Scan your Mac

To scan your Mac for the first time using Avast Cleanup:

1. Open Avast One and select the Avast Cleanup Premium icon in the side menu.
2. Ensure that Status is selected, then click Start scan to perform a general scan.
3. The scan results are shown on the main dashboard. To perform subsequent general scans, click Rescan.
4. When the scan is complete, follow the instructions for each found issue.

The general scan looks for junk items that can be cleaned and ways to improve system performance. For detailed instructions about each category, refer to the sections below.

Clean your browsers

The Browser Cleaner option allows you to easily remove cookies and other browsing data from your web browsers. The following options are available:

• Run a manual scan and specify which data you want to remove.
• Configure Avast Cleanup Premium to run automatic scans.
• Add allowed websites that are always exempt when Avast Cleanup Premium clears cookies and other browsing data.
• Import bookmarks to stay signed in to your saved websites, even after Avast Cleanup Premium deletes cookies.

Run a manual scan

1. Select Browser Cleaner ▸ Start scan.
2. For each browser, use the drop-down menu to select the items you want to remove.
3. Click Clean to remove the selected data.
4. Click Done to return to the main Avast Cleanup Premium screen.

Schedule automatic scans

1. On the Browser Cleaner screen, click Settings (the gear icon).
2. Click Change under Automatically scan your browsers.
3. Use the drop-down menus to specify how regularly you want Avast Cleanup Premium to scan the browser for cookies and browsing data.
4. Select the relevant browsers, then click Save.
5. Under Website History, choose the frequency of the automatic scan.

Automatic scanning is enabled for the selected browser.

Add allowed websites

1. On the Browser Cleaner screen, click Settings (the gear icon).
2. Add a website using either Option A or Option B below:
   • Option A: Enter a website (for example, example.com) into the text box, then click Add.
   • Option B: Select a website from the Choose from popular websites drop-down menu, then click Add.

The selected website is now excluded from cookie clearing.

Import bookmarks

To import your browser bookmarks and stay logged in even after cleaning cookies:

1. On the Browser Cleaner screen, click Settings (the gear icon).
2. Click Import bookmarks.
3. Select the relevant browsers, then click Import.

Clear disk space

The Disk Cleaner option scans your Mac for unnecessary files and allows you to select which files are deleted to clear disk space. To run a scan and remove files:

1. Select Disk Cleaner ▸ Start scan.
2. Select the files you want to remove, and click Clean.
3. If prompted, enter the password that you use when you start your Mac, and click OK.
4. Click Done to return to the main Avast Cleanup Premium screen.

Remove duplicate files

The Duplicate Finder option scans your Mac for duplicate files. To run a scan and remove duplicate files:

1. Select Duplicate Finder ▸ Find duplicates.
2. Tick the location(s) you want to scan for duplicate files. To add additional folders or external drives, click Add folder, and select a folder or drive.
3. Click Scan for duplicates.
4. After the scan completes, select the files you want to remove.
5. Optionally, click …. The following options are available:
   • Keep oldest files: Automatically selects the newest version of each file for removal.
   • Keep newest files: Automatically selects the oldest version of each file for removal.
   • Diselect all: Deselects all files and allows you to manually select files for removal. Tick each file that you want to remove. After you tick a file, Select none becomes Custom selection.
   
6. After selecting the files you want to remove, click Delete.
7. If prompted, enter the password that you use when you start your Mac, then click OK.
8. Click Done to return to the main Avast Cleanup Premium screen.

Identify bad or similar photos

The Photo Cleaner option scans your Mac for photos that are blurry, badly lit, or similar. To run a scan and review bad or similar photos:

1. Click Photo Cleaner ▸ Look for photos.
2. Tick the location(s) you want to scan for photos. To add additional folders, external drives, or specific photos, click Add folder, then select the folder, drive, or photo.
3. Click Scan.
4. After the scan completes, click Review under either Bad photos or Similar photos to see the photos that Avast Cleanup Premium has identified.
5. Select the files you want to remove. Optionally, click … and choose Select recommended.
6. After selecting the photos you want to delete, click Delete selected.
7. Click Yes, delete to confirm deletion of your selected photos.
8. Click Done or Review and repeat steps 4-7 above to continue reviewing and deleting photos.

Uninstall apps you no longer use

The App Uninstaller option allows you to easily find and remove applications you no longer use, to keep your Mac tidy and free up space. To uninstall apps you no longer use:

1. Click App Uninstaller ▸ Scan for apps.
2. Tick the box next to an app to select it, then click Uninstall
3. Click Uninstall to confirm removal of the selected apps from your Mac.
4. If prompted, enter the password that you use when you start your Mac, then click OK.
5. Click Done to return to the main Avast Cleanup Premium screen.

Manage startup items

The Manage Startups option allows you to turn off unnecessary processes that launch automatically when you start up your Mac, preventing issues like slowness or long loading screens. To manage your startup items:

1. Click Manage Startups ▸ Manage startup items.
2. Click the green (ON) slider next to a startup item, so that it changes to red (OFF).
3. To view additional details and options, click the arrow next to the relevant startup item.