Get your Mac's space back.

Nothing is removed or moved until you've seen the list and confirmed (unless you switch on automatic moves). Removed files go to the Trash, so you can drag them back out until you empty it. Caches are cleared directly, because apps rebuild them, and the review says so first. Moves to an external drive are copied and checked before the original is removed, and you can put them back from History. Duplicates are merged into one copy on disk, not deleted. A few actions are permanent, and the app labels them before you confirm: emptying the Trash, deleting an app from the Trash, and uninstalling an app with Homebrew.

No. Everything in Pangalin Space Manager is point-and-click: you see what's using your space, choose what to do, and moves can be put back from History and removed files from the Trash.

Because it doesn't inflate the number. Apple's own caches are marked Caution, not safe, because rebuilding some of them, like photo analysis, takes hours. We never strip language files from your apps: removing them breaks signed apps, and updates put them back. And purgeable space, which macOS frees by itself when it needs room, is never counted as space Pangalin Space Manager freed.

They're merged, not deleted. Pangalin Space Manager checks the copies are identical byte for byte, then lets them share one set of storage on the disk (an APFS clone). Every copy stays where it is with its own name, so anything that uses it still works. If you later edit or delete one copy, the others are unaffected. It works for copies on the same disk, and looks at files of 1 MB or more in the visible folders of your home folder (not Library or Applications, and it skips folders such as node_modules and .git). Full guide.

Pangalin Space Manager is built to be reversible where possible: removed files go to the Trash first, moves are copied and checked before the original is removed, and moves can be reinstated from History. Caches are cleared directly, because apps rebuild them, and emptying the Trash is permanent; Pangalin Space Manager labels that before you commit. As with any tool that changes files, keep a current Time Machine backup before removing or moving a lot of files.

A Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) running macOS 13 Ventura or later. Pangalin Space Manager doesn't run on Intel Macs. To check, choose Apple menu › About This Mac: it lists a “Chip” such as Apple M1.

macOS hides parts of your own disk (Mail, Messages, other apps' containers) from every app until you grant Full Disk Access. Without it, Pangalin Space Manager still works but under-reports those areas. On first launch Pangalin Space Manager opens the right page of System Settings for you, with a small guide beside it, and carries on by itself once you switch it on. You can skip it and grant it later in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Full Disk Access. You can revoke it at any time. Full guide.

Not by default. It can remove the local copy of an iCloud Drive, OneDrive or Google Drive file so it stays online, and it always labels that differently from deleting. It doesn't delete files from your cloud account.

Anything you moved stays safe on that drive. Apps that use it just won't find it until the drive is back.

Open History, find the move and choose Reinstate. The drive the data was moved to must be connected. Full guide.

Removed files go to the Trash first. Open the Trash in Finder and drag what you need back to where it was (History shows where it came from). Finder's Put Back isn't offered for files an app moves to the Trash. Once the Trash has been emptied, files can only be recovered from a backup such as Time Machine.

Migration Assistant copies apps but not their privacy permissions. Grant Full Disk Access again on the new Mac and reopen the app.

macOS gives you categories and a few recommendations. Pangalin Space Manager goes down to individual folders, breaks down “System Data”, sorts what's safe to delete from what's worth moving, and does the work with a record in History.

Scan as often as you like, with no time limit and no account, and see everything it finds. You can also free up to 5 GB on each Mac, shared by everything that frees space (cleaning, moving, shrinking, merging and uninstalling) and counted only once it has worked, and get 3 Explain answers. Deleting local snapshots and running other tools' clean-up commands need a licence, because macOS can't measure what they free; so do switching off or removing startup items and letting automatic moves run without asking. Space Watch, the menu bar, History, Undo, putting a move back, Never Clean, System Data, the Mac health check, the Genuine? check, Preview only, the clean-up report and seeing every startup item stay free, and if a licence ends, any of the 5 GB you haven't used still works. A licence, sold as a yearly subscription, removes the limits. See pricing. Full guide.

No. It's a one-off allowance for each Mac, not a monthly one, and reinstalling the app doesn't reset it. It's there so you can see Pangalin Space Manager work on your own files before you buy. Full guide.

Explain gives a plain-English answer about a folder or file you select. It's written on your Mac by Apple Intelligence, so nothing is sent to us or anyone else. Answers can be imperfect, so treat them as a guide, not a guarantee. It needs Apple silicon, macOS 26 and Apple Intelligence turned on; where it can't run, the button doesn't appear. You get 3 free answers per Mac, unlimited with a licence. Full guide.

All of your own. One licence covers every Mac you personally own or control. It's for you alone, so please don't share your licence key or pass it on. See our terms. Full guide.

Yes. If it isn't right for you, email hello@pangalin.com within 14 days of buying (or of a renewal) and we'll refund you in full, no questions asked. Polar, which handles our payments, returns it to your original payment method. See our Refund Policy. Full guide.

No. Pangalin doesn't sell support services, and we don't offer phone or remote-access support. The app shows only what it measured on your Mac, with no alarms, “problems found” warnings or pressure to buy. If you need help, email us: it's free, and a person who makes the app replies.

Go to your subscription page, enter the email you bought with (we'll email you a code), open your Pangalin Space Manager subscription and cancel it or update your card. Step-by-step guide. We email you reminders 11 weeks, a month and a week before each renewal. Or email hello@pangalin.com and we'll do it for you. Cancelling never touches your files, and anything you moved can always be brought back. Full guide.

Choose Uninstall Pangalin Space Manager… from the app menu. It removes the app's own files and reports anything it couldn't. Permissions you granted (such as Full Disk Access) are removed in System Settings › Privacy & Security. Full guide.

Email hello@pangalin.com with your macOS version, what you did and what you expected to happen. A screenshot helps. If we ask for a support bundle, export one from Pangalin Space Manager's Help menu and attach it: it holds scan timings, settings and recent actions, never the contents of your files. A person who works on the app will reply.