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AwarenessEmerging1 sourceSep 9, 2026 · 12:05via Kaspersky Blog

How to completely uninstall apps on Mac and free up storage | Kaspersky official blog

Brief

Every so often you need to tidy up, and that goes for your devices as well as your closets and drawers. But a digital cleanup can turn out to be trickier than sorting through a messy closet — especially on macOS.

Getting rid of old photos and files is straightforward enough, but fully removing an app from macOS is another story. You’d think dragging an unwanted app to the Trash would do the job, but in practice, that app can leave behind settings files, cache, logs, helper files, and other related junk. Over time, all these leftovers pile up and eat away at your storage.

To make this kind of cleanup easier, Kaspersky for macOS now includes a feature called App Cleaner . It removes apps along with all their related files, and it can also track down the remains of apps you deleted earlier.

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