Why CleanMode Exists

Born from a fingerprint smudge
and a 20-minute undo session.

The Problem

You flip your laptop open to wipe the screen. Five seconds in, you've opened Spotlight, triggered Siri, and somehow changed your display resolution. Your palm hits the trackpad, the cloth drags across the keyboard, and suddenly you're deep into an accidental workflow you didn't ask for.

What We Tried

We looked for a fix. Found a few tools that disable the keyboard — but the trackpad still fired. Others let the power button sleep the machine mid-wipe. None of them blocked everything, and most only worked on Mac.

The Fix

So we built CleanMode. One click, every input blocked — keyboard, trackpad, power button, Touch Bar, modifier keys, all of it. It started on Mac, where the problem was loudest. Now it works across macOS, Windows, and Linux. No configuration, no "almost works." Just a clean screen and a quiet machine.

Don't take our word for it —
here's how it stacks up.

CleanMode Keyboard Cleaner CleanMyKeyboard KeyboardCleanTool CleanupBuddy
Regular keys Blocked Partial Blocked Blocked Blocked
Power button Blocked No Blocked Blocked Blocked
Modifier & function keys Blocked No No No Partial
Trackpad & mouse (clicks, gestures) Blocked No No No Blocked
Touch Bar Blocked No No Blocked Partial

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