Cleanup Categories

Cleanup categories group files of the same kind. Every category is scanned in parallel; scan results are grouped by category and shown with a risk badge.

Default Categories

Category	Description
App Caches	Per-app regenerable caches
System Caches	System-level temporary data
User Logs	Logs under ~/Library/Logs
System Logs	Logs under /Library/Logs and /var/log
Browser Caches	Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge caches
Developer Caches	Xcode DerivedData, iOS DeviceSupport, simulators
Trash	Recoverable trash contents
Xcode Derived Data	Build artifacts
iOS Device Support	iOS symbol data
Swift Playgrounds	Playground caches
Simulator Data	iOS simulator runtime data
Photos Trash	Recently deleted photos
Mail Downloads	Mail attachments
Font Cache	Font rendering caches
DNS Cache	System DNS cache
Docker	Docker images, containers, volumes, build cache
Homebrew	Cleanup logs, downloads cache
.DS_Store	Desktop metadata files
Maven	~/.m2 repository
Go	Module cache and build cache
Rust	Cargo registry and target dirs
Flutter/Dart	.dart_tool, build artifacts
NPM/Node	npm cache, node_modules
Pip	pip cache
Android	Gradle and Android caches
Xamarin	Xamarin build data
iCloud Documents	Desktop & Documents sync cache
Voice Memos	Voice Memo recordings
GarageBand/Logic	Audio plugin caches and patches
iMovie/Final Cut	Video library caches
Sleep Image	Hibernation file
Time Machine Snapshots	Local snapshots

Personal & Opt-In Categories

These categories hold personal content and are never selected automatically:

• Orphaned Remnants — leftover files from deleted apps
• Old Backups — backup copies of the user's own files
• AI/LLM Model Stores — downloaded model weights for Ollama, Hugging Face, LM Studio, Jan, mlx, torch, whisper, vLLM, stable-diffusion and similar tools
• Installer Packages — .pkg/.dmg files downloaded by the user
• Messages Attachments — attachments stored in Messages

The user must explicitly select these categories (and confirm) for them to be included in cleanup.

Path Purposes

Every registered path is classified into a purpose that determines how the app may treat it:

Purpose	Meaning
cache	Regenerable, cleaned by default
app_data	Uninstall-only, never touched by cleanup
shared	Shared with other apps, never automatic
user_content	Personal content, opt-in only

The registry database (1,770 paths, 251 apps, 66 toolchains) is described in Architecture.