iStat Menus

What is iStat Menus?

iStat Menus is a menu bar utility from Bjango that displays live system information on a Mac, such as CPU usage, memory pressure, disk activity, network traffic, battery details, temperatures, and fan speeds. People typically install it to keep hardware and performance information visible at a glance, and it may also run helper components so its menu bar features and monitoring functions stay available.

Safety overview

Status: Safe

This is a well-known legitimate utility application. It is generally safe to keep if you use its monitoring features. Removing it may stop menu bar stats, alerts, sensors, or related helper/background functionality, and resetting its files may remove saved preferences.

Recommendation: Keep it if you use menu bar system monitoring or hardware sensors. If you do not use it, removing the app and its related support files is usually reasonable after confirming nothing depends on its helper components.

Common paths

/Applications/iStat Menus.app

Cache paths

~/Library/Caches/com.bjango.istatmenus

Support paths

~/Library/Application Support/iStat Menus

Preference paths

~/Library/Preferences/com.bjango.istatmenus.plist

Related apps

iStatistica
Activity Monitor

Related can I delete pages

iStat Menus.app — the main application used to show system statistics in the menu bar; removing it stops the utility from running.
~/Library/Application Support/iStat Menus — likely stores app support data such as settings, modules, or monitoring-related resources; removing it may reset app behavior.
~/Library/Preferences/com.bjango.istatmenus.plist — stores user preferences for the app; removing it typically resets configuration and menu bar settings.
~/Library/Caches/com.bjango.istatmenus — stores temporary cache data for the app; removing it is usually lower risk but may cause the app to rebuild cached data.

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