Quick Clean
Quick Clean frees every currently selected SAFE category in one step. Safe items are pre-selected after each scan, so in practice this means “clear the caches that rebuild for free” without opening the full window.
You can trigger Quick Clean from:
- The menu bar panel — shows how much will be freed before you click
- The desktop widget (medium size) — via
devcleaner://quickclean - Auto Clean and Smart Triggers (Pro) — same safe-only rule, but automatic
Quick Clean never touches WARNING or DANGER items, and never runs Project Hibernation. Archive and restore are separate flows.
Manual clean
Open the main window when you want full control: browse every tool, read category descriptions, tick Warning items you are sure about, and watch the Selected to clean total update live. Press Clean Now when you are ready.
Manual clean is the right choice when you want to:
- Remove a specific Warning category (old simulators, unused Docker images, Ollama models…)
- Leave one tool's caches alone while cleaning everything else
- Review running-app warnings before anything is deleted
What counts toward the total
The menu bar badge and Quick Clean button show selected reclaimable space — not the full scan total. If you deselect categories in the main window, the menu bar number updates on the next scan or when you reopen the panel.