The .app uninstallation utility for your Mac

Don’t just delete,
Finish the uninstall

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Brim is a native macOS deep uninstaller that finds, removes, and verifies an app’s footprint. So when an app is gone, you can know what actually went with it.

For macOS 15 and later

The Trash only takes the app.

Caches, settings, saved windows and background helpers live in other folders. Drag an app to the Trash and they stay behind, out of sight, still taking space. Some of them keep running.

Spotify.appMoved to the Trash a minute ago

Still on this Mac2.0 GB

  • Caches1.4 GB ~/Library/Caches/com.spotify.client
  • Application Support612 MB ~/Library/Application Support/Spotify
  • Preferences3 files ~/Library/Preferences/com.spotify.client.plist
  • Saved state2 items ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.spotify.client.savedState
  • HTTP storage18 MB ~/Library/HTTPStorages/com.spotify.client

Removed, then checked again.

You approve the whole plan once. Settings and data go to the Trash, caches are cleared because they rebuild, and then Brim checks every location again to show you what is really gone.

Brim Review plan

Remove Spotify

14 items · 3.6 GB

  • 13 items move to the Trash
  • 1 cache is cleared and rebuilds on its own
  • Nothing another app uses is touched
One approval covers the whole plan Cancel Approve

Touch ID required, once for the whole plan.

Checked again on disk

0 of 14

items remain

Every location was checked again. All of them are empty.

3.6 GB came back

This Mac

Start with everything software left behind.

Brim opens on your whole Mac: leftovers from apps you already deleted, what runs in the background, caches your build tools keep, and which apps update themselves.

Brim’s Review screen. The numbers are examples.

Built to be trusted with your Mac.

Brim reads a lot of your Mac to do its job, so it is strict about what it does with that access.

  • Stays on your Mac

    No account and nothing sent home. Brim only goes online when you press Check for updates.

  • Only you can approve

    Removals are approved in Brim’s own window. Nothing outside the app can approve one for you.

  • Trash first

    Settings and data go to the Trash and can be restored from History. Caches are cleared because they rebuild.

Find out what your apps left behind.

Download for Mac View on GitHub

For macOS 15 and later