There are a lot of things that Macs are inherently good at, managing their storage isn't one of them. Your favorite apps are quickly filling up your Mac's storage space, and before you know it, you're low on storage. You can try uninstalling apps manually or finding and deleting large files to free up storage, but it will take a long time. Manually cleaning up your Mac can be a nightmare and that's when you know your way. If you don't want to deal with the headache and still want to free up some storage, there are some great third-party utilities that will help you clean up your Mac and free up unused storage in the process. So without any further precision, here are the 7 best disk cleaner apps for macOS that you can use:
1. Onyx
Titanium Software's Onyx is a versatile tool that can help you check your startup disk, run hidden features, run a maintenance script, automate tasks, clean up your Mac, and more. However, today we will focus only on its cleaning capabilities. Although a little more complex than other apps on this list, if used correctly, this may become the only disk cleanup app you'll ever need. It has a minimal visual UI with all the features getting a separate tab on the app launcher screen.
When you click on the “Cleanup” tab, you will see the different levels at which you can perform the cleanup tasks. You can clean system junk files, residual application files, system logs And much more. It allows you to scan all system files and you can select and delete files that are no longer usable. Heck, you can even remove system fonts if you want. You can go really granular with this. As I mentioned earlier, this may be the only tool you will need.
However, some problems can arise if you are not careful about this. Since you can access and delete system files, you might end up messing up your computer if you're not careful. But, if you use it correctly, it will help free up space on your Mac you didn't even know existed. As if that weren't enough, it's also totally free.
Installer: (free)
2. CleanMyMac 3
CleanMyMac has been hailed as the best disk cleanup utility app you can get, and rightly so. The app is as phenomenal as it gets. It has a modern user interface with very cool graphics to use it whenever you scan or delete files. You can analyze the wholecomputer at a time or part thereof depending on the type of file you want to delete. As you can see from the picture, I can free up more than 5 GB of space on my Mac after doing the cleanup. It has also a built-in uninstaller which allows you to uninstall applications with all their residual files.
The best part is that it does all of this without touching your system files, hence you never risk causing any harm to your Mac. What is the warranty you ask, well, it's expensive software. It has a free version, but that will allow you to clean up 500MB of data at once. If you want to enjoy this app, you will have to shell out the money for the pro version.
Installation: (39,95 $)
3.AppCleaner
Mac App Store is full of amazing apps. One of the biggest reasons why some people prefer Macs is the collection of apps available on its App Store. We install and uninstall many applications to choose the ones that suit our needs. However, the built-in application installer in the Mac is inefficient. Whenever we delete an application, more often than not, it leaves its residual files untouched. Over time, these residual files can take up a lot of space. This is where AppCleaner comes to our rescue. When you uninstall an app using this app, all the files residuals are removed with the application itself. It is a very practical and free tool.
Installer: (free)
4. App Cleaner & Uninstaller
Although it looks exactly like the previous app on our list, I can assure you that “App Cleaner” is different. Besides having “a gap” in the middle, there is a key difference between these two apps which makes this improvement. Not only can you uninstall the current app, but also search for any residual files left over from previous uninstalled apps. So you can even wipe residual files from apps that weren't uninstalled using this app, a feature missing in our previous app.
Furthermore, it loads all your application directories, allowing you to uninstall apps with a single click. You don't have to drag or drop or do anything like that. However, all these features are going to cost you because its free version allows you to scan the directory and not delete them.
Installer: (Free / $3.99)
5. Gemini 2: The Duplicate Finder
One of the main reasons why we get stuck on our Macs is because of duplicate files. You may have downloaded something twice, or created a duplicate just for backup, or taken too many photos of the same item. Anyway, these duplicate files eat up a lot of space. Duplicate Finder does what its name suggests. It finds all duplicate files on your system and allows you to delete them. I can't even tell you how much space I was able to free up on my Mac just by deleting duplicate files.
Gemini 2 is one of the most popular apps that does this as well. However, I included Duplicate Finder instead of Gemini 2 on our list because it performs the same cost while costing half of Gemini 2.
Installation: (21,99 €)
6. Dr. Cleaner
Dr. Cleaner made it on our list because its free version is pretty amazing. If you just need to run a scan and get rid of junk files on your Mac without costing you money, this is the app for you. The rest of its features, such as the app uninstaller, and the duplicate finder software are reserved for the Pro versions, but the reading and removal of junk coins are totally free. I noticed it doesn't find as much junk as CleanMyMac, but considering it's free, it maintains it fine. You can try the pro version, it will only cost half of what CleanMyMac does.
Installer: ( Free / €16,99)
7. CCleaner
CCleaner, the popular disk cleaning app for Android and Windows recently launched its Mac client, so we thought we'd give it a shot. Launching the application, we were a little disappointed because the user interface is a bit outdated. However, considering looks aren't everything we ran the app. It could only detect junk files around 2GB in size, much less than CleanMyMac. One might assume that the pro version costing little money can improve its performance, but unfortunately the pro version don't add that theautomation and better customer support. It does nothing to improve the performance side. Still, it is a very good software if you want a free disk cleaning application for your Mac.
Installer: (free / $24,95)
Free Up Your Mac's Storage With These Disk Cleaner Apps for MacOS
It might be hard to believe, but Macs also need Disk Cleanup once in a while. By using the tools mentioned above, you can get rid of junk, duplicate, residual and junk files on your Mac. You can free up a lot of space by cleaning regularly. So these disk cleanup tools on your Ma and let us know how much storage were you able to free up. Clear your thoughts in the comments section below.
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