Pavel Jelic If you have an older Mac or MacBook that has a classic hard disk or a Fusion Drive, you most likely don't have a problem with storage. However, if you own a basic configuration of a newer Mac or MacBook that has SSD drives, you may already be slowly hitting the capacity limit and trying to free up every gigabyte in the storage. Let's take a look at how to properly uninstall apps in macOS in this article.
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Most of you probably uninstall apps by going to your Applications folder, simply marking the program you want to uninstall, and then moving it to the trash. Finally, you empty the trash, thus getting rid of the application completely. However, this step is not entirely suitable, as it will not uninstall and delete all the files that the application created during its installation or when working with it. Some applications have a "program" available that can perform the uninstallation. It is most often called Uninstall and you can find it, for example, with applications from Adobe. However, if this utility is not available, read on.
Correct and bulk uninstall of applications
If you want to uninstall applications in macOS in the correct and official way, then in the upper left part of the screen, click on icon, and then select an option from the menu About this Mac. A new window will open, in which you can move to the section in the top menu storage, where click the button Management… Another window will open where you can manage your storage. To uninstall applications, move to the section in the left menu after loading the utility Application. Then find it here application, which you want uninstall and then tap the button in the lower right corner Delete… Then just confirm this action by pressing the button Delete. In this way, you can also uninstall multiple applications at once - just hold the button command, and then tag them by clicking the mouse.
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AppCleaner - removes absolutely everything
More advanced macOS users will know that many programs create additional files in various locations. These files can be created, for example, after installing the application, or when using the application. Uninstalling an app doesn't always remove all of these files. If you want to be 100% sure that the installation really deletes all the files of the application, you can use the AppCleaner, which you can download for free using this link. After starting the application, a small window will appear, in which you just need to enter the folder Move applications tu application, which you want uninstall. AppCleaner will start after you move the app search for other files application. After finishing the search, it's enough tick those files you want along with the application delete. Then just confirm the deletion by pressing the button Remove. As the last step you have to authorize help passwords and it is done.
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Hello, and could you please advise me which application to clean the entire mac? Unfortunately, appcleaner won't read apps that I've already deleted via the Applications folder
Do you have experience with this application? https://nektony.com/mac-app-cleaner