The DiskMac blog

Get your Mac’s storage back.

Plain-English guides to freeing up space, and fair comparisons of the apps that promise to do it for you — including the ones that compete with ours.

Best apps

Ranked lists of Mac cleaners, disk analyzers and uninstallers.

Best apps The 7 Best Mac Cleaner Apps in 2026, Tested and Compared Best apps The Best Free Mac Cleaner Apps (No Trial, No Subscription) Best apps Top 5 Disk Space Analyzers for Mac in 2026 Best apps The Best Mac Cleaner for Developers (Xcode, Docker, Node) Best apps The Best App Uninstallers for Mac (Free and Paid) Best apps Cheap Mac Cleaner Apps Without a Subscription

Alternatives

Leaving CleanMyMac, DaisyDisk or MacKeeper? What to use instead.

Alternatives Top 6 CleanMyMac Alternatives in 2026 (Free and Cheap) Alternatives The 5 Best DaisyDisk Alternatives for Mac Alternatives MacKeeper Alternatives That Won't Nag You Alternatives CCleaner for Mac Alternatives (Free and One-Time) Alternatives DiskMac vs CleanMyMac: Which Mac Cleaner Should You Use? Alternatives DiskMac vs DaisyDisk: Which Disk Analyzer Is Right for You? Alternatives Is CleanMyMac Safe? And Is It Worth Paying For in 2026? Alternatives Do Macs Need a Cleaner App? An Honest Answer

Free up space

Step-by-step guides to getting storage back on any Mac.

Free up space How to Free Up Space on Mac: 12 Ways That Actually Work Free up space How to Clear System Data on Mac (And What It Really Is) Free up space How to See What's Taking Up Space on Your Mac Free up space How to Clear Cache on Mac (Safely, and When It's Worth It) Free up space How to Find Large Files on Mac: 5 Easy Ways Free up space How to Uninstall Apps Completely on Mac (Including Leftovers) Free up space "Your Startup Disk Is Almost Full": How to Fix It on Mac Free up space What Is Purgeable Space on Mac, and How Do You Clear It? Free up space MacBook Air 256GB Storage Full? How to Make It Last

Developers

Xcode, Docker, Node and the gigabytes they leave behind.

Developers How to Clear Xcode DerivedData, Simulators and Archives Developers Docker Taking Up Too Much Space on Mac? How to Reclaim It Developers How to Find and Delete Every node_modules Folder on Mac Developers Android Studio and Gradle Eating Disk Space on Mac? Fix It Developers Clean Developer Caches on Mac: Homebrew, pip, Cargo, Go and More