Changelog
What changed and when.
1.0.0
Beta November 2026First Windows build. Ported from macOS Sweepr 1.2.2 with every safety feature intact, rebuilt on Windows' own file-system APIs and path handling.
What's new on Windows
- File Explorer right-click. Right-click any folder (or the empty space inside one) and choose "Sweep with Sweepr." If Sweepr is already running, the folder goes to the window you have.
- Mark of the Web source tracking. Downloads remember the site they came from. Expand a pile and every file has a Source column, which is usually the fastest way to work out what a six-week-old installer actually is.
- OneDrive online-only file awareness. Cloud-only files in the swept folder are swept into piles inside it (a rename, no download) and left in place for a pile elsewhere. The board says how many it held back.
- Show in File Explorer / Open on every file row. One click opens the containing folder with the file selected, or opens the file itself (executables are shown in File Explorer instead, never run).
Safety improvements
- Journal written and flushed to disk before the first file moves, not after. Each completed move is appended before the next starts.
- Files locked by another program are left in place with a clear explanation, not silently skipped or retried.
- Names Windows would rewrite (trailing dots, trailing spaces, reserved device names like
CONorNUL) are preserved through\\?\extended-length paths.
Everything from macOS Sweepr 1.2.2
- 11 piles: Screenshots, Images, Documents, Installers, Archives, Audio, Video, Code & Data, Fonts, Apps, Everything else
- Preview the entire plan before a single file moves
- Per-pile switches, per-file opt-out
- One-click undo of any sweep, any time
- Recent-file holdback (24 hours by default, adjustable)
- Retarget any pile to any folder on any disk
- Custom file-type-to-pile assignments
- Sweep history with full undo
- Filter by name across all piles
- File context menus (show, open, exclude)
- 13 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (BR), Dutch, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean
- Keyboard navigation and screen reader support (WCAG 2.1 AA)
About version numbers. Sweepr for Windows starts at 1.0.0 because it is its own product, not a continuation of the macOS version. The two share the same sorting engine and design but have separate update tracks, and each gets features suited to its platform.