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App cleaner recommendation?

What would be a good app cleaner for MacOS Catalina? I would like to clean those leftover files from deleted apps and the like.


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Posted on Jan 19, 2021 6:57 AM

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Posted on Jan 21, 2021 6:44 AM

I recommend only two methods for un-installing Apps:


• Any App installed with only drag-and-drop into the Applications folder: drag-and-drop to the Trash


• Any App that uses a complex installer: use the maker's un-installer.


If unsure, search far an uninstaller directly from the maker and use that.

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Jan 21, 2021 6:44 AM in response to iskanje

I recommend only two methods for un-installing Apps:


• Any App installed with only drag-and-drop into the Applications folder: drag-and-drop to the Trash


• Any App that uses a complex installer: use the maker's un-installer.


If unsure, search far an uninstaller directly from the maker and use that.

Jan 21, 2021 12:55 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thanks for your reply. I have used "App Cleaner & Uninstaller" previously, but I don't really like that app. At least that program shows that there are plenty of left-over files when I uninstall an app. Do you think these are worth keeping?


Here is for example the scan after removing Algoriddim Djay:


And for an occasional Skype meeting I had to install Skype for Business, and it had inserted some Microsoft auto-update helpers that remained after removing the app.


Jan 19, 2021 7:20 AM in response to iskanje

I recommend you not even consider such garbage on your premium-quality Macintosh computer. They just guess, and often guess badly, attempting to pitch out parts of MacOS required for proper functioning.


Instead, drag-and-drop to the Trash any installed with only drag-and-drop into the Applications folder, and use the maker's un-installer for every package installed with a complex installer.

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