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Add instructions to remove TorBrowser-Data folder on macOS.
Seperate instructions for each platform to increase clarity.

Fix web/manual#3.
Fix trac ticket #23922.
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body:
Tor Browser does not affect any of the existing software or settings on your computer. Removing it from your system is simple:
Removing Tor Browser from your system is simple:
First locate your Tor Browser folder.
On Windows:
* Locate your Tor Browser folder or application. The default location is the Desktop.
* Delete the Tor Browser folder or application.
* Empty your Trash.
- The default location on **Windows** is the Desktop or wherever you extracted the Tor Browser archive to.
On macOS:
* Locate your Tor Browser application. The default location is the Applications folder.
* Move the Tor Browser application to Trash.
* Go to your `~/Library/Application Support/` folder.
* Note the Library folder is hidden on newer versions of macOS. To navigate to this folder in Finder, select "Go to Folder..." in the "Go" menu.
- On **Linux**, there is no default location, however the folder will be named "tor-browser_en-US" if you installed the English Tor Browser.
<img class="" src="/static/images/macos-go-to-folder-menu.png" alt="Go to folder menu option.">
*Optional:* If you registered Tor as an application, now is the time to unregister it.
It provides a commandline option for that:
* Then type "~/Library/Application Support/" in the window and click Go.
```
./Browser/start-tor-browser --unregister-app
```
<img class="" src="/static/images/macos-go-to-folder-window.png" alt="Go to folder window.">
Tor Browser does not install itself in the classical sense of applications.
You can just delete it.
* Locate the TorBrowser-Data folder and move it to Trash.
* Empty your Trash.
- On **macOS** drag the Tor Browser application icon from the *Applications* folder to the trash as you would to uninstall any other application.
Now delete the directory which contains the Tor Browser profile.
If the Tor Browser application is in the Applications folder, the directory to remove is
```
~/Library/Application Support/TorBrowser-Data
```
If it's not, the directory is next to the Tor Browser application.
To get to it, press cmd-shift-g while in Finder and copy/paste that directory into the box that appears.
On Linux:
* Locate your Tor Browser folder. On Linux, there is no default location, however the folder will be named "tor-browser_en-US" if you are running the English Tor Browser.
* Delete the Tor Browser folder.
* Empty your Trash.
Now empty your Trash and it is removed from your system.
Note that your operating system's standard *Uninstall* utility is not used and uninstalling Tor Browser does not affect your system's software or settings.
Note that your operating system’s standard "Uninstall" utility is not used.