DiskBroom finds the caches, build artifacts, and forgotten downloads crowding your Mac — shows you what each one is, rates how safe it is to remove, and never deletes a single file without your say‑so.
Select the Xcode caches from a project you shipped last year. DiskBroom tells you what they are, what recreates them, and what happens if you remove them. Then — and only then — it asks. Everything goes to the Trash, not the void. Changed your mind? Drag it back.
DiskBroom walks the places macOS hides bulk — caches, derived data, old installers, forgotten exports — and lays it out by size, in plain language. No "junk score". Just files, named and explained.
Every item says what it is, what app made it, and what happens if it goes. Safe caches regenerate on their own. Anything unique to you is clearly marked as yours to keep.
One confirmation sheet, every time — no silent bulk deletes, no defaults working against you. Removed items land in the Trash, so nothing is ever more than a drag away from coming back.
The screenshots and file sizes on this page come from a real scan of a real Mac. No time-lapse tricks, no invented numbers.
No sirens, no red badges, no threat counters. Three quiet shapes tell you exactly how careful to be — and DiskBroom is more cautious than you are by default.
Caches and temp files your apps rebuild automatically. Removing them costs you nothing but the wait while they regenerate.
Old downloads, installers, duplicate exports. Probably clutter — but you should glance before they go.
Project files, media libraries, anything unique. DiskBroom will show you the size and stay out of the way.
Hover a shape to see matching items in the scan above. The full list of what DiskBroom can touch is public: the cleaning catalog — we can only delete what's on it.
This category earned its bad reputation. Fake scanners, threat counters, scan-then-pay funnels. DiskBroom exists to be the opposite, in writing:
Knowing what's on your disk should never cost money — scanning every category, every size, every path is free forever. You pay only for unlimited cleanup.
A real cleaner, not a demo — and never a scan-then-pay ransom note.
Unlimited cleaning everywhere — including the heavy hitters: developer caches, AI model stores, photo & video media caches.
The launch discount is already applied at checkout, which also shows the plain truth: renewal is $19.99/year. Your license key appears the moment payment completes — paste it into the app. Sold by Stripe as merchant of record; cancel anytime via the subscription portal.
Why so cheap? Because honesty scales better than fear.
Launch honesty: the first-year price is $9.99; after that it renews at the regular $19.99/year, and the checkout page says so before you pay. Every new install still gets two full-Pro cleans free — no card, no signup — then the free tier keeps cleaning your two chosen categories forever. By the license agreement, your subscription renews yearly until you cancel, and you should keep backups regardless of us.
Fair question — this category is full of them. DiskBroom shows you every file before anything happens, never invents "threats", and everything it removes goes to your Trash where you can get it back. The whole promise is written down in What we will never do, the complete list of locations it can touch is published, and the app's only network traffic is license activation and update checks — no analytics, no scan data, nothing else (privacy policy). You don't have to take our word for any of it.
Probably not, and we won't pretend otherwise. It will give you room to work — space for the next photo shoot, the next video export, the next build. If an app promises that deleting caches makes your Mac faster, be suspicious of the rest of its promises too.
Without it, macOS hides most of the folders where the real bulk lives — app caches, developer tools, mail attachments. Full Disk Access lets DiskBroom measure those places. What it never does with that access: send your files anywhere (its only network traffic is license and update checks), or remove anything without showing you first.
Open your Trash, find the item, and drag it back — that's it. DiskBroom never bypasses the Trash, so there is no "gone forever" moment. Safe-rated caches will also simply rebuild themselves the next time the app that owns them needs them.
Scanning is free forever: every category, every size, every path, with nothing held back — you never pay to find out what's on your own disk. Cleaning is free in any two categories you pick (you can change your picks once a month). The Pro plan — $19.99/year, $9.99 your first year during launch — removes the category limit, including developer caches, AI model stores, and media caches, where the really big gigabytes live.
Both are good products. CleanMyMac is a subscription suite — cleaner, malware tools, updater and more. DaisyDisk is a beautiful map of your disk that leaves the judgment to you. DiskBroom sits in between: one job, an opinion about what's safe, and a confirmation before anything moves — at $19.99 a year, well under what the big suites charge — and scanning is free forever.
Free to download and use. No account, no email, no card — just the download.
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