex auto-copied
- System-wide mic mute for every meeting app at once
- Keystroke HUD for demos & screencasts (secure-input safe)
- Keyboard cleaning lock with countdown island (⌘⎋ unlocks)
- Menu-bar icon hiding — Bartender-style separator & chevron
- Live CPU / memory / network stats flyout
- Open GitHub PR count in the notch (Keychain-stored token)
- iPhone-style call island — Answer/Decline FaceTime on the notch
- Notch Terminal — real VT100/xterm shell in a PTY, its own tab
- Camera Guard — alert (or block) when any app opens your camera
- Caps Lock HUD — brief island on every toggle
- Full Charge island with adjustable threshold + low-battery sound
- Alt HUD styles — edge-pinned bar or circular gauge off the notch
- Audio-reactive Now Playing visualizer (real FFT of system audio)
- Custom closed-notch idle animation — drop in your own Lottie JSON
- Drag-and-drop file drop shelf — persists across relaunches
- Zip & unzip files right from the shelf
- Image converter (HEIC, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PDF) + video → GIF
- Run Apple Shortcuts with one tap
- Screenshots auto-staged on the shelf, ready to drag
- Download finished alerts with Reveal in Finder
- USB drive mount island with one-tap Eject
- Apple Reminders quick capture & due list
- macOS Pomodoro notch timer & stopwatch — streaks + 7-day chart
- Resizable expanded panel (width & height, live preview)
- System HUDs (volume, brightness, battery)
- Audio output switcher (speakers, AirPods, monitor)
- AirPods connection manager & battery
- Magic Mouse, Keyboard & Trackpad battery + low-battery alerts
- Quick notes & Calendar widgets
- Camera Mirror (check your appearance)
- Keep Awake (caffeine toggle)
- Teleprompter (Cuely) for Zoom calls
- Focus-aware alerts & native haptic feedback
- Lock screen widgets & hide-the-notch mode
- 133 languages, fully localized
- Native SwiftUI, tuned for Apple Silicon
Compare Notchy vs 192 Mac Apps
See how Notchy replaces dozens of single-purpose paid Mac utilities for free.
Notch & Dynamic Island
Menu Bar & HUDs
Focus & Keep Awake
Window Snapping
Clipboard Managers
Shortcuts & Launchers
Face & Proximity Unlock
System & Utilities
AI & Terminal
OCR & Color Tools
Calendar & Tasks
Lyrics & Music
NotchNook — FAQ
Is NotchNook free?
No. NotchNook is $25 one-time. There is a trial so you can see the notch UI first, but keeping it means buying a licence.
How do I delete NotchNook completely?
Quit it from the menu bar, delete the app from Applications, clear its Application Support folder, and remove it from System Settings → General → Login Items. The steps above cover each one — a plain drag to the Trash leaves the licence and preference files behind.
Does NotchNook drain battery or CPU?
It is the most frequent complaint from people looking to remove it. Check it honestly in Activity Monitor with nothing playing: an idle notch app should be near zero CPU. If it is not, that is a real cost being paid all day.
Will uninstalling lose my licence?
No. The licence is tied to your purchase, not the install, so you can reinstall and re-enter it later. Keep the confirmation email.
What is a free alternative to NotchNook?
Notchy covers the same ground — Dynamic Island behaviour, media, clipboard, file shelf, timers — for free with no tiers, and supports macOS 13 Ventura and later.