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Cleanup Categories

Oleksandr Tk edited this page Jul 24, 2026 · 1 revision

Smart Cleanup covers 40+ categories. Below are the groups:

Caches

  • App Caches — Google, Homebrew, CocoaPods, pip, npm, yarn, pnpm, Go, SwiftPM, JetBrains, Discord, Slack, Spotify, Adobe, Microsoft Teams, and more
  • Browser Caches — Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave, Arc, Opera, Vivaldi, and WebKit
  • System Caches/Library/Caches, WebKit, font caches
  • Dynamic Discovery — detects Electron app caches not in the static list

Messaging & Media

Telegram, Slack, Discord, Signal, Zoom, WhatsApp, WeChat, and Messages attachments.

IDE & Developer

  • Xcode — DerivedData, simulators, archived frameworks, preview data
  • Android — Android Studio caches, SDK temporary files
  • IDEs — JetBrains, VS Code, Cursor, and others
  • Package Managers — Homebrew, npm, pip, Go, SwiftPM, Cargo, Carthage, CocoaPods
  • Gradle/Maven~/.gradle, ~/.m2, ~/.mvn
  • Flutter/Dart.dart_tool directories in projects

System

  • User Logs~/Library/Logs
  • System Logs/Library/Logs
  • Crash Reports — diagnostic and crash report files
  • Mail Downloads — Mail.app attachments and downloads
  • Time Machine Snapshots — local snapshots
  • QuickLook Thumbnails — cached file previews
  • DNS Cache — flushes DNS resolver cache
  • Font Cache — system font caches

Junk & Leftovers

  • Orphaned Remnants — files left by already-uninstalled apps
  • .DS_Store — Finder metadata files
  • __MACOSX — archive resource fork folders
  • Broken Symlinks — dangling symbolic links
  • Old Installers.dmg and .pkg files in common locations
  • Large Files — old files above a configurable threshold
  • Duplicate Files — potential duplicate content
  • Unused Apps — applications not launched in 180+ days

Media & Creative

  • GarageBand / Logic Pro project files and caches
  • iMovie / Final Cut Pro render files and libraries
  • Voice Memos recordings
  • Photos cache

Optional (off by default)

iCloud Documents, Sleep Image, Voice Memos, GarageBand/Logic, iMovie/Final Cut, Maven, Go cache, Flutter/Dart tools, .DS_Store.

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