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FAQ

Straight answers about macleanup — whether it is safe, what it can break, why it ships as one bash file, whether it collects telemetry, and what it deliberately will not do.

Preview with --dry-run

How to see exactly which files macleanup would delete, without deleting anything — the flag to use first on every new machine, section and script.

Recovery

What to do when a cleanup removed something you needed — including the exact commands to restore global developer tooling broken by the v4.3.0 section 23 bug.

Safety model

The six design rules that keep macleanup from deleting more than you intended — the two-condition rule, the deep-section gate, sudo handling, and where the guarantees stop.

What gets deleted

A section-by-section inventory of macleanup deletion methods, recovery paths, and limits.