How to clean up a messy desktop with one sentence

Desktops fill up the same way every time: a screenshot here, a PDF there, a few installers and folders called "New folder (3)". Cleaning it by hand means dragging icons one by one.

Ask MatrixX instead. It looks at what's on your desktop and sorts the files into a few tidy folders, leaving alone what you tell it to keep. It asks before moving anything, and Undo puts everything back.

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How to do it

  1. Install MatrixX and create a free account

    Windows 10 and 11, or Mac with an Apple chip (beta).

  2. Ask it to tidy up

    "Clean up my desktop: put screenshots, documents and installers into their own folders, and leave the app shortcuts."

  3. Keep it clean

    "Every Friday at 5 pm, tidy my desktop the same way."

Things you can ask

Questions

Will it move my app shortcuts?

Tell it what to leave alone, like "leave the app shortcuts". It asks before it moves anything.

Can I undo it?

Yes. Click Undo file changes under its answer and every file goes back where it was.

Is it free?

Yes, the free plan has 25 messages a day.

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