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I've played around with my couchdb configuration and I would like to start fresh again, remove the app and downloading a new one didn't seem to remove the configuration completely, where I still have to access with my username and password, and my dbs are still there.

Looking around on internet, I don't seem to find a solution to fix the issue on mac os x (mavericks)

Well, I've done some things like:

  • removing the cache folder from ~/Library/Caches
  • removing any related file/folder in ~/Library/Application Support/CouchDB
  • checking the config file from ~/Library/Preferences/couchdb-server.ini seems to be an alias to config file in Application Support CouchDB folder
  • I also removed a couple of files that I don't remember their names

Still installing a fresh download couchdb is not working application and now I am getting the json message: {"error":"unauthorized","reason":"Name or password is incorrect."}

P.S: My System is Mac OS X Mavericks and Couchdb 1.5.1

Abu Romaïssae
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  • Your question got downvoted (wasn't me) because it it not programming related. It's about uninstalling software. These kind of questions are better suited on [Super User](http://superuser.com/) (or maybe [DBA.SE](http://dba.stackexchange.com/)). – Simon Jun 06 '14 at 16:54
  • Thank you @Simon, I understand that, but a close vote is more appropriate in this case, but well it doesn't matter anymore :) – Abu Romaïssae Jun 06 '14 at 20:26
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    God this site is so pedantic. – CatDadCode Nov 13 '14 at 16:27
  • For the record this did help me and it is kind of programming related because I want to test using CouchDB installed on the client side with an web app I've made and I need to do a fresh install to fully test and document that process. – Bill Stephenson Apr 30 '21 at 20:19

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Well, it seems I've found the missing file very soon, after I posted my question, so for anyone who gets this problem in future, this is the culprit file: 

/Users/kouiti/Library/Preferences/org.apache.couchdb.plist
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