The App Store version of CleanMyMac X slightly differs from the versions you'll find on other marketplaces. This means some features described below may not be available from the App Store due to its guidelines. Read more about different versions of CleanMyMac X.
CleanMyMac is safe for your Mac, the apps you install on it, the information you're working with, and in terms of your personal user data. Let's talk about all these things in more detail.
Your personal data is protected
We treat your data responsibly and keep it safe. Below are the facts that we find the most important.
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MacPaw, the creators of CleanMyMac, processes and protects your personal data in complete accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union and other mandatory data protection laws.
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When you data needs to be processed by third-party services, like payment providers, we make sure these services are fully compliant with the GDPR and other data protection laws. We anonymize your data whenever possible.
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MacPaw does not share your personal data with any third party that could deliver advertisements to you.
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We never sell or rent your personal data.
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Should you want to stop using CleanMyMac and delete your personal data, we'll do that in 30 days upon receiving your request.
For more details on how we protect your data, see Privacy Policy.
CleanMyMac is notarized by Apple and is available on the App Store
CleanMyMac X passed the notarization with Apple that guarantees the app is free from malicious components and thus is safe for distribution.
More to that, you can get CleanMyMac X on the App Store, which witnesses CleanMyMac's quality, safety, and compliance with the Apple's software standards. To know more about the App Store version of CleanMyMac X and its differences from other versions, see this article.
Your Mac and your data is safe while cleanup
Cleanup and maintenance of your Mac are quite sensitive processes that require exceptional accuracy and reliability of the software. If you allow your cleaning application decide on your system and user data, you must be sure it's treated wisely and carefully. And that's exactly what CleanMyMac X does.
Safety Database
Years of experience allowed us to create a reliable Safety Database that contains a long list of rules and exceptions for all cleanup occasions. It takes into account peculiarities of the current operating system and provides instructions on certain apps. The database is constantly extended with new items and rules to prevent cleaning mishaps and keep all your data intact.
Smart Scan and Smart Selection
Smart Scan is a core tool of CleanMyMac X that starts the Cleanup, Protection, and Speed scanners (or Large & Old Files if you have the App Store version of CleanMyMac). They use intelligent algorithms and Safety Database to filter out unneeded, outdated, and possibly dangerous items that you can safely remove.
If you use CleanMyMac modules separately, the amount of items that can be painlessly erased is marked as smart-selected on a summary screen:
By default, CleanMyMac X offers to remove only automatically generated data related to system and app processes. None of your personal files is gone unless you want it.
Ignore List
CleanMyMac X continues updating its Safety Database and gets smarter with every new version. However, there might be something it doesn't know about your preferences. For example, you may want to ignore certain files or logs in cleaning modules, or you may need to hide some apps from the Updater module (not available from the App Store).
CleanMyMac X lets you create an ignore list for the following modules: System Junk, Photo Junk, Mail Attachments, iTunes Junk, Malware Removal, Updater, Large & Old Files, and Uninstaller.
To add items to the ignore list, do these:
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Switch to a module that supports the Ignore List functionality.
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Control-click an item you want to hide from the scan results and choose Add to Ignore List.
To make your items visible in the scan results, open CleanMyMac X Preferences and remove corresponding items from the Ignore List tab.
Protection against malware
Starting from the X version, CleanMyMac has learned to detect and dispose of potentially harmful items like viruses, malware, spyware, and miners. It has got both a malware scanner and a real-time monitor (not available from the App Store) that verifies new installations even when CleanMyMac is off.
The malware scanner works either as a stand-alone Malware Removal module or as part of Smart Scan. It includes mostly open-source libraries, but we keep on updating it with new entries every week.
If you still have some questions regarding security and reliability of CleanMyMac X, please contact our Customer Support. We’ll do our best to provide you with the detailed explanations.
