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, DANGER, or DANGER+ items, and never runs Project Hibernation. Archive and restore are separate flows.
Manual clean (Clean Now)
Open the main window with Open in the menu bar panel when you want full control: browse every tool, read category descriptions, open category info for paths and Reveal in Finder, 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
- Use Dangerous+ uninstall (Pro) — never part of Quick Clean
What counts toward the total
The menu bar badge, the large menu-bar-panel number, and Quick Clean show the same estimate for Safe, default-enabled categories. The panel lists the total found across all actionable categories separately; that larger number can include items requiring manual review or uninstall. Manual selections appear in the main window and do not change the Quick Clean estimate. Background rescans keep the badge fresh without deleting anything.
FAQ
- What is the difference between Quick Clean and Clean Now?
- Quick Clean runs from the menu bar or widget and only touches SAFE categories. Clean Now in the main window cleans whatever you have manually selected, including Warning items (and Dangerous+ if you explicitly selected it with Pro).
- Can Quick Clean remove Docker volumes, simulators, or Dangerous+ data?
- No. Warning, Danger, and Dangerous+ are never included in Quick Clean — only SAFE caches that rebuild automatically.
- Why does the menu bar number differ from the full scan total?
- The badge shows the same Safe, default-enabled estimate as Quick Clean. Other categories and manual selections are shown separately; Dangerous+ uninstall items are never part of Quick Clean.