{"id":"bridge-devices.what-should-i-do-before-giving-away-a-paired-pc","url":"/faq/bridge-devices/what-should-i-do-before-giving-away-a-paired-pc","category":{"id":"bridge-devices","title":"Bridge & your devices"},"subcategory":{"id":"managing-devices","title":"Managing paired devices"},"question":"What should I do with Bridge before selling or giving away a paired PC?","alt_questions":["Remove Bridge before selling my computer","Unlink a PC I no longer own","Old laptop still paired with my Mac","Revoke a Bridge device","Secure Bridge when I replace my PC"],"short_answer":"Click Forget on that PC in your Mac's Devices tab so it can't reconnect, forget the Mac in the Bridge app, then uninstall Bridge and remove any personal files from the PC.","answer_markdown":"Forget the PC on your Mac first, so it can never reconnect, then forget the Mac in the Bridge app and uninstall Bridge from the PC.\n\n1. On the Mac: Devices tab → **Forget** on that PC.\n2. On the PC: in Bridge's **Devices** screen, forget the Mac; then uninstall the app.\n3. Remove any files you received over Bridge that you don't want to leave behind on the PC, as you would with any personal files.\n\nForgetting closes the link for good — a forgotten device can't dial back in.\n\n- [Remove a paired device](/faq/bridge-devices/how-do-i-forget-a-paired-device)","answer_html":"

Forget the PC on your Mac first, so it can never reconnect, then forget the Mac in the Bridge app and uninstall Bridge from the PC.

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  1. On the Mac: Devices tab → Forget on that PC.
  2. On the PC: in Bridge's Devices screen, forget the Mac; then uninstall the app.
  3. Remove any files you received over Bridge that you don't want to leave behind on the PC, as you would with any personal files.
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Forgetting closes the link for good — a forgotten device can't dial back in.

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Bridge & your devices · Managing paired devices

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What should I do with Bridge before selling or giving away a paired PC?

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Short answer: Click Forget on that PC in your Mac's Devices tab so it can't reconnect, forget the Mac in the Bridge app, then uninstall Bridge and remove any personal files from the PC.

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Forget the PC on your Mac first, so it can never reconnect, then forget the Mac in the Bridge app and uninstall Bridge from the PC.

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  1. On the Mac: Devices tab → Forget on that PC.
  2. On the PC: in Bridge's Devices screen, forget the Mac; then uninstall the app.
  3. Remove any files you received over Bridge that you don't want to leave behind on the PC, as you would with any personal files.
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Forgetting closes the link for good — a forgotten device can't dial back in.

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