Every app stores preferences, support files, and caches in ~/Library. When you drag the .app to Trash, those files stay behind forever — unless you use CleanMachine's App Uninstaller. Free to scan what's left over.
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Apple designed macOS apps as self-contained bundles — ideally, drag the .app to Trash and it's gone. In practice, almost every real-world app stores files outside its bundle, in your ~/Library folder:
Apps like Dropbox, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Docker can leave behind multiple gigabytes in support directories even after uninstalling the main app bundle. CleanMachine finds all of these locations automatically.
Even if you previously used a "proper" uninstaller, some files inevitably slip through. And for every app you dragged to Trash over the years, there are likely preference files and support directories still sitting in ~/Library. CleanMachine's Deep Uninstaller specifically scans for orphaned files — Library entries whose parent .app bundle no longer exists anywhere on your Mac.
Select any installed app and CleanMachine finds its .app bundle plus every associated file in Application Support, Preferences, Caches, Logs, and Launch Agents. Remove all at once or choose specific files.
Scans Library folders for support directories, preferences, and caches belonging to apps that no longer exist on your Mac. Safe to bulk-remove — the parent app is already gone.
Finds apps you haven't opened in 180+ days and shows their last-used date and size. A clean list of candidates to uninstall — with zero guessing.
Per-app drill-down: install date, last opened, total on-disk size, granted permissions, and a preview of what leftover files it would leave if uninstalled.
Download CleanMachine and run the App Uninstaller or Deep Uninstaller — free. See every orphaned file with exact sizes. Only $19.99 once to remove them.
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That's fine. When you reinstall an app, it recreates all the files it needs in ~/Library. Removing the leftover files just means the app starts fresh — which is usually exactly what you want when reinstalling anyway.
Yes. CleanMachine shows every associated file with its path and size. You can select or deselect individual items before confirming the removal. For example, you might want to keep preference files (so the app remembers your settings if you reinstall) while removing large cache files.
No — they go to CleanMachine Trash, a dedicated recovery area in ~/.cleanmachine_trash/. You can restore any file at any time. Permanent deletion requires explicitly choosing "Empty CleanMachine Trash."