Raycast
Raycast is a productivity launcher for macOS used to search apps, run commands, manage snippets, and access extensions.
What is Raycast?
Raycast is a third-party productivity launcher for macOS. People use it as an alternative to Spotlight to open apps, search files, run shortcuts and commands, manage clipboard history or snippets, and use extensions that connect to other tools and online services. Users may encounter it as a menu bar or background utility that starts at login so keyboard shortcuts and launcher features are always available.
Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Raycast is a legitimate commercial application commonly used on macOS. It may store settings, extension data, cached content, clipboard history, and login/startup preferences, so removing related data can reset the app or erase user convenience data.
Recommendation: Keep it if you actively use Raycast for launching apps, shortcuts, or extensions. If you no longer use it, removal is generally reasonable after confirming you do not need its settings, clipboard history, snippets, or extension-related data. Review login items if it starts automatically.
Common paths
/Applications/Raycast.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.raycast.macos
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/com.raycast.macos
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.raycast.macos.plist
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