OverClean

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about OverClean

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about OverClean

OverClean is a native macOS disk space analyzer built with SwiftUI. It features a visual dashboard with pie charts, scans your directories, and categorizes files into 26+ types. It includes an Applications Manager to identify space-heavy apps and Leftovers Detection to find orphaned data from uninstalled applications.
Yes, OverClean is completely safe. It only analyzes your disk and generates reports — it does not automatically delete any files. You always have full control over what gets removed from your system. The app is also notarized by Apple.
OverClean supports macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) and later. It runs natively on Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, and later) — Intel Macs are not supported.
Download the DMG file, open it, and drag OverClean to your Applications folder. On first launch, you may need to grant Full Disk Access for scanning.
To uninstall OverClean, simply move the app from your Applications folder to the Trash. To remove all associated data, also delete the OverClean folder located at ~/Library/Application Support/OverClean which contains the scan database and settings.
OverClean is free to download and scan. Viewing detailed results, managing applications, and cleaning up leftovers require a one-time $9.99 license.
A license is a one-time payment of $9.99 — not a subscription. It unlocks the Details browser, Applications manager, and Leftovers detection on up to 3 Macs.
No. You pay once and own the license — there are no recurring charges.
Up to 3 Macs at a time. You can deactivate a device anytime from the app to free up a slot for a different Mac.
After purchasing through Paddle, your license key is emailed to you automatically. Paste it into OverClean under Settings → License to activate.
Yes. Scanning is always fully offline. Once your license is activated, OverClean checks in with the license server on launch and keeps working offline for up to 14 days between checks.
Yes — we offer a 14-day, no-questions-asked money-back guarantee. Refunds are processed by Paddle, our payment processor and merchant of record. See our Refund Policy for details.
OverClean automatically detects 26+ categories including: Media (images, videos, music), Documents (PDFs, Office files, archives, books), Development (Git repositories, node_modules, Python venvs, Xcode projects), System (caches, Docker data, iOS backups), and Games (Steam, gaming platforms).

After the scan completes, you'll see a category picker at the top. Each category shows files of a specific type found on your disk.

Quick wins for freeing space:

  • Caches — Usually safe to delete. Apps rebuild them as needed.
  • Javascript — Old JavaScript/Node projects can be huge (100MB+ each).
  • Xcode Derived Data / Android Build — Safe to delete, regenerate on next build.
  • Python Virtual Environments — Old .venv folders from finished projects.
  • Docker — Use Docker Desktop's Disk Usage extension to clean up. Native cleanup coming soon.
  • Downloads folder — Organize using category downloads or recursive directories.

Be careful with:

  • Documents — Review before deleting.
  • Git Repositories — Ensure they're pushed to remote first.
  • Music / Videos / Images — Personal files you may want to keep.

Tip: Sort by size (largest first) to find the biggest space hogs — often a handful of large items account for most wasted space.