- Candidate: An item presented for review, not a conclusion that it should be removed.
- Cache: Data intended to speed access or support offline use.
- Container: A macOS location holding sandboxed application data.
- Full Disk Access: macOS permission for supported protected locations.
- Home Folder Access: Saved folder authorization used by the App Store edition.
- Ignore rule: A path excluded from supported future scans.
- Leftover: Application-associated data whose app appears absent.
- Metadata: Descriptive information about a file or item.
- Online Information & Comments: Optional item information and comments requested through a supported information button.
- Scan: Local analysis that does not itself remove files.
- Secure Remove: A destructive file-removal workflow with modern-storage limitations.
- Startup item: Supported software configured to run automatically.
- Threshold: A minimum value used to filter scan candidates.
- Vault: Protected storage available in supported editions.
Use each term in the context of its tool and confirmation.