Any given suite has its own deinstall protocol. You'd do better asking in a 
forum dedicated to XQuartz, or possibly macports.

> On Jan 30, 2021, at 7:07 PM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Is there a way, in general, to uninstall something?
> 
> For the specific case of X11 -- I had installed XQuartz 2.7.11, and it 
> apparently is too new for an older program -- what do I need to remove in 
> addition to the /opt/X11 directory? What else do I need to do?
> 
> Simply trying to install a lower version doesn't work -- apparently the 
> installer won't replace a "newer" version with an older one.
> 
> I'm trying to use a commercial program that was developed back in 2012, and 
> worked against the version of X back in 10.7 and 10.8, or even the oldest 
> 10.9's. But it fails completely against the macports version, or even the 
> latest from XQuartz, so I'm now going back to the oldest XQuartz I can run to 
> see if it works better.
> 
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