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Mac app · FreeMacSoft
AppCleaner
Best for: Fully removing apps and their leftover files.
- Best for
- Fully removing apps and their leftover files
- Developer
- FreeMacSoft
- Price
- Free
- Our testing
- Not yet hands-on tested
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Pricing options
AppCleaner
Free
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Features
- Drag an app to see its related files
- Remove leftover preferences and caches
- SmartDelete detection
- Lightweight
- Simple interface
Benefits and disadvantages
Benefits
- Free and fast
- Safer removal of apps
- Simple to use
- Tiny
Disadvantages (cons)
- Interface is old
- Not updated frequently
- No scheduled cleaning
- May not find every leftover
Who should use AppCleaner
- Anyone uninstalling Mac apps
- Users reclaiming disk space
- People who want a free uninstaller
Use cases
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