AppCleaner

Pros

• A very powerful file removal tool
• Free to use
• Can protect important apps
• Removes every trace of most programs

Cons

• More complex programs may linger around
• Not a lot of features

Simplify the process of permanently deleting files and their settings remnants from Mac with this free utility

An Overview Of AppCleaner

A lot of people mistakenly believe that throwing Mac programs into the trash bin is how you permanently delete them. However, this leaves file remnants, settings, and other issues, and AppCleaner is a program that was designed to quickly resolve them for you.

AppCleaner is a program that was designed by Freemacsoft, and it is also available in a Windows version. However, this review is specifically for the Mac and Mac OS X version of the program, which is available for free in a very small package.

What AppCleaner Is and What It Does

AppCleaner is a very simplistic program that's actually very powerful. In essence, this is a checkbox program, with which many people are familiar. Basically, you download and launch this program, and it tells you everything that you have downloaded on your computer. You can simply check the box to delete whatever program(s) you desire.

The program will then get to work and clean out everything, from the settings the program may have affected to any cookies it may have left behind. This is a very powerful cleaner that will typically delete any trace of the program you want gone. This is ideal for ditching an old version of a program and going with a newer version.

Features of AppCleaner

When it comes to features to speak about with AppCleaner, it doesn't have many. It is a one-trick pony, to be honest, but that trick is very unique and powerful and will come in handy. So the best feature of this program is its interface and the ease with which you can control what gets deleted. Everything is listed out to you in a row, so you just check what you want gone.

Though it does provide you with a bit of security, in that you can choose apps to protect so that you never accidentally check them. Though that's about as far as the features here happen to go. It will find practically everything on your computer, then it's up to you to keep or delete the files.

Pros and Cons of AppCleaner

Pros

• A very powerful file removal tool
• Free to use
• Can protect important apps
• Removes every trace of most programs

Cons

• More complex programs may linger around
• Not a lot of features