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How to remove an URL protocol default handler

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Mar 15, 20267188 views
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I'm working on an application which should handle particular URL types (liked ed2k for emule or magnet for torrent). Recently, I decided to change this URL type from to a more speakable word. Using RCDefaultApp, I'm able to change (or disable) the URL handler, but not to remove the protocol from th…

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Edit in Property List Editor (part of Apple's developer tools) and remove the entry in with the in question. E.g. you'd select and delete Item 12 if you wanted to remove associations on my system:

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