Remove, deactivate, or activate fonts in Font Book on Mac
When you remove fonts from your Mac, they aren’t available in Font Book or in the Fonts window. If you don’t want to remove a font, you can deactivate it (or turn it off)—deactivated fonts remain on your Mac, but appear dimmed in the Fonts window. If you change your mind later, you can activate (or turn on) the fonts again.
Important: You can’t remove or deactivate system fonts. See the Apple Support article Fonts included with macOS Sequoia.
Remove fonts
In the Font Book app
on your Mac, select one or more fonts, then press Delete.Click Remove Fonts or Remove Non-System Fonts to confirm.
Removed fonts are moved to the Trash.
Deactivate fonts
In the Font Book app
on your Mac, select one or more fonts, or a font collection.Choose Edit > Deactivate, then click Deactivate Font (or Deactivate Fonts) to confirm.
Deactivated fonts are dimmed in the list of fonts.
Activate fonts
In the Font Book app
on your Mac, select one or more deactivated fonts, or a deactivated font collection.Choose Edit > Activate.
Activated fonts are no longer dimmed in the list of fonts.