media-cleaner
Media Cleaner
Find duplicate photos, blurry shots and large files — entirely on your device. No account, no uploads, works offline.
Download
| Platform | Get it |
|---|---|
| Android | Google Play |
| Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) | Latest release — installer or portable zip |
| Linux (x86-64) | Latest release — portable .tar.gz |
| macOS 10.15+ (Intel & Apple Silicon) | Latest release — .zip |
Windows: which file to pick
Each release has two files:
MediaCleaner-<version>-windows-x64-setup.exe— installer. Adds a Start menu entry and an uninstaller; installs for the current user, no admin rights needed.MediaCleaner-<version>-windows-x64-portable.zip— no installation. Unzip anywhere and runmedia_cleaner.exe.
The app is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may show “Windows protected your PC” on first launch. Click More info → Run anyway.
Linux
Download MediaCleaner-<version>-linux-x64.tar.gz, then:
tar -xzf MediaCleaner-*-linux-x64.tar.gz
cd MediaCleaner-*-linux-x64
./media_cleaner
Needs a 64-bit desktop Linux with GTK 3 and glibc 2.38 or newer — for example Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 13, Fedora 39, Linux Mint 22 or later. There is no menu entry yet — run it from the unpacked folder.
macOS
Download MediaCleaner-<version>-macos.zip, unzip it and move
Media Cleaner to Applications. One build runs on both Intel and Apple
Silicon Macs, macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer.
The app is not signed with an Apple Developer ID, so macOS blocks the first launch:
- macOS 15 Sequoia and newer: open the app once, close the warning, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
- macOS 14 and older: right-click (or Control-click) the app, choose Open, then Open again.
After that it opens normally.
What it finds
- Duplicate photos — compared by how they look, not just by name or size, so re-saved and resized copies are caught too. Exact copies of videos and other media are found as well.
- Blurry photos — measures sharpness and shows the worst first, with an adjustable sensitivity.
- Large files — the photos and videos taking the most space, with your own size threshold.
- Messenger media (Android) — images and videos saved by WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber and similar apps.
Nothing is deleted automatically: every result comes with a preview, folder and file size, and you choose exactly what goes. Safe Folders keep chosen directories out of every scan.
Desktop version
On Windows, macOS and Linux you pick a folder or a whole drive to scan — handy for camera archives and external disks. The desktop version is free, with no ads and no limits: every setting is unlocked.
Scanning speed depends mostly on the drive: photos have to be read in full to be compared, so an external disk on a USB 2.0 port is several times slower than the same disk on USB 3.
Privacy
The scanning engine is written in C++ and runs locally on all CPU cores. Your photos and videos are never uploaded, copied or shared, and no account is needed. See the privacy policy.