CCleaner Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to CCleaner for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is CleanMyMac. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Kudu Cleaner or OnyX. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to CCleaner and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to CCleaner are Mole, PureMac, Pearcleaner and Quitty.

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CCleaner alternatives are mainly System Cleaners, but if you're looking for Disk Usage Analyzers or Duplicate File Finders you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Android, Windows + Open Source, Kindle Fire + Free, Windows, Linux and Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to CCleaner.
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  1. CleanMyMac icon

    CleanMyMac

     143 likes

    All-in-one Mac cleaner: Remove junk, duplicates, malware, and enhance performance. Deep clean, scan threats, manage apps, update software, declutter storage for optimized Mac efficiency. Offers personalized optimizations ensuring your Mac is ready for any task.

    90 CleanMyMac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    CleanMyMac vs CCleaner Comments
    alteer8
    Positive
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    The best thing money can buy for system cleaning on Mac

    Guest
    Negative
    -2

    Not a good alternative, seems like a bait and switch company. Got a really bad feeling with their free trial and deleted immediately.

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Cleaner has ads and owned by Avast advertises for their business

    • CleanMyMac is Paid and ProprietaryCCleaner is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Kudu Cleaner icon

    Kudu Cleaner

     26 likes

    The free system maintenance suite your PC deserves. 15+ powerful tools to clean, optimize, and protect your Windows, macOS, and Linux machines. Open source, no ads, no bloatware. Just a faster computer.

    89 Kudu Cleaner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  4. OnyX icon

    OnyX

     77 likes

    Multifunction utility for system maintenance, file verification, and cache removal, also allowing Apple app parameter tweaks. Compatible with major OS versions, featuring improved APFS snapshots deletion, enhanced cache removal, and new customization options.

    51 OnyX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Wonder Warthog
    Positive
    2

    Onyx is basically a GUI tool for all the housekeeping tools that macOS has on the command line. It will allow you to reset/clean up and clear most of the caches and tools that are in macOS, but have no dedicated GUI. In so far it is a "safe" choice, because it doesn't do anything that isn't provided for by the OS itself, it just offers a GUI and all the tools in one place. And for free. What's not to love?

    Guest
    Negative
    -4

    To compare Onyx with CCleaner is like comparing an apple to a CPU. They are incomparable.

    • OnyX is Free and ProprietaryCCleaner is Freemium and Proprietary
    • OnyX is Lightweight and Privacy focusedCCleaner is not according to our users
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    CleanMyMac

    All-in-one Mac cleaner: Remove junk, duplicates, malware, and enhance performance. Deep clean, scan threats, manage apps, update software, declutter storage for optimized Mac efficiency. Offers personalized optimizations ensuring...

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  6. Mole icon

    Mole

     27 likes

    Open source Mac command line utility integrating disk cleanup, deep app uninstallation with artifact removal, disk analysis, optimization tasks, and a live terminal dashboard for real-time CPU, GPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring with interactive options.

    82 Mole alternatives

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  8. PureMac icon

    PureMac

     22 likes

    Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache cleanup. MIT licensed.

    68 PureMac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

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    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  9. Pearcleaner icon

    Pearcleaner

     36 likes

    An open-source mac app cleaner inspired by Freemacsoft's AppCleaner and Sun Knudsen's Privacy Guides post on his app-cleaner script. This project was born out of wanting to learn more. There's probably parts of the code that could be done better as I'm fairly new...

    76 Pearcleaner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. Quitty icon

    Quitty

     8 likes

    Comprehensive macOS utility featuring real-time monitoring of CPU, RAM, disk, and network, advanced automated cleaning, storage analysis with file visualization, duplicate management, file recovery, task automation, and a suite of optimization tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. Cleaner One Pro icon

    Cleaner One Pro

     Like

    Cleaner One Pro is an all-in-one disk cleaning and optimization master. With the minimalist and easy-to-use interface, you can visualize, manage and free up your storage space in just one click.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Chrome OS
    • Chromecast
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  12. TidyBar icon

    TidyBar

     5 likes

    Menu-bar utility scans Mac for free, reports gigabytes reclaimable, clears caches, duplicates, large files, leftovers, Time Machine snapshots, and developer folders with one click. All removals go to Trash, no permanent deletion, no subscription required.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  13. Noah icon

    Noah

     3 likes

    Noah fixes what's actually wrong with your Mac or PC — it's not a cleaner. It finds the real cause and fixes it.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Noah names the actual cause — stale pre-Tahoe preferences — and shows the exact steps it would take. Nothing runs until you approve.
     
  14. OverClean icon

    OverClean

     3 likes

    Simplify your disk cleanup with OverClean: easily identify and remove unnecessary files to free up space.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  15. R-Wipe & Clean icon

    R-Wipe & Clean

     2 likes

    Removes unneeded files, erases browser history, cookies and cached data, wipes sensitive information, supports scheduled tasks, prevents data recovery, cleans third-party app traces, offers customizable settings and secures privacy across offline and online activity.

    88 R-Wipe & Clean alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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