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Using our apps, step by step.
Short guides for Pangalin Space Manager and Pangalin Uninstaller, written against the versions you can download today. For Mac storage in general, see the help articles.
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Install a Pangalin app
Download, drag to Applications, open it and accept the terms.
Activate your licence
One click from your licence email, or paste the key in Settings › Licence.
Use your licence on another Mac
A second Mac, a new Mac or after Migration Assistant.
Update an app
Check for updates, install them, or switch automatic checks off.
Pangalin Space Manager
Give Pangalin Space Manager Full Disk Access
Why it asks, how to turn it on, and fixing totals that look too small.
Your free 5 GB, explained
What counts, what's always free, and where to see what's left.
Free up space safely
Safe to clean vs review and decide, what goes to the Trash, and undo.
Move big folders to an external drive
And put a move back from History.
Move cold files automatically
When space runs low, move files you haven't used for months to your drive, after you review them.
Find and move your AI models
Every local model, biggest first, with when it was last used. Park the rest on a drive.
Merge duplicates without deleting them
Every copy stays in place; they share storage.
Make cloud files online-only
iCloud Drive, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox and Box.
Use Explain
Plain-English answers written on your Mac, the 3 free answers, and what it reads.
Use Space Watch
Get told before your disk gets full, or turn it off.
Protect files with Never Clean
Files, folders and apps Pangalin Space Manager will never delete, clear or move.
See where the rest of your disk went
System Data line by line, what grew this week, and the Mac health check.
Look around without changing anything
Preview only, and a clean-up report you can save or share.
Uninstall an app
With its leftovers, background items and privacy permissions. Homebrew apps too.
Remove leftovers of apps you've deleted
What it finds, what it never offers, and getting files back.
Run other tools' clean-up commands
Janitors: Homebrew, Xcode simulators, Docker, npm and more, using each tool's own command.
Check your Mac and save a report
The Mac health check, and a clean-up report you can save without changing anything.
Shrink files without deleting them
Apple's built-in compression on old files: same files, less space, and how to undo it.
Manage snapshots, iPhone backups and Mail attachments
Time Machine local snapshots, device backups and Mail's opened-attachment copies.
Undo, History and bringing moves back
Edit › Undo, Reinstate from History, and getting files back from the Trash.
Manage startup items
See what starts with your Mac, switch it off, and stop helpers of apps in the Trash.
Uninstall Pangalin Space Manager
The built-in uninstaller, what it keeps, and the settings only you can remove.
Save support information
What's in the support file and how to send it.
Pangalin Uninstaller
Uninstall an app completely
Review every file, untick what to keep, and move it all to the Trash.
Undo a removal
One-click Undo, and how to bring back anything older from the Trash.
Get plain-language explanations
What a leftover or startup item is, "What is this app?", and a summary before you uninstall. Written on your Mac.
Find leftovers from apps you already deleted
Scan for them and move the ones you choose to the Trash.
Catch leftovers when you drag an app to the Trash
Switch on the Trash watcher, and review what an app left as soon as it goes.
Check an app is genuine
A coloured tick for every app: who signed it, whether it was changed, notarisation and where it came from.
Manage startup items
Login items, launch agents and system items, with the free background helper.
Reset an app without reinstalling it
Start fresh and keep the app.
Remove developer folders
~/.vscode, ~/.docker, ~/.config, ~/.cache, and what's never touched.
Uninstall Pangalin Uninstaller
Why to use the menu item rather than dragging it to the Trash.
Account and billing
Cancel or change your subscription
Cancel online, update your card or get receipts.
Get a refund
14 days, renewals included, no questions asked.
Lost your licence key?
Find it again, or ask us to resend it.
Can't find what you need? Email hello@pangalin.com. Grant or Brad will answer, usually within two working days.