How to Clean Uninstall Macro Space (Remove Overlay Permissions)

Uninstalling Macro Panel APK is not just tapping "Uninstall", a clean removal means revoking its overlay permission first, clearing its data, uninstalling, and checking for leftover files. Skip the order and you get the classic ghost symptoms: a floating icon that won't die, a permission entry for an app that no longer exists, or settings that mysteriously resurrect when you reinstall. This guide does it properly, in the right sequence, in about five minutes. Make sure you have the app from the Macro Space panel installed first.

Why does the order matter? Because Macro Space is an overlay app, it draws over other apps and runs a floating service. Android handles overlay apps more delicately than normal ones during removal. Revoking the special permissions before uninstalling lets the system shut the floating service down cleanly instead of discovering mid-removal that something was still drawing on your screen. For a deeper dive, check our guide on fix install errors.

Step 1: back up anything you want to keep

If there is any chance you will reinstall, to try a different version, or after testing another panel, screenshot every configuration tab now: sensitivity sliders, weapon-wise values, DPI number, GFX preset, macro toggles. Uninstalling wipes the app's private data folder completely, and panel settings do not survive it. Two minutes of screenshots now saves a full re-tuning session later.

Also note your current version and where you got the APK, so a future reinstall doesn't turn into a treasure hunt. If you are switching to a competing panel, the screenshots are still useful as reference values even though settings don't transfer between different apps.

Step 2: revoke the overlay permission

This is the step everyone skips. Go to Settings → Apps → Special app access → Display over other apps (on some phones: Settings → Apps → Macro Space → Display over other apps), find Macro Space, and turn the permission off. You should see the floating icon vanish immediately, that confirms the overlay service has shut down cleanly. This works even better alongside update without losing settings.

While you are in special permissions, check for any other grants the panel holds, accessibility access if you ever enabled it, and "Install unknown apps" if it was ever granted. Revoke anything panel-related. The goal is zero special permissions remaining before the app itself is removed.

Step 3: force-stop and clear data

Go to Settings → Apps → Macro Space → Force stop, then Storage → Clear data (and Clear cache for good measure). Force-stopping guarantees no background process is running; clearing data wipes the configuration from the data folder while the app is still installed, which is cleaner than letting the uninstaller handle a live data folder.

This step also protects you in one specific scenario: if you reinstall the same version later, Android sometimes restores "backed up" app data automatically and resurrects old settings you thought were gone. Clearing data first, with backup disabled for the app if your phone offers that toggle, prevents the zombie-settings surprise.

Step 4: uninstall and check for leftovers

Now uninstall normally, long-press the icon and tap Uninstall, or remove it from Settings → Apps. Afterward, open your file manager and check the usual leftover locations: Internal storage → Android → data for a com.outer.space folder, and the Download folder for the original APK file. Delete both if present. These leftovers are harmless but pointless, and the stale APK in Downloads is how people accidentally reinstall an old version months later.

Finally, restart the phone. The reboot clears any orphaned overlay process still holding a window handle, the technical cause of the ghost floating icon, and gives you a clean confirmation: after restart, no panel icon, no overlay, no permission entries. If anything panel-related is still visible after a reboot, it wasn't fully uninstalled; check Settings → Apps again for a disabled or work-profile copy.

Reinstalling later: what to expect

A clean uninstall means a truly fresh start on reinstall: default settings on every tab, all permissions needing re-grant (especially display over other apps), and no memory of your old configuration. That is the point, but it also means your first launch must be deliberate. Re-enter values from your screenshots tab by tab, grant the overlay permission when prompted (don't dismiss it accidentally), and verify with one training-ground drill per weapon before playing ranked.

If you are reinstalling to fix a misbehaving panel, resist the urge to restore every old value blindly, the misbehavior might have lived in those values. Restore sensitivity and DPI (the tedious ones), but leave macro toggles and experimental settings at defaults until you've confirmed the fresh install behaves.