USBClean
Plug in a USB drive and see the hidden junk other computers left on it: Mac ._ files and .DS_Store, Thumbs.db, and shortcut virus traces. Every file is listed before anything is removed, and the drive is checked again after each clean.
See the hidden files Macs, cameras and other PCs leave on your USB drive.
See it in action
About USBClean
Share a USB drive with a Mac, a camera or another PC and it collects hidden files you never asked for. USBClean shows you every one of them, removes the ones you choose, and checks the drive again to prove they are gone.
See it before it goes
Plug in a drive and USBClean scans it straight away. It only looks: nothing is removed until you click Clean. Junk is sorted into five groups, each with a count and a size, and every group opens to list its files by path. Click a path to see the file in File Explorer.
What it finds
Mac leftovers: ._ files, .DS_Store, .apdisk, .localized, .VolumeIcon.icns, and the .Spotlight-V100, .Trashes, .fseventsd, .TemporaryItems, .DocumentRevisions-V100, .AppleDouble, .AppleDB and .AppleDesktop folders.
Windows thumbnail caches: Thumbs.db, ehthumbs.db and ehthumbs_vista.db, plus desktop.ini files that only remember how a folder was viewed. A desktop.ini that gives a folder its own icon or name is left alone.
Shortcut virus traces: shortcuts standing in for folders the virus hid, the hidden folders themselves, which USBClean makes visible again, and a leftover autorun.inf at the top of the drive.
Empty folders and empty files are there too, switched off by default, because some cameras expect their folders to exist. Dot files such as .nomedia are always kept.
Proven, not promised
After every clean, USBClean scans the drive again and tells you what is left. If a file could not be removed, it says which one and why: in use, access denied, or a write-protected card.
Clean and eject
One button cleans the drive and ejects it safely. If Windows refuses because a program still has the drive open, USBClean tells you so.
Safe by design
USBClean works only on removable drives and never on the Windows drive. It never enters System Volume Information or the Recycle Bin, and it never follows a link off the drive.
Everything happens on this PC. There is no account, nothing is uploaded, and it works with no connection.
Features
- See exactly what junk is on a USB drive or memory card before anything is removed
- Every junk file is listed by path and size, and opens in File Explorer with one click
- Removes Mac leftovers: ._ files, .DS_Store, .Spotlight-V100, .Trashes, .fseventsd and 8 more
- Removes Windows thumbnail caches: Thumbs.db, ehthumbs.db and ehthumbs_vista.db
- Removes desktop.ini files that only remember a folder view, and keeps ones that set an icon or name
- Finds shortcut virus traces: shortcuts posing as your folders, and the folders they hid
- Unhides the folders a shortcut virus hid, and removes a leftover autorun.inf
- Optionally removes empty folders and zero-byte files, both off by default
- Checks the drive again after every clean, so you see what is really left
- Clean and eject in one click, with a clear message if a program is still using the drive
- Scans a drive as soon as you plug it in, and never removes anything without asking
- Never touches System Volume Information or the Recycle Bin, and never follows links off the drive
- Keeps going past folders it cannot open instead of stopping the whole scan
- Tells you when a card or stick is write-protected, instead of failing silently
- Choose what to clean for each of the 5 groups, and it remembers
- Dark by default, with light and match-Windows themes
- Works offline, with no account and nothing uploaded
Details
- Works on
- Windows 10 (1809 or later) and Windows 11
- Download
- About 2.8 MB
- Version
- 2.0.3, updated October 2026
- First released
- January 2023
- Price
- $2.49 once. No subscription.
- Category
- Utilities & tools
What's new in 2.0.3
- New: every junk file is listed by path and size before anything is removed
- New: the drive is checked again after each clean, so you see what is really left
- New: shortcut virus traces, including folders the virus hid
- New: Clean and eject in one click
- New: scans a drive as soon as it is plugged in
- Fixed: junk folders like .Spotlight-V100 and .Trashes are now removed, not skipped
- Fixed: one unreadable folder no longer stops the whole scan
- New: write-protected drives are reported instead of failing silently
Questions
Anything else? Ask us
Which versions of Windows does it run on?
Windows 10 (version 1809 or later) and Windows 11.
Is it a subscription?
No. USBClean is a one-time purchase of $2.49, and updates are included.
How do I get it?
EvlarSoft apps are moving to direct downloads from this site. Ask to be notified and we will email you as soon as USBClean is ready to download.
