DeskButler

Downloads and Desktop,
tidy automatically.

Add a folder, pick a ready-made rule, and you're done. DeskButler quietly sorts new files into place.

Available now on the Mac App Store

DeskButler rules for the Downloads folder

Get started in seconds

No setup to learn. Your folders take care of themselves.

1
Add a folder
Downloads, Desktop or any folder you want kept tidy.
2
Pick a rule
Start from a ready-made rule or build your own.
3
That's it
New files are sorted into subfolders right inside that folder.

Ready-made rules

One click to a tidy folder

Sort by File TypeImages, documents, videos, audio and archives into matching subfolders.
Collect ScreenshotsScreenshots and screen recordings into a Screenshots subfolder.
Archive Old FilesFiles not modified in the last 30 days into an Archive subfolder.
Clean Up Installers.dmg and .pkg installers older than 7 days to the Trash.

Preview

See what will happen before it happens

Preview shows which rule each file would get, without moving anything.

Rules run from top to bottom and the first match wins, so the result is always predictable.

Preview of which rule each file would get

Conditions

Match exactly the files you mean

Match by name, extension, size, date created or modified, location, content and more.

Combine conditions with All or Any, and group them for more precise matches.

Rule conditions grouped with All and Any

Actions

Chain actions into one rule

Rename with date and name patterns, then move into place. Actions run in order, top to bottom.

MoveCopyRenameAdd TagsCreate FolderCompressExtractEncryptDecryptMove to Trash

Activity

Stay in control

Activity lists every file DeskButler moved, renamed or copied, and lets you undo it.

Pause for an hour, until tomorrow or until you resume. Existing files are never overwritten.

Works the way your Mac does

Copy rules from one folder and paste them into another.

Light and dark

A native Mac app with a familiar, simple interface.

External drives

Picks up where it left off when the drive is connected again.

Screenshots, understood

Recognizes screenshots and screen recordings in English and Korean.

Menu bar

Runs quietly in the background and lives in the menu bar.

Private by design

All organizing happens on your Mac, and DeskButler doesn't collect any data. With App Sandbox, it can only access the folders you choose.

Stop organizing. Start automating.

Your files, sorted the moment they arrive.

Available on Mac App Store

macOS 14.0 or later · 4GB RAM (8GB recommended) · 20MB available storage

Downloads and Desktop,tidy automatically.