ESPIRIDION CleanApp has become my favorite uninstaller on the Mac. I still have AppZapper, Amnesia, and Tinker Tool System which has an uninstaller and a wealth of additional features. If an application came with an installer, my first choice is to use the application's own uninstaller if/when available. If an uninstaller is not available, in a couple of cases I've had to contact the developer of the application I want to uninstall, and then I follow a step-by-step removal process of the program in question. For the most part, maybe 95% of the time, I can just use CleanApp. For me one advantage is that I can view and select a wide variety of files that may be associated with the application I'm trying to uninstall. Other uninstallers are not as thorough. The disadvantage is that some people may delete files without any real need to do so. As is the case with uninstallers, use with caution. An interesting feature is the "CleanCommunity" which allows users to view which files other users have deleted when uninstalling an application. The idea is a good one, but there's room for trouble since what the majority of people do is not always necessarily the right thing to do. It would be nice to improve this feature, perhaps by adding feedback when something goes wrong and then updating the information for users in the community. CleanApp does provide some safety features, so users can restore the deleted files. Needless to say, it's a good idea to read the manual. In addition to uninstalling application, CleanApp does much more (e.g., log changes made by applications, check preferences panes, caches, older files, etc.) (Version 3.3.0) |