Pearcleaner for Mac
Open-source app cleaner.
Free
In English
Version 3.8.1When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission
Pearcleaner overview
Pearcleaner is an open-source app cleaner inspired by Freemacsoft's AppCleaner and Sun Knudsen's Privacy Guides post on his app-cleaner script.
Features
- 100% Swift
- Super small app size (1.6MB)
- Quick file search
- Optional Sentinel monitor helper that can be enabled to watch Trash folder for deleted apps
- Sentinel monitor is extremely small (210KB) and uses <=5mb of ram to run in the background and file watch. Communicates to app via custom url scheme instead of xpc to keep things even lighter
- Requires Full Disk permission to search for files and also Accessibility to delete/restore files
What’s new in version 3.8.1
Fixed
- Removing files from leftover files view was not updating the total size number
- Make sure file searches don’t hit home folder, only home/apps folder
- Make sure file searches don’t hit iCloud documents
- Implement AlinFoundation swift package to modularize a lot of functions like the Updater, Theming, utility functions, etc.
- Make heights auto in Settings tabs
- Credits dropdown in About settings tab
- Sponsors dropdown in About settings tab
Changes
Pearcleaner for Mac
Free
In English
Version 3.8.1
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User Ratings
Apr 24 2024
Version: 3.5.2
v3.5.3 is out. "• Fix wrapped app not getting removed on deletion after recent fixes with wrapped path
• Fix group containers paths added when they don’t exist
• Wrapped iOS app names sometimes using incorrect name string from info.plist
• Container and plist icons next to items
• Localized file search item names
• Leftover search localized item names
• Fix Containers folders not found when they are named via UUID but displaying localized in Finder" - - https://github.com/alienator88/Pearcleaner/releases/download/3.5.3/Pearcleaner.zip
Apr 17 2024
Version: 3.4.1
Although this is version 3.4.1, I had not seen or tried this one before, odd.
I now use Trashme 3 and am very satisfied with it.
I used Trashme and Pearcleaner side by side for a while and Trashme displayed more related files to delete in 9 out of 10 times. So not very good I guess.
Pearcleaner's interface isn't really for me either. Seems more like a Windows 11 program . Of course that is something personal.
It is free though. But unfortunately does not work properly compared to other uninstallers like Trashme.
Apr 7 2024
Version: 3.3.4
Not a review, but more like a query. I have been using the excellent program AppCleaner to remove applications I no longer want nor need. Wondering how this one, which is inspired by Freemacsoft's AppCleaner, compares with AppCleaner (also free). There are times where AppCleaner does not find every file associated with a app I want to remove, but I have that issue resolved. I just launch another excellent free app called EasyFind to find those other files. Works like a charm!
