Application Deleter

I guess it depends on what sort of person you are. There's no real need for an application deleter when running OS X, but some people like to have total control and prefer that every last bit of a program is gone and that nothing remains.

I personally use AppZapper because I tend to be neurotic about my system. I don't like residual files hanging around. AppZapper gets all those plist and other settings files when it 'Zapz' the program.

If you're like me then get it....if not....

 

AppCleaner is free I do own AppZapper but it has not been updated in so long I migrated to appcleaner.

 

AppTrap is free too and it works almost transparently, a dialog pops up automatically whenever you drag an app to the Trash asking whether you want to delete the other files too.

 

I've tested all of them, and they all inevitably leave behind traces. So what I've done now is use a great Spotlight alternative called EasyFind. It finds all application related files, visible or invisible. I can't live without it. And it's free!

 

I use Appcleaner, works very well indeed plus it is free.

 

Many apps leave behind invisible files at the root level. None of the "application deleting" apps listed above will delete them. If there's one thing I hate, it's when an application leaves behind invisible crap!