Tidy Support

App: Tidy – Mac Storage Cleaner  ·  About Tidy  ·  Privacy Policy

Tidy doesn't find anything to clean

Tidy can only look inside your Home folder after you grant access once. Open Tidy, go to Settings → Home folder access, click Grant Access… and confirm the preselected Home folder. Then click Rescan.

What do SAFE, REVIEW and MANUAL mean?

• SAFE — caches and build data that their tool rebuilds on its own. "Clean all safe items" and scheduled auto-clean only ever touch these.
• REVIEW — probably fine to remove, but it costs something (a re-download, a rebuild, or wiping a simulator's data), so Tidy waits for your click.
• MANUAL — owned by macOS or another app. Tidy explains the right way to free the space, or shows the item in Finder for you.

How do I get something back?

Files Tidy removes go to the Trash. Open the Trash, select the item and choose File → Put Back. Simulator erases and simulator runtime removals can't be undone from the Trash; reinstall runtimes from Xcode → Settings → Components.

Why can't Tidy delete some items itself?

Tidy follows the Mac App Store's security rules and never asks for your administrator password. Items owned by macOS (such as leftover system simulator caches) and apps in /Applications are shown in Finder so you can remove them yourself.

Simulator items aren't showing up

Simulator runtimes, devices and caches are detected through Xcode's command-line tools. Make sure Xcode is installed in /Applications and has been opened at least once.

Does Tidy run in the background?

Tidy lives in your menu bar and re-checks weekly while it's running. To keep it running after a restart, turn on Settings → Open Tidy when I log in. Automatic cleaning is off unless you turn it on, and it only ever removes SAFE items.

Contact

Found a bug or have a feature idea? Email [email protected] and include your macOS version.