Trash Day app icon: the back of a green garbage truck full of black bags

Your Mac has
a trash can.

When's the last time you took it out? Trash Day picks it up once a week, so you never have to think about it.

Your first 2 pickups are free. For macOS 14 or later.

How a week goes

Choose your pickup day. Then forget about it.

The truck comes once a week. In between, the can fills up as you delete things, the same as always.

0.4 GBof your 5 GB limit

Wednesday

Delete like you always do.

Command-Delete, drag to the Dock, empty from any app. The can in your menu bar gives a little hop and fills a notch.

Friday

Peek in whenever.

Click the can to see what's waiting for the truck. Changed your mind about a file? Show it in Finder and drag it back out.

Sunday

Almost full.

When the can nears your size limit, a few flies show up. Go over the limit and Trash Day sends a notification so you can send the truck early.

Monday night

Last call.

One notification the night before: everything goes in the morning. Need more time? Skip this week.

Tuesday, 7 AM

The truck comes.

A tiny garbage truck drives across your menu bar, tips the can and drives off. You get a receipt, and the space comes back.

The pile

See what's waiting for the truck.

Click the can in your menu bar to see everything waiting for the truck, with the biggest files at the bottom. Pick any one to see where it came from or show it in Finder.

Trash Day38 items · 4.2 GB
Pickup tomorrow
Truck comes Tue 7:00 AMEmpty Trash now
Notices

A few words a week. That's it.

Trash Day speaks up when the can is nearly full, the night before pickup, and after the truck comes by. It stays quiet during calls, screen sharing and fullscreen apps.

Last callEverything in the Trash goes in the morning. 318 items, 6.4 GB.
Skip this week
Trash Day318 items · 6.4 GB
Pickup Tue
TRASH DAY
PICKUP RECEIPT · No. 0012
TUE OCT 27 · 7:00 AM
Videos ×63.8 GB
Installers ×41.2 GB
Screenshots ×2141.1 GB
Other ×940.3 GB

TOTAL6.4 GB
BiggestClient edit v4.mov

THANK YOU
Next pickup Tue Nov 3.
Details

Small app. Runs on a schedule.

Any day, any time

Pick a quiet time when your Mac is usually awake. Asleep at pickup? The truck comes when it wakes.

How full is too full?

Set a limit of 1, 5, 10 or 20 GB. Nothing gets emptied early unless you say so.

Skip a week

Not ready? Skip from the night-before reminder. The bag waits at the curb.

Quiet when you're busy

No truck during calls, screen sharing or fullscreen apps. Reduce Motion turns the run into a simple swap.

No Full Disk Access

Trash Day asks Finder what's in your Trash. macOS asks once. Click Allow and you're set.

Deleted means deleted

Files you delete don't linger in the Trash for months, where anyone using your Mac could still open them.

Pricing

Sign up for service.

Your first 2 pickups are free. After that, sign up once and pickup keeps coming every week.

A yellow license plate reading Trash Day, Weekly Pickup, Mac Service, with a blank key

Trash Day for Mac

$4.99one time
  • Your first 2 pickups are free
  • Use it on up to 3 Macs
  • Key by email. Checks once, then works offline

Sold directly, not on the App Store. Checkout through Lemon Squeezy.

Questions

Before you put it out.

A tipped-over black bag with an old photo, a cassette and a banana peel spilling out
What happens after the 2 free pickups?

The can stays in your menu bar and keeps counting, but the truck stops coming. Your Trash goes back to normal and stays put until you empty it yourself. Buy a license and pickups start again.

Can I get a file back?

Yes, any time before pickup. Click the can, find the file in the pile and choose Show in Finder, then drag it out of the Trash. After pickup it's gone, the same as emptying the Trash yourself.

Can I skip a week?

Yes. Choose Skip this week on the last call notification, or click the pickup day at the top of the Trash Day panel. You can also pause service from Settings.

Is this a second trash can?

No. The can is a window into your Mac's real Trash. Delete things the way you always have.

Will it speed up my Mac?

No, and we won't pretend it does. It clears out the clutter you trashed and forgot about, like old screenshots, installers and screen recordings, and gives you that disk space back.

Why isn't it on the Mac App Store?

App Store apps can't ask Finder to empty the Trash. Selling it directly lets Trash Day use one small Finder permission instead of Full Disk Access.

What about Photos, Mail and iCloud?

Not yet. Trash Day empties the Finder Trash only.

Get on the route.

Set your pickup day once. Your first 2 pickups are free.