CleanMyMac AlternativesOnly apps categorised as System Cleaners

The best System Cleaner alternative to CleanMyMac is CCleaner, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to CleanMyMac and many of them are System Cleaners so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting System Cleaner alternatives to CleanMyMac are Canta, AppCleaner, Pearcleaner and Mole.

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  1. CCleaner icon

    CCleaner

     2683 likes

    Enhances system performance by clearing unused files, optimizing registries, speeding up boot times, and updating drivers. It safeguards privacy via auto cleanup of cookies and browser history, freeing disk space with file cleanup, duplicate detection, and efficient startup management.

    58 CCleaner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Comments about CCleaner as an Alternative to CleanMyMac
    Guest
    Negative
    5

    It doesn't find all the cached data like cleammymac does

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    CCleaner icon
    CCleaner icon

    • Most users think CCleaner is a great CleanMyMac alternative.

    • CCleaner is Freemium and ProprietaryCleanMyMac is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Canta icon

    Canta

     51 likes

    Canta is a software tool designed to facilitate the uninstallation of apps from your device, irrespective of whether root access is available or not. It provides a solution for removing any application, even those that might be deeply ingrained within the system.

    45 Canta alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    MacClean

    Empowers Mac users with powerful cleaning and optimization tools, ensuring device efficiency, increased security, and enhanced privacy with removal of system junk, duplicates, and management of startup items.

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  6. Pearcleaner icon

    Pearcleaner

     26 likes

    An open-source mac app cleaner inspired by Freemacsoft's AppCleaner and Sun Knudsen's Privacy Guides post on his app-cleaner script. This project was born out of wanting to learn more. There's probably parts of the code that could be done better as I'm fairly new...

    52 Pearcleaner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Mole icon

    Mole

     13 likes

    Open source Mac command line utility integrating disk cleanup, deep app uninstallation with artifact removal, disk analysis, optimization tasks, and a live terminal dashboard for real-time CPU, GPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring with interactive options.

    51 Mole alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. Clean Me icon

    Clean Me

     17 likes

    A small macOS app that acts as a system cleaner (logs, cache, …).

    24 Clean Me alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Comments about Clean Me as an Alternative to CleanMyMac
    Mateo Castro
    Positive
    4

    It cleans logs and email attachments. Although it does not uninstall apps, for that you will need AppCleaner by freemacsoft. Together, Clean Me and AppCleaner, do the work of CleanMyMac.

    Clean Me icon
    Clean Me icon

    • Almost everyone thinks Clean Me is a great CleanMyMac alternative.

    • Clean Me is Free and Open SourceCleanMyMac is Paid and Proprietary
  10. MacClean icon

    MacClean

     5 likes

    Empowers Mac users with powerful cleaning and optimization tools, ensuring device efficiency, increased security, and enhanced privacy with removal of system junk, duplicates, and management of startup items.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Comments about MacClean as an Alternative to CleanMyMac
    Guest
    Positive
    4

    It is advertised as free yet it is NOT!!!!!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    MacClean icon
    MacClean icon
    • MacClean is Paid and ProprietaryCleanMyMac is also Paid and Proprietary
  11. MacBooster icon

    MacBooster

     2 likes

    Provides malware and virus detection, deep Mac system cleanup, startup management, duplicate file removal, frees up disk space, optimizes SSDs, and safeguards Macs from spyware, adware, and other threats while improving overall performance.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  12. MacKeeper icon

    MacKeeper

     4 likes

    Mac utility featuring antivirus protection with 99.7% detection accuracy, adware removal, ID theft monitoring, duplicates finder, and smart uninstall tools. Enhances performance by managing startup items, freeing RAM, updating apps, and optimizing disk space. Offers real-time threat detection and tech support.

    195 MacKeeper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  13. App Cleaner & Uninstaller icon

    App Cleaner & Uninstaller

     13 likes

    Provides complete removal of Mac apps, including service files, preference and support files, system and browser extensions, startup items, and screen savers, manages login items, disables launch agents, cleans residual and broken files, and frees disk space for optimal performance.

    48 App Cleaner & Uninstaller alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  14. WinExt Free icon

    WinExt Free

     10 likes

    Powerful Win utilities: fix registry, clean junk, protect privacy, optimize system, quick launch, find duplicates, folder size, see more recent resources, activity monitor, batch operation, synchronization, disable context menus, skip UAC, trace file.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  15. App Eraser icon

    App Eraser

     11 likes

    A tool that removes unwanted macOS applications and the files that they leave behind. App Eraser is a Free and Open Source macOS app.

    20 App Eraser alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Comments about App Eraser as an Alternative to CleanMyMac
    Embellish8789
    Positive
    0

    Open source and light weight. Does its job

    App Eraser icon
    App Eraser icon
    • App Eraser is Free and Open SourceCleanMyMac is Paid and Proprietary
    • App Eraser is LightweightCleanMyMac is not according to our users
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