Many Apple users will find that mac uninstall software is not clean. Even though the software has been uninstalled long ago, the icons and residual folders of those software can still be seen. What's wrong with the uninstallation of mac software? How to uninstall the software cleanly on mac? Today, the editor will teach you how to completely uninstall the software to ensure that the computer disk is clean.
1. What happens if the mac software is not cleanly uninstalled?
Many users will choose to directly drag the software into the trash, or long press the software icon to uninstall the software. Although the operation is very convenient, this deletion method only deletes the "main body" of the software, and the cache files left by the software have not been deleted.
We can click "Go" above the Finder, select "Go to Folder", and enter "~/Library/Caches/" to go to the cache folder.
Figure 1 Go to the cache folder
Come to the Caches folder, there are some cache files stored here, what is a cache file? For example, when we use a web page to play a video, it needs to be loaded from the network for the first time, and the video can be played repeatedly even if there is no network. The file "downloaded" like this is called a "cache file". After the software "ontology" is removed, its previous cache files will not be deleted together. Users need to find them in this folder and delete them together.
Figure 2 Find the cache file and delete it
2. How to uninstall the software cleanly on mac
If you want to completely uninstall the software, the simple way to uninstall it is to use the software CleanMyMac X. Its "uninstaller" function can detect the software installed on the current computer, automatically classify the source, and list all the files related to the software. It is up to the user to decide which files need to be deleted.
1. Download and run CleanMyMac X,
CleanMyMac X：https://souurl.cn/BnnITP
Figure 3 Running CleanMyMac X
2. Select the Uninstaller function under "Applications" from the left toolbar.
Figure 4 Uninstaller
3. View all applications and select the software that needs to be uninstalled. All files related to it can be viewed from the drop-down menu on the right side of the program. Includes user data, support files, icons, and binaries.
Figure 5 Uninstaller
4. Click Uninstall, the software itself and other related files totaling 3.6MB will be deleted together.
3. How to free up storage space on mac
The storage space of mac is composed of file types such as applications, photos, system, and others. Among them, "other files" include system temporary files, cache files, etc., some of which belong to system garbage, which can be cleaned regularly to release more storage space.
For those who are not familiar with the mac file system, the editor recommends directly using a professional mac cleaning software, which can scan out system junk in other files with one-click scanning. Automatically identify system garbage, which can free up storage space in other files, and you don't have to worry about deleting wrong files.
CleanMyMac X's system junk scan results are simple and clear, after the scan, select "View Items"
Figure 6 Scanning system junk
On the system garbage details page, you can browse the major categories of system garbage, and each category can be expanded to view detailed items. Users can judge whether to delete the system garbage file from the specific file name. Users can select all files and delete them, or partially delete them.
Figure 7 System Junk Details
Four. Summary
The above is about how the mac software is not cleanly uninstalled and how to uninstall the mac software cleanly. Dragging the software directly to the trash will not completely delete the software from the computer. The editor recommends using the professional cleaning software CleanMyMac X to clean up the software and its residual items, so as to achieve the purpose of completely uninstalling the software. CleanMyMac X also solves the problem of how your mac frees up storage space. Users can clean up system garbage in time to free up storage space.