Yandex
Yandex is a desktop web browser for macOS that lets you browse websites, import data from other browsers, and use built-in security features.
What is Yandex?
Yandex is a web browser for macOS designed for everyday browsing, search, and access to web apps and online services. It gives users a full desktop browser with tabs, bookmarks, site permissions, downloads, and support for importing data and settings from another browser. The app includes built-in phishing and malicious site warnings, automatic updates, and tools for reading, searching within pages, and managing browser windows and sessions. Users may also create browser-based web applications from supported sites for quicker access in separate windows. On a Mac, Yandex fits the same general workflow as other mainstream browsers: opening websites, signing in to web accounts, saving bookmarks, and handling regular browsing tasks from a native desktop app. It is published by Yandex, LLC.
Key features
- Browse websites with tabs, windows, bookmarks, and downloads.
- Import data and settings from another browser during setup.
- Warn about phishing and other dangerous websites while browsing.
- Search within webpages and navigate matches quickly.
- Use reader mode for a simpler reading view on supported pages.
- Create separate browser-based web apps for supported sites.
- Update automatically to receive fixes and security improvements.
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Yandex Browser is legitimate browser software, and its network access, website data storage, download handling, and update activity are consistent with a web browser’s normal purpose. Because browsers process passwords, cookies, history, and other sensitive web data, you should review its sync, default search, and privacy settings to match your preferences. Keep automatic updates enabled so security fixes continue to install.
Recommendation: Keep Yandex if you use it for regular browsing or rely on its saved tabs, bookmarks, passwords, or sync features. If you do not use it, removing it is usually fine, but you may want to export bookmarks or confirm that any needed browser data is synced first.
Common paths
/Applications/Yandex.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/ru.yandex.desktop.yandex-browser
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Yandex/YandexBrowser
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/ru.yandex.desktop.yandex-browser.plist
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