By clicking the scan button, you can dump unused apps and traces of apps that have been uninstalled with less efficient methods. Clean My Mac is a Mac application whose main job is to monitor the system and make recommendations on the data that you should purge. Alternatively, you can make use of third party software such as Clean My Mac. But generally, most will have you follow these steps or something similar.įorm the foregoing methods it is apparent that completely uninstalling Mac apps that do not come with their uninstallers can be quite a time-consuming process. Each third-party program uninstaller differs slightly from each other. Using a third-party app, you deleted programs in bulk with one click of a 'delete' button. This includes clearing any preference files associated with the app as well as clearing the cache.
These programs are usually better at clearing out all the extra data you wouldn’t otherwise clear out by just deleting the app.