Desk Sweeper
Keep your Desktop and Downloads under control.
Desk Sweeper is a native Mac menu-bar app that files everyday clutter by simple local rules: screenshots are renamed, installers are cleaned up, old downloads are archived, and Markdown notes are sorted.
No cloud. No account. No subscription. Nothing hidden in a database.
Download for macOS7-day free trial, no card. One key works on 7 Macs · includes every version 1 update · macOS 14+ · ~16 MB
The rules
Set the rules once. Then forget it.
Screenshots
Renamed to the date and time, filed into a Screenshots folder.
Markdown notes
Sorted into a dated Notes library, named from their front-matter.
Installers
That .dmg you're done with — moved to the Trash once it's sat unopened.
Old downloads
Anything older than 30 days, tucked into a dated archive.
Every folder gets its own rules — Desktop, Downloads, or any folder you add.
The promise
Nothing is ever deleted.
Every action is a move — to a folder, or to the Trash. It's all journaled before it happens, and Undo last sweep restores everything to exactly where it was, any time. That's the whole point.
The approach
A simpler way to automate file cleanup.
Some Mac apps let you build advanced folder-automation rules from scratch. Desk Sweeper takes a different approach: it focuses on the everyday mess most people actually have — screenshots, installers, old downloads, and loose notes — and handles it with safe, local defaults.
No rule-builder to learn. Sensible defaults are on from the first launch — tune them only if you want to. It lives quietly in your menu bar, weighs about 16 MB, and never nags: one gentle reminder on trial day six, and that's it.
Looking for a simpler Hazel alternative? Desk Sweeper focuses on everyday Desktop and Downloads cleanup — no rule system to build.