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AppCleaner

 207 likes

AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps.

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License model

  • FreeProprietary

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac  Mac OS X 10.4+
4.5 / 5 Avg rating (6)
207 likes
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Dark Mode
  2.  Ad-free
  3.  Delete Temporary Files
  4.  Works Offline
  5.  No registration required
  6.  Software Uninstallers
  7.  Force Uninstall

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AppCleaner information

  • Developed by

    FreeMacSoft
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.5
  • Alternatives

    38 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Category

OS & Utilities

Our users have written 5 comments and reviews about AppCleaner, and it has gotten 207 likes

AppCleaner was added to AlternativeTo by Filip on Mar 23, 2009 and this page was last updated Sep 30, 2024.

Comments and Reviews

   
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brucelgrubb
  
Top positive commentAug 5, 2020

This is the utility to have as dragging and dropping doesn't get rid of everything related to a program and some programs put their files in really weird places (the document folder has become a defect dumping ground despite there being n formal place to put those files).

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Nick Scientist
  
Positive commentFeb 7, 2023

Works very well, very lightweight. However, it may miss some stuff that paid apps catch in terms of uninstallers. I found some remnants of Microsoft apps and Viber in the past.

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jgod
  
Positive commentJun 23, 2019

Because BulkCrapUninstaller doesn't exist for OSX

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OmgItsTheSmartGuy
  
Positive commentDec 18, 2011

Personally, I prefer to uninstall Mac apps simply by dragging them into the trash (strangely, this is actually one of my favorite parts of Mac OS X). However, on the off-occasion that I need to get rid of any extra files left behind, AppCleaner does the trick. There's no hassle to it, and the process is almost completely hands-free. Click twice, and you're done. AppCleaner doesn't have any extra features, but I don't need anything else anyways.

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cskevint
  
Positive commentApr 1, 2010

I just found AppCleaner, which is basically the Add/Remove Programs for Mac. I went through and deleted a bunch of software on my Mac (cleanly) that I wouldn't know how to get rid of otherwise.

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Just Some Procrastinator Reviewing Productivity Software

It's more like 'Revo Uninstaller for Mac' since the 'Add/Remove Programs' in Mac is simply trash the app.

Many users fall into thinking that uninstalling programs in Mac is complicated because you need an app that uninstalls apps, while in Windows you just double-click an app at Add/Remove Programs then uninstaller will do the job. Both Windows and Mac "Add/Remove Programs" will leave apps' remains. Even a Mac app that comes with its own uninstaller still leave some remains. In Windows, each app has its own uninstaller, so it depends on the uninstaller but most uninstaller executable deliberately leave remains.

Windows is real complicated when it comes to uninstalling apps. If you force-delete the folder app from Program Files (treating it like Mac), Add/Remove Programs keeps displaying the deleted app's uninstaller and if you double-click that it will show error of the uninstaller executable isn't there and Windows doesn't recognize if the app has been gone; the deleted app stays listed in Add/Remove Programs. You need to go to Registry Editor to remove it or use 3rd-party app that can delete uninstall entries and as far as I know it's only CCleaner that is able to do that.

Reply written Apr 30, 2020

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What is AppCleaner?

AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps.

Installing an application distributes many files throughout your System using space of your Hard Drive unnecessarily. AppCleaner finds all these small files and safely deletes them.