Fully removing Sonos Volume Bridge

Speaker Volume Bridge replaces the app previously named Sonos Volume Bridge. Quit and remove the old app before using the renamed app. Running both can send conflicting volume or Night Mode commands to the same speaker. Closing Settings does not quit either app; use Quit in its menu bar or system tray menu.

These steps remove the app and its automatic startup entry. The optional clean reset also removes saved preferences. It does not reset or uninstall your Sonos speaker or the official Sonos controller app.

macOS

1. If the old app still opens, turn off Start at login. If that fails, continue with the System Settings steps below.
2. Quit Sonos Volume Bridge and Speaker Volume Bridge from their menu bar menus. In Activity Monitor, search for either name or sonos-volume-bridge and speaker-volume-bridge. Quit any remaining bridge process.
3. Open System Settings > General > Login Items & Extensions. Under Open at Login, select any Sonos Volume Bridge or Speaker Volume Bridge entry and click the minus button. If an entry for either app remains under background activity, turn it off. Older macOS versions call this page Login Items.
4. In Finder’s Applications, move Sonos Volume Bridge.app to Trash. Check your home folder’s Applications and Downloads for another copy. For a completely fresh installation, remove Speaker Volume Bridge.app as well. Eject any mounted bridge disk image. Delete only the bridge apps from Trash when you are ready; other trashed files can stay there.
5. If you previously created your own LaunchAgent, open your home Library folder using Finder’s Go menu while holding Option, then open LaunchAgents. Remove only a bridge-specific entry whose contents point to the removed app. Do not remove unrelated agents. The current app uses macOS login items and does not require a LaunchAgents file.
6. Restart the Mac if an old process or startup entry remains. macOS may retain a disabled background-item name for a while after removal.

Optional: erase saved settings for a clean installation

This also resets the renamed app’s preferences. The old and new names share the same settings identity within a distribution. Keep these files if you want to preserve your speaker choice, volume preferences and Night schedule. For a clean reset, back them up first and keep both apps closed during removal.

In your home Library folder, remove the app’s folders when present:

For a Mac App Store installation, the sandbox keeps app data in Library > Containers. Remove only the container identified as ms.miguel.sonosvolumebridge.desktop; Finder may display the app name. This also removes its enclosed settings, caches and logs. If macOS refuses removal, leave that folder in place rather than changing permissions on the Library folder. Check both the direct-download data locations and the container if you previously used both editions. Missing folders are normal.

Reinstall and check

Download the current DMG, drag Speaker Volume Bridge.app into Applications, eject the DMG, and launch the app from Applications. Choose your speaker and audio output again if you erased settings. Test Start at login on and off; leave it at your preferred setting. If removal still fails, remove the app’s Open at Login entry in System Settings and retry. Do not reset all macOS login items to repair one app.

Apple documents removing login items and uninstalling apps.

Windows

1. Turn off Start at login if the old app opens, then quit both bridge apps from their system tray menus. Use Task Manager to end a remaining bridge process if necessary.
2. In Settings > Apps > Startup or Task Manager’s Startup apps, disable any old bridge entry.
3. Open Settings > Apps > Installed apps and uninstall the old bridge. The entry may already use the new name after an update. For a full clean reinstall, uninstall the current bridge as well. Use the existing installer/uninstaller instead of deleting a program folder before uninstalling it.
4. For a direct-download installation, select the uninstaller’s application-data removal option only if you want a clean reset. If leftover data remains, open your home AppData folder and remove only ms.miguel.sonosvolumebridge.desktop from Roaming and Local. These folders are shared with the renamed direct-download app; removing them erases its preferences too. For a Microsoft Store app, use its Advanced options > Reset before uninstalling if you want to erase its data.
5. Remove leftover shortcuts pointing to the old executable. Check the Startup folder by opening Run and entering shell:startup; check shell:common startup too if you manually added an all-user shortcut. Remove only shortcuts for the bridge. Restart if Windows reports files still in use.
6. Reinstall one edition, select your speaker/output, and check Start at login.

Ubuntu / Linux

1. Turn off Start at login, then quit both bridge apps from their tray menus. Use System Monitor to stop a remaining bridge process if necessary.
2. Use the package manager to remove the package that is installed. The former package is sonos-volume-bridge; the renamed package is speaker-volume-bridge. For example, remove the old package with sudo apt remove sonos-volume-bridge. For a full clean reinstall of the renamed app, use sudo apt remove speaker-volume-bridge instead.
3. Open Startup Applications and remove the bridge entry. In your home folder, show hidden files and check .config > autostart for sonos-volume-bridge.desktop and any manually created bridge duplicates. Remove only the entries for this app. If you created a user service yourself, stop and disable that specific service before removing its definition.
4. To erase preferences as well, back up and remove only the ms.miguel.sonosvolumebridge.desktop folder under your home .config, .local > share, and .cache, where present. Custom XDG directory settings can move those locations. These data folders are shared with the renamed app.
5. Install the current Debian package and select your speaker/output again. Check that only one bridge startup entry is enabled.

The current package deliberately supplies sonos-volume-bridge as a command alias for speaker-volume-bridge. That alias is not a second installation; let the package manager maintain and remove it.

Final check

• Only Speaker Volume Bridge is installed and running.
• The old app does not reopen after signing out and back in.
• Start at login matches your preference.
• Speaker selection, audio output, maximum volume and Night schedule are correct.

You do not need to delete shared settings for an ordinary upgrade. Use the clean reset steps only when you intend to start over.