Pearcleaner is a small, native macOS utility that helps you fully remove applications by finding and deleting the leftover files they scatter across your system. After you drag an app into Pearcleaner (or select it from a list), it scans common Library locations for related caches, logs, preferences, containers, launch agents, and support files. Results are presented with clear paths and sizes so you can deselect anything you want to keep before sending items to the Trash. The tool favors safety: it avoids critical system areas, uses a conservative matching strategy, and relies on the Trash so you can restore items if you change your mind. Power users appreciate the transparency—no opaque “cleanup magic,” just an auditable list of what will be removed. For people who frequently test software or want to reclaim disk space after uninstalling large apps, Pearcleaner streamlines the tedious manual hunt through ~/Library and system folders.

Features

  • Orphaned file search for finding remaining files from previously uninstalled apps
  • Strip unneeded architectures from universal apps (App Lipo) without needing Xcode tools installed
  • Management view for Launch Agents / Daemons and PKG installers
  • Prune unused translation (localization) files from app bundles, keeping only preferred language(s)
  • Optional background monitor ("Sentinel") to watch Trash folder and clean up after manual app deletion
  • CLI support, drag-and-drop uninstall, Finder extension for uninstall directly from Finder, theme system, export of app bundle lists etc.

Project Samples

Project Activity

See All Activity >

Categories

System

License

MIT License

Follow Pearcleaner

Pearcleaner Web Site

Other Useful Business Software
Full-stack observability with actually useful AI | Grafana Cloud Icon
Full-stack observability with actually useful AI | Grafana Cloud

Our generous forever free tier includes the full platform, including the AI Assistant, for 3 users with 10k metrics, 50GB logs, and 50GB traces.

Built on open standards like Prometheus and OpenTelemetry, Grafana Cloud includes Kubernetes Monitoring, Application Observability, Incident Response, plus the AI-powered Grafana Assistant. Get started with our generous free tier today.
Create free account
Rate This Project
Login To Rate This Project

User Reviews

Be the first to post a review of Pearcleaner!

Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Mac

Programming Language

Swift

Related Categories

Swift System Software

Registered

2025-09-22