AppCleaner Editor's Review

Quickly and permanently uninstall apps from your Mac with this handy utility.

Even though the service files of separate apps rarely take up any significant space on your Mac individually, over time, all of them together start to clog your disk, making your system slow. App Cleaner & Uninstaller is the perfect solution to stop your Mac from getting cluttered by deleting unused applications and their memory-consuming. AppCleaner is the application you need to find and delete all those files spread all over your system. Simply drop an application onto the AppCleaner window and it will do its job perfectly. It will erase information safely and your system will be in perfect conditions again.

Every computer user has the exact same problem. You install apps that you want to try, decide you don't like for one reason or another, and then uninstall them. Unfortunately, regardless of what desktop OS you use, not all the files that the app installed or created while using it are always deleted. If you're on a Mac, you can solve this kind of problem with App Cleaner. It’s an uninstall utility, and its small, and very easy to use.

App Cleaner App For Mac

AppCleaner allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps. AppCleaner finds not only the app file itself, but all of the extra support and configuration files that may normally be left behind with an app's uninstall routine.

You can uninstall apps in one of two ways – via drag and drop or you can have the app search your Mac for installed apps and uninstall those with 2 clicks. If you know the app you want to remove, you can open the app folder in a Finder window, locate the app, and then drag and drop its icon on to the AppCleaner window. From there, AppCleaner will search for all related files, display them for you, and total up the amount of space that would be freed up after the app is deleted.

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App Pro’s: Free, easy to use

App Con’s: Identifies, but won't clean system installed apps (like Chess)

Conclusion: AppCleaner is an awesome app. It finds all of the related preference and associated files with any app you want to install, and then removes them. The app is small, quick and easy to use and removes Widgets and other files (like plug-ins and app extensions) as well. The app is donationware and free to use on any and all Macs you have in the house. This is a must have for everyone.

What Is AppCleaner?

While the Mac OS X makes it easy to install apps and easy to discard them, simply moving apps to Trash bin doesn’t always provide the clean slate you need. AppCleaner for Mac is as close as you can get to a one-step solution that does more than toss unused apps in the Trash. Indeed, it deletes the files and data associated with the app in a total clean sweep. Just trashing still leaves a digital footprint of the app in the form of various support files on scattered all over your Mac.

AppCleaner Features

Unlike most cleaning utilities, AppCleaner doesn’t focus on detecting malware, malfunctioning apps or software, and no-longer-needed downloads. Its main priority is uninstalling an app along with all of its associated files. AppCleaner lets you choose any specific app, locate all supporting data that is currently on your computer, and then remove it all with a single sweep.

AppCleaner Pros

AppCleaner offers easy-to-use, familiar to Mac users drag-and-drop approach to deleting apps along with these other important features:

• It’s fast and efficient
• It’s easy to learn and understand
• It deletes all app-related data simultaneously
• It lets you select apps from the list if drag-and-drop is not your thing
• Its Smart Delete option detects trashed apps data
• It offers advanced preferences that safeguards important apps from accidental deletion
• It lets you manage Widgets and Plugins the same way as you do with apps

AppCleaner Cons

AppCleaner is user friendly, clear-cut, and uncomplicated app with little to no downsides. However, it could still use a few quality-of-life tweaks. One of them would be an inclusion of “Select All” button when selecting the associated files.

By default, AppCleaner seems to uncheck the boxes next to the files located within the /var/ folder. It leaves the choice up to the user, yet you then have to select every folder manually, which is a minor inconvenience.

Also, AppCleaner will not locate leftover associated files from the apps that you have previously removed. Bummer.

Two Ways to Uninstall Using the AppCleaner App

There are two ways AppCleaner works its magic to help clean up your Mac.

1. Drag unwanted apps to the AppCleaner window
2. Select apps you want to remove from the list view

How to Delete an App Using AppCleaner

• Open AppCleaner
• Drag the unwanted app to AppCleaner window (or select it from the list)
• Make sure the boxes next to associated data are checked
• Click the Remove button to fully uninstall the application

After following these simple steps, the app you’ve selected, and its supporting data are deleted.

AppCleaner Pricing

While you’d expect to pay a premium price for this hearty, robust app, it carries everyone’s favorite price tag $0.00. Yep! It’s free.

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How to Uninstall Mac App Cleaner

If you decide the AppCleaner app isn’t for you, or if you’re just finished using it, you can manually delete it by following these steps:

1. Quit the AppCleaner
2. Go to the AppCleaner location (it varies depending on where you’ve unzipped the initial archieve)
3. Drag the AppCleaner.app to Trash

Next, open Finder, press Shift+Command+G, copy and paste the directory ~/Library/Saved Application State, remove net.freemacsoft.AppCleaner.savedState folder. Continue by going to ~/Library/Preferences and moving the net.freemacsoft.AppCleaner.plist to Trash.

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Is AppCleaner Safe?

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AppCleaner for Mac is a great way to get rid of apps and software you no longer want, need, or use. It goes the extra mile by deleting the app itself, then freeing your Mac from lingering files and data associated with those components. It’s missing a few desirable features like locating leftover files of already deleted apps, yet it still holds its own by being simple, effective, and, of course, free.