Remove-It for Mac
Remove unwanted files when uninstalling apps.
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Remove-It overview
Remove-It is an uninstall utility that uses a special search algorithm (Levenshtein Distance algorithm) to find all related files and deletes them when asked.
Applications distribute several files throughout your system storage devices. Deleting an application itself is mostly not enough and will leave several files untouched.
Features:
- Simple drag-and-drop
- Ghost Mode: Background mode. Drop something into the trash and iTrash pops up. Works on all available volumes.
- Expert mode: To find even more possible related files.
- Application lister: shows all installed applications on all volumes (not just the Applications Folder)
- Finds visible and hidden files.
- Scans inside folders for applications.
- Protect default applications.
- Protect custom applications and folders.
- Protect related applications files (.plist, application support, ...)
- Does not need Spotlight to be enabled.
- Localized: English, Dutch, Polish, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Slovak, Turkish, Persian, and French.
What’s new in version 1.4.2
- Improved search algorithm
Remove-It for Mac
$4.99
In English
Version 1.4.2
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User Ratings
Apr 11 2024
Version: 1.4.1
Always finds the most related files. Recommended.
Apr 7 2024
Version: 1.4.1
Left this for the OpenSource Pearcleaner, which I love. Finally an app cleaner on macOS that is OpenSource 🎉
Aug 24 2023
Version: 1.3.4
Been using this for many years.
Always comes out as the winner in a comparison with the free Appcleaner. Remove it almost always finds more related files.
Jul 2 2023
Version: 1.3.3
OK, seems we have 3 "similar" programs for performing these tasks: Remove-It, App Cleaner (note the space between the p and C, and AppCleaner). Here are links for AppCleaner and App Cleaner:
AppCleaner: https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
App Cleaner: https://nektony.com/mac-app-cleaner
Each of them has their "fans" (I like and use AppCleaner). I wonder which one is the best. As I remarked in my post below in March 2023, while AppCleaner might not find every file associated with an application being removed/deleted, I then use EasyFind (another superior program) to find and remove the rest of those files that AppCleaner missed. I still am willing to bet that both Remove-It and App Cleaner also do not find every file. It would be beneficial if there was a comparison of the 3 programs. One significant difference, though, is that AppCleaner is free, but neither Remove0It or App Cleaner are.
