When the download is complete, you can press the ‘Open’ button to begin installing AppCleaner. You can download AppCleaner from your web browser. The website recommends that 10 MB of space is on your hard drive to install the free download. The small application does not take up a lot of storage space on your PC. You can download and install AppCleaner for free. If you do not feel comfortable providing personal information to AppCleaner, then you can manually sift through your confidential data on your desktop instead. Just use Launchpad and uninstall the apps that way.While the utility is deemed to be secure, the tool still has access to the entirety of your PC. If you stick to the Mac App Store it's really easy. A lot of times you won't find it because all you need to do is throw the application to the Trash or if you downloaded it from the Mac App Store use Launchpad and delete it that way. Any good software is going to have a set of uninstall instructions if they're even needed. If you're sure you are at the official site, like for instance for this BetterTouch Tool here's the official site for it, and sure enough if I go Documentation there's Uninstall and here's a set of uninstall instructions for you. But you can also search for the official site. A lot of times you can find it by looking in About This App in the app itself. Instead look for the official site for that software. You don't need to have this extra piece of junk on your system and I definitely recommend you don't download any of these because they're just trying to get your money and they really don't give you anything extra. Or follow a set of instructions to get rid of the app. These are things that are just going to do exactly what you can do yourself. If you click on these, I won't show you any of them, they are actually going to try and sell you cleaner tools and uninstaller tools and things you don't need. But I'm also going to come across a lot of websites that claim to tell you how to uninstall things. They may or may not include good information. Notice here I'm searching for uninstall better touch tool and I'll come up with some form links which are fine. The way to find those is to go to the web and search for them. Say it's something that is actually a system extension and does all sorts of things, adds extra functionality as you're using your Mac, then you may need to do a custom set of uninstall instructions. Now that said, if you're having trouble getting rid of an app. If you ever need to bring the app back in the Preferences are still there. These files are so tiny that you don't have to worry about it. Kind of like worrying about the dirt you might track into your car and if the extra weight might actually reduce your gas mileage. Preference files are really tiny little things and they don't get in the way. Now some people say, well but that doesn't get rid of the Preference files. So you select the application, drag it to the Trash just as you would throw away any other file. Now if you don't find that then usually it's perfectly safe to simply delete the application from the Application folder. So a lot of pro level software have this uninstaller there. There is also an Uninstall link right there.That will launch a part of Photoshop that actually cleanly uninstalls everything. I go into it and there's the actual application. For instance, here's Adobe Photoshop and notice that Adobe Photoshop is a folder. Now the first thing you want to do with the app that you want to uninstall is to see if there's an Uninstaller app with the main app. So go back to the Finder here and we'll do Go and then we'll go to Applications. So if it's one of those then what you're going to want to do is go to the Applications folder to uninstall it. ![]() That means they weren't instilled through the Mac App Store or that they are part of the operating system like you'll notice that some of the default apps like Mail and Contacts can be removed. Now notice that some of these don't have the little x next to it. So you can swipe through these and select an app, click the x and it will uninstall it. You'll see little x's appear at the upper left hand corner of any app that you can uninstall through Launchpad. Wait a few seconds until everything starts to jiggle. The way to do it is to click and hold any app. Launchpad is not only a great way to launch new apps but it's how you delete apps from your system that you downloaded from the Mac App Store. If you do, then all you need to do is go to Launchpad. Now if you're new to Mac you should be getting most of your apps from the Mac App Store. There are several different ways and it depends upon where you get the app from. ![]() Video Transcript: If you're new to Mac one of the things you may not know how to do is how to uninstall apps. Check out A Beginner’s Guide to Uninstalling Apps On Your Mac at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.
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