CleanMyMac Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to CleanMyMac for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is CCleaner, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to CleanMyMac and loads of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to CleanMyMac are AppCleaner, Mole, PureMac and Pearcleaner.

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CleanMyMac alternatives are mainly System Cleaners, but if you're looking for Software Uninstallers or Duplicate File Finders you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, Mac + Open Source, Free and Mac + Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to CleanMyMac.
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  1. CCleaner icon
     2682 likes

    Enhances system performance by clearing unused files, optimizing registries, speeding up boot times, and updating drivers. It safeguards privacy via auto cleanup of cookies and browser history, freeing disk space with file cleanup, duplicate detection, and efficient startup management.

    72 CCleaner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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  2. Mole icon
     22 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.

    66 Mole alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  3. PureMac icon
     17 likes

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

    54 PureMac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  4. Pearcleaner icon
     32 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...

    62 Pearcleaner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Clean Me icon
     17 likes

    A small macOS app that acts as a system cleaner (logs, cache, …).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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  6. MacBooster icon
     3 likes

    Provides malware and virus detection, deep Mac system cleanup, startup management, duplicate file removal, frees up disk space, optimizes SSDs, and safeguards Macs from spyware, adware, and other threats while improving overall performance.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Quitty icon
     6 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)

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. MacKeeper icon
     5 likes

    Mac utility featuring antivirus protection with 99.7% detection accuracy, adware removal, ID theft monitoring, duplicates finder, and smart uninstall tools. Enhances performance by managing startup items, freeing RAM, updating apps, and optimizing disk space. Offers real-time threat detection and tech support.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. MacClean icon
     5 likes

    Empowers Mac users with powerful cleaning and optimization tools, ensuring device efficiency, increased security, and enhanced privacy with removal of system junk, duplicates, and management of startup items.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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  10. Completely uninstalls Mac apps with all related files, deletes caches, support and preferences, manages startup items and extensions, checks app security, updates installed software, provides explanations for unknown apps, and helps manage sensitive permissions.

    53 App Cleaner & Uninstaller alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. AppZapper icon
     41 likes

    The tagline say it all, "The uninstaller Apple forgot". AppZapper is for people who want to confidently try new apps while knowing they can uninstall them easily. Drag one or more unwanted apps onto AppZapper and watch as it finds all the extra files and lets you...

    61 AppZapper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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