⟲ The Safe, Undo-able Mac Cleaner v1.5

Clean your Mac.
Never lose a file by accident.

KaiCleaner finds the caches, logs, and developer junk eating your storage — then moves everything to the Trash instead of deleting it outright. A wrong guess costs you nothing.

⬇ Download for Mac How to install

Free at launch · macOS 14+ · Privacy · Notarized by Apple

KaiCleaner Dashboard — Mac Health Score, metric cards, and Smart Clean button
How to install — the download is a disk image (KaiCleaner.dmg), not a text file. Do not open it in a code editor.
  1. Double-click KaiCleaner.dmg in Finder
  2. Drag KaiCleaner into your Applications folder
  3. Open KaiCleaner from Applications — Gatekeeper should show no warnings

Pricing

No subscription. No cloud lock-in.

LAUNCH OFFER
Free

Full app during launch — all features

  • Smart Clean & developer caches
  • Cleanup History + undo
  • 30-day storage trends
  • Free Sparkle updates
Download now
AFTER LAUNCH
$24

One-time · free updates

  • Same app — no tiers
  • vs CleanMyMac ~$40+/yr
  • License keys coming soon
  • Download now = grandfathered free

Built for a locked-down macOS

System Integrity Protection and the read-only system volume exist for a reason — aggressive cleaners that fight them are how you end up with a broken app or a kernel panic. KaiCleaner doesn't fight macOS. It works within it.

✓ Never permanently deletes — everything goes to the Trash
✓ Only touches your own home folder by default
✓ Safe mode skips files modified in the last 24 hours
✓ Stop any scan mid-way — partial results, no half-finished cleanup
✓ Full Disk Access is detected at runtime — not just a toggle

What we never touch

Even with Full Disk Access enabled, KaiCleaner blocks these paths by design.

/System and SIP-protected paths LaunchAgents & LaunchDaemons Other user accounts App bundles (.app) TCC / privacy databases Kernel extensions & preference panes

What's new in v1.5

Polished dashboard. Honest scans. Ready to ship.

v1.5 highlights

  • Dashboard redesign — animated health gauge, glass metric cards, gradient Smart Clean button
  • Reliable Smart Scan — real progress %, no stall at 100%, shows actual cache sizes
  • Safe mode fix — caches always appear in scan; 24h protection applies at clean time for Mail/Downloads
  • Privacy & support — full policy and FAQ at kaicleaner.kainoter.com
  • Sidebar polish — larger icon, clean selection highlight

From v1.4

  • Simplified sidebar — 6 core tools up front; everything else in More Tools
  • Storage Health score — stable, storage-first metric
  • Unified Smart Clean — Standard and Developer caches in one view
  • Launch Item Review — honest unsigned vs quarantined labels, plus a trust list
  • Cleanup History — day-by-day undo log with Open Trash button
  • Mac Tips — offline advice from live metrics (no cloud AI)

Still included

  • Unified Smart Scan, browser/Mail/Downloads cleanup, Space Lens treemap, menu bar quick clean, Sparkle auto-updates
  • SafetyPolicy with automated tests — everything goes to Trash by default

Six tools. That's the point.

Most people open a cleaner to free space and leave. KaiCleaner shows you six — the rest are one click away in More Tools.

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Smart Clean

One scan, one review, one Trash move. Standard caches or developer presets in the same view.

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Storage Analyzer

Space Lens treemap plus a 30-day growth chart — see where disk space is actually going.

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App Uninstaller

Deep uninstall with leftover scan — caches, containers, prefs, launch agents. Everything to Trash.

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Cleanup History

Exactly what moved on Tuesday. Open Trash and drag anything back — the Safest Cleaner promise.

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Storage Health

A score that stays stable — storage-first, not jittery CPU averages that train you to ignore it.

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Mac Tips

Offline advice from live metrics plus a cache explainer — no cloud, no account, no fake AI.

How KaiCleaner compares

Competitors win on feature count. KaiCleaner wins on trust.

KaiCleaner CleanMyMac OnyX
Cleaning goes to Trash by default ✓ Always Varies Often permanent
Home-folder scope by default ✓ Yes Broad scans System-level
Safe mode (skip recent files) ✓ Built in — —
Developer cache presets ✓ Xcode, npm, Brew Some ✓ Deep
Cleanup undo log ✓ Day-by-day + Open Trash Limited —
Storage growth trends ✓ 30-day chart Basic —
Price Free Subscription Free
Ease of use Simple UI Polished Power-user

Ready when you are

Signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple — installs with zero Gatekeeper warnings.

⬇ Download KaiCleaner v1.5

File: KaiCleaner.dmg · Open in Finder, not a text editor