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App Cleaner & Uninstaller is a special utility that serves to completely uninstall programs on a Mac, as well as remove their service files and extensions. The following document aims to bring to your attention the technical details of uninstalling apps and some of the app’s restrictions. Additionally, it provides valuable information for best results and performance when cleaning up your Mac.
System requirements for App Cleaner & Uninstaller
Dec 24, 2018 - App Cleaner is utility to uninstall apps on macOS completely. App Cleaner allows Mac users to remove applications entirely and clear all their. Platform: Mac OS X Price: Free Download Page. It works as well as the competition but is the only uninstaller on the Mac that doesn’t cost anything. It also has a.
- macOS 10.10 or later
- 64-bit processor
- 30 MB free disk space
- 4 GB RAM
Family Sharing
App Cleaner & Uninstaller supports Family Sharing. You can use one license on up to 2 Mac computers. Please note that when you make a purchase, you need to provide your valid email address. The license key will be sent to this address. If in any case you lose your key, you can restore your license by providing your email address to the Nektony support team.
Scanning Speed
The app’s scanning speed depends on the following factors:
- The number of applications installed on your Mac.
- The total size of your Applications folder.
- The number and size of service files and extensions your applications have.
- The scan speed of your Mac’s hard drive.
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Features Available in Free Trial
A free trial of App Cleaner & Uninstaller allows you to use all the features of the app for three days with no restrictions.
After three days, the application will ask you to upgrade to Pro to continue using all the features. The Free version will be available with some features limits.
After three days, the application will ask you to upgrade to Pro to continue using all the features. The Free version will be available with some features limits.
Price of App Cleaner & Uninstaller Pro
The cost of App Cleaner & Uninstaller is $9.99.
It is one-time-purchase for an unlimited period of time.
It is one-time-purchase for an unlimited period of time.
Uninstalling Apple Default Applications
It is prohibited to delete standard Apple applications, due to the fact that the removal of built-in applications may damage the viability of the system. Although you can download Safari or iTunes from the official Apple website, other important programs are not available for restoration. Apple doesn’t allow you to delete its necessary apps. For these reasons, App Cleaner & Uninstaller also does not allow the deletion of necessary apps.
Resolving Issues When Some Applications Cannot Be Uninstalled
Sometimes you may get a message that the app cannot remove an application’s files. There are several reasons for this:
- There are running processes in the background related to the app.
- The apps have kernel extensions.
- The files are protected from removal by System Integrity Protection (SIP).
- Some subfolders in the ~/Library are protected from changes.
Learn how to resolve each issue. If you face an unusual situation, contact the Nektony support team. We will answer within two business days and help you to resolve the issue.
Restoring Apps From the Trash
For your safety, by default App Cleaner & Uninstaller moves files to the Trash. You can check the status of this option in the Remove section of the Preferences window. Even if you uninstalled an app by mistake, you can always recover it from the Trash. It may happen that when you need to restore a removed file, you don’t see the Put Back option in the context menu. This is a well-known bug of the Finder, which has been discussed by Mac users for a long time on popular forums and blog platforms like mac-forums.com and CNET. Learn how to solve the issue with restoring apps from Trash.
Learn More About App Cleaner & Uninstaller
Installing Mac apps is pretty simple, but getting rid of them and all the files they create isn’t always so easy. Fortunately there are plenty of uninstallers to help with the task, and our favorite is AppCleaner thanks to its simple operation, intelligent feature set, and $0 price tag.
AppCleaner
Platform: Mac OS X
Price: Free
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Price: Free
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Features
- Drag-and-drop app deletion
- Very small footprint
- Also uninstalls widgets, plug-ins, and other stragglers
- You can specify apps to be protected from deletion
- SmartDelete feature will notice apps in the trash and offer to delete their other leftover files
- Automatically updates itself
- By default, AppDelete automatically protects apps you have open and were installed alongside Mac OS X (but you can turn that off)
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Where It Excels
AppCleaner is a very simple app, and considering what it does it ought to be. All you have to do is pick and app you don’t want anymore, drag it on to AppCleaner’s window, and it’ll find relevant files you also need to get rid of. With one more click, the app (and its files) are gone. Additionally, it’ll find apps on your hard drive and let you delete those as well by just checking them off a list. Same goes for Dashboard widgets and a few other items, such as browser and audio plugins. All of this is really easy to do and it works very well. It works as well as the competition but is the only uninstaller on the Mac that doesn’t cost anything. It also has a really neat feature called SmartDelete that watches your trash to see if you delete new apps. When you do, it’ll ask you if you also want to delete files belonging to that app.
Where It Falls Short
As nice as the SmartDelete feature is, it only works when AppCleaner is open and with apps you haven’t thrown away just yet. For example, if you have an app in the trash and then open AppCleaner, it won’t detect that there’s already one in there. Also, while AppCleaner provides you with the means to filter apps and other items by name, that’s it. You can’t filter by size or date or anything else. While filtering options are definitely not necessary features, as you’ll probably know what you want to delete most of the time, you might want to take a look at AppZapper instead.
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The Competition
As far as uninstalling apps goes, they all do a good job. Our pick pretty much came down to price, because if they’re all serviceable options then the free one is sort of the obvious pick. Some of the competition has good, compelling features—which may be important to you—so read on for some other options if you want slightly more than AppCleaner can offer (and are willing to pay for it).
Some will consider AppZapper to be the better app, and it is if you’re interested in better filtering and a prettier interface. AppCleaner is still a really nice-looking program, but AppZapper just did a little more in that department. AppZapper costs $13, however, and that’s a big price jump when you’re not getting much more than you get with AppCleaner. Additionally, AppZapper doesn’t include a SmartDelete feature so you’re out of luck if you like that one.
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AppDelete is very similar to AppCleaner. The interface is almost identical and so is the feature set. The three key differences are 1) you can search for orphaned app files from apps you previously deleted prior to using an uninstaller (which is pretty nice), 2) it can run as a hidden app so you can turn on trash monitoring (its version of SmartDelete) without feeling like you have yet another app open, and 3) you can delete apps via the Mac OS X Services menu. The other obvious difference is that AppDelete costs $8.
Lastly, there’s CleanApp which has the highest price tag by just a little bit ($15) but offers many more features. Aside from just being an uninstaller, it’ll also clean out tons of other old crap on your hard drive. It featured drag-and-drop app deletion like the others, but there are several more categories available to detect and remove files that have just gone unused for a long time, are duplicates, are unnecessary, and more. If a thorough cleaning is in order and a simple uninstaller won’t cut it, CleanApp is a good alternative.
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