[FR] It's actually a cry for help

[rainlycoris]

How do I uninstall Pearcleaner completely? I messed up a few things, and now I can't open Pearcleaner at all. I want to reinstall it. Can you help me? Thank you very much!!!

[alienator88]

Hey there. Pearcleaner doesn't leave a lot behind, but if you want to do a full uninstall, I suggest downloading the app again and going to the Pearcleaner menu and clicking Uninstall there.

[rainlycoris]

But now I can't open Pearcleaner（ Because I foolishly added the root directory to the scanned folder. I downloaded it again, but I still can't open it. Could you tell me where to store the settings file?

[alienator88]

Ohhh I see. Try this:

• Open Terminal
• Run command defaults delete com.alienator88.Pearcleaner
• This should wipe all stored custom settings for the app, including the root directory added for app searching

[rainlycoris]

I gave it a try, and when I run sudo defaults delete com.alienator88.Pearcleaner output

2024-04-30 16:01:52.621 defaults[4589:315287] 
Domain (com.alienator88.Pearcleaner) not found.
Defaults have not been changed.

[alienator88]

Hi, you shouldn't use sudo in this command. Try the exact command I gave previously. The settings are stored in the user domain, not in the root domain.

[rainlycoris]

emm, I also try no sudo version, but also no effect.

[rainlycoris]

No sudo version is working fine, but Pearcleaner still won't open.

[alienator88]

What is actually happening? Can you add some screenshots or errors you’re seeing? Using that command wipes all the custom settings you might’ve added.

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No sudo version is working fine, but Pearcleaner still won't open.

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[rainlycoris]

[alienator88]

I guess I don’t understand how Pearcleaner is almost 1 gb in size..the app is only ~3mb. What happens if you delete the Pearcleaner app and just download it again now that the settings are cleared?

Or if you right click the app and Show Contents, what inside the app is taking up so much room?

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[rainlycoris]

That's the task manager interface, RAM is 1GB. Don't forget I added the root directory to the scan folder ( I downloaded it again, and run defaults delete com.alienator88.Pearcleaner. It's all the same. Can't open it.

[rainlycoris]

It's seem like defaults delete no effect, because I run defaults read com.alienator88.Pearcleaner show

 displayMode = 2;
    "settings.folders.apps" =     (
        "/Applications",
        "/Users/ldl/Applications",
        "/"
    );
    "settings.general.brew" = 1;

[rainlycoris]

I run defaults delete com.alienator88.Pearcleaner "settings.folders.apps solved the problem, now can open, thank you very much!!!

[alienator88]

Hey, that's great to hear! Really odd that the original defaults command didn't wipe out the settings. I tested it on my end and it worked. Oh well, glad you got it figured out :)