Click the orb, or press Ctrl+Alt+D, and every open window and desktop icon is pulled inside with a real Genie animation. Do it again and everything pours back out, exactly where it was.
Clean Desk doesn't delete, move or rename anything. It minimizes your windows and hides your icons, the way Windows itself does, and puts it all back exactly as it was.
Not a fade or a zoom: your windows bend and funnel into the orb, and pour back out of it, from wherever you've placed it.
Desktop files never leave your Desktop folder, and remain available in File Explorer the whole time.
Windows are minimized, never closed. They come back with the same size, position, monitor and stacking order.
Everything, or desktop icons only. Keep your browser, File Explorer, music or chat on screen while the rest is tucked away.
Works across multiple monitors. Drag the orb anywhere; the animation flows from wherever it sits, and it remembers where you left it.
If anything goes wrong, a guardian restores your desktop automatically. No telemetry, no admin rights, and your normal taskbar is untouched.
Press Ctrl+Alt+D from any app to put everything away or bring it back. Prefer another combination? Pick your own in Settings.
Clean Desk starts the moment you sign in to Windows, not after every other startup app, and can tidy your desktop for you right away.
A 1 MB download. The orb appears a fraction of a second after launch, and it uses practically no CPU while it waits for you.
A floating orb, a right-click menu, and a few settings you'll set once.
No subscription. Try everything free for 14 days first.
No. It never deletes, moves or renames anything. Your desktop icons are only hidden from view; the files stay in your Desktop folder and you can open them in File Explorer at any time.
No. Windows are minimized, exactly as if you'd clicked the minimize button, and they keep running. They're still in your taskbar, and they return to their exact size, position and order.
Clicking the orb still brings everything back, so you're never locked out of your own desktop. Putting it away again needs a license.
A license is for one PC at a time. Getting a new PC? In Clean Desk, choose License… → Deactivate this PC, then enter your key on the new one.
Yes. Ctrl+Alt+D works from any app, exactly like clicking the orb. You can change it or turn it off in Settings → Keyboard shortcut.
Only to buy and activate. After that it works offline, and quietly re-confirms your license about once a day when you're online.
Windows 11, and Windows 10 version 2004 or later. No administrator rights are needed; it installs for your account only.
That's SmartScreen being cautious about a new app it hasn't seen many downloads of. Click More info → Run anyway.
Right-click the orb → Restore Desktop and quit, or uninstall it from Settings → Apps like any other app. Your desktop returns exactly as it was.
One small download. Everything included. No account.