Why Deleted Mac Apps Leave Files Behind (opens in new tab)

> For the complete Crufti documentation index, see llms.txt. # Why Deleted Mac Apps Leave Files Behind _Trashing a Mac app removes only the .app bundle. Caches, preferences, and containers stay in ~/Library, and Apple says group containers are never removed._ Drag an app to the Trash, empty it, done. That's the entire uninstall story macOS tells you, and it's about a third of the truth. Deleting an app removes the `.app` bundle and nothing else. The caches it wrote, the preferences it save...