Manage downloads
(Updated: )Browsers and apps save files to your Mac that can pile up unnoticed and take up valuable disk space. My Clutter in CleanMyMac helps you find and remove those files in a few steps. It organizes your downloads by the app that saved them — such as Safari, Google Chrome, or Slack — so you can quickly see what's taking up space.
In My Clutter, CleanMyMac doesn't select or delete files automatically, so you stay in control of what gets removed.
To manage downloads:
In CleanMyMac, click My Clutter in the sidebar.
From the drop-down list, choose the location to scan, then click Scan to begin.
After scanning, CleanMyMac shows you the scan summary.
In the scan summary, click Review All Files to review all downloaded files.
To review files from a specific app only, click Review in the respective downloads tile.
TipTo scan again, click Start Over on the upper left, confirm, and click Scan.
CleanMyMac opens the My Clutter Manager.
In the Downloads category, your files are organized in groups by the app used to download them — Google Chrome, Safari, and Slack.
You can browse files, search for specific ones, or sort them by size, name, or date in ascending or descending order.
You can also select or deselect all files in a group, or right-click a file to:
- Select it for removal
- Reveal it in Finder
- Get file info
- Add it to the ignore list
- Preview it in Quick Look
Review and select files, then click Remove to delete them.
Files are deleted permanently, bypassing the Trash.
NoteCleanMyMac only removes items in the currently viewed category. For example, if you select items in the Downloads category, then select files in the Duplicates category and click Remove there, CleanMyMac will only delete files in the Duplicates category.
Review the results summary.
To explore the details, click View Log.
To continue reviewing other categories, click Review More Items to return to the My Clutter Manager.
To return to the My Clutter scan results, click Done.
