What is CleanMyMac on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
MacPaw's Mac cleaning and maintenance app, with a menu bar monitor and background helpers.
CleanMyMac is a third-party maintenance app. Besides the main app it runs background items: a menu bar app, a Health Monitor that tracks system status for the menu, an agent for privileged tasks, and an updater. These keep running after you close the main window, by design.
- Category
- Third-party
- Made by
- MacPaw
- Safe to quit:
- Yes
Shown in Activity Monitor as CleanMyMac, CleanMyMac X, CleanMyMac Menu, CleanMyMac X Menu, CleanMyMac X HealthMonitor
Why is CleanMyMac using so much CPU or memory?
- Scans running in the main app
- The menu bar monitor refreshing frequently
- Malware or update checks
What to do
- 1Let scans finish
- 2Quit the CleanMyMac menu bar app if you don't use it
- 3Manage its background items in CleanMyMac's settings or in System Settings > General > Login Items & Extensions
Safe to quit? Yes.
Safe to quit; its monitoring and alerts stop until you reopen it.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library