Alternatives

Products that do what Those Pesky Files does

Define rules to find regenerable files & save disk space

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MacDetox▲99
Hover ← to see the pain. Install to end it.
Nov 2025
2
DaisyDisk▲161
See & recover hidden gigabytes from your Mac disks
2014
3
DevCleaner▲157
Free the gigabytes your dev tools and AI apps hoard
Jun 2026 · devcleaner.app
4
Pretty Clean▲139
macOS disk cleanup tools and programmer friendly. Size < 4MB
2022
5
DreamDisk▲62
Take control of your Mac storage
2024
6
FreeUpMyMac▲110
A Mac Disk Cleaner. Fix Your "System Data" Storage
Jan 2026 · freeupmymac.com
7
Fossils▲230
Find and clean out all your old unused files
2018
8
Disk App▲114
Create gigabytes of free space on your Mac
2014
9
Neat — Find Large Files (Mac)▲3
Find large files. Reclaim your Mac's space
May 2026 · apps.apple.com
10
Rem▲83
CLI trash that makes it ridiculously easy to recover files.
2021
11
Sketch Cache Cleaner▲314
Deletes hidden Sketch history files.
2017
12
DeDuplicate▲83
Remove duplicate files in OneDrive, Dropbox or Google Drive
2021
13
File Ark▲76
Archive files to cloud storage, save space on your computer
2019
14
MacMan▲9
Developers, meet your Mac’s reset button
Nov 2025
15
File Sumo Pro▲131
Keep your Mac light. Find and delete huge files
2016
16
Torimori Sweeper▲95
Konmari your downloads 🗑
2019
17
Tempfile.cloud▲78
Free temporary file storage up to 1 gigabyte
2017
18
Tidy▲98
Your Mac tidies itself: screenshots, installers, Downloads
Jul 2026 · tidymacapp.com
19
MacMan▲8
Reclaim 20-50gb of mac storage in minutes
Oct 2025
20
Cloud Cleanup in CleanMyMac▲75
Cloud space has limits. Cloud Cleanup makes it feel infinite
2025
21
Cacheless▲82
AI-Powered Mac System Data Cleaner
Mar 2026 · cacheless.app
22
Duplicate File Finder & Remover▲100
A simple, freeware duplicate finder for Mac
2017
23
FindBigFolders▲8
Quickly find out where your disk space is going
Oct 2025
24
Filect ▲111
Organize Your Files With AI
May 2026 · filect.io

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