Clean.me

Clean.me is a Windows desktop cleaner built with Tauri, Rust, and a small TypeScript interface. It scans first, shows what was found, then cleans only the selected results.

What Changed In 1.2.0

• Rewritten from Electron to Tauri and Rust.
• Safer scan, review, and clean flow.
• Conservative cleanup defaults for temp files, crash dumps, browser HTTP cache, thumbnail cache, and reviewed Windows temp locations.
• Browser cookies, history, saved passwords, extension state, Windows package settings, Windows Update datastore, and CBS logs are not default cleanup targets.
• Larger desktop UI with review scrolling, custom category toggles, result details, and failed-item review.
• Portable Windows release output only for x64 and arm64.

Development

Requirements:

• Windows 10 or later
• Node.js 24+
• Rust stable
• WebView2 runtime

Install dependencies:

npm install

Run the Tauri app:

npm run tauri:dev

Run checks:

npm run verify

Build a portable release:

npm run tauri:build
npm run package:portable

The portable files are written to release/.

Safety Model

The app uses a scan-first cleanup flow:

1. Scan conservative cleanup locations.
2. Build a cleanup plan with item IDs, paths, categories, risk labels, and estimated bytes.
3. Let the user review categories before deletion.
4. Delete only approved items from the active scan plan.
5. Report deleted, skipped, and failed items.

Verification

The Rust backend has unit coverage for:

• rejecting wildcard cleanup roots
• protecting broad system roots
• ensuring deleted paths stay under scanned roots
• keeping unsafe browser state out of the default catalog

Before public release, verify cleanup behavior in disposable Windows 10 and Windows 11 VMs with both admin and non-admin runs.