Clickless: Lock & Clean

Clickless: Lock & Clean blocks your keyboard – and, if you like, your mouse and trackpad – for a timed cleaning session. Wipe every key without typing gibberish, triggering app shortcuts or clicking something by accident.

Clean in one click

• Start from the menu bar or the main window
• Quick Clean for 1 or 2 minutes – or set your own time from 10 seconds to 15 minutes (presets: 30 seconds, 1, 2 and 5 minutes)
• Optional 3-second "hands off" countdown before the lock starts
• Optional sounds at the start and at the end, plus a tick in the last 5 seconds

Full-screen lock

• While you clean, Clickless stays in front in full screen and catches typing, modifier keys and app shortcuts like Command-Q
• Mouse and trackpad too (on by default, can be turned off): clicks, scrolling and dragging are blocked, and the pointer stays where it is. Some system trackpad gestures may still work
• Dim or black out your other displays during the session
• macOS may still handle some system keys itself, such as volume, brightness and media keys, screenshots or Spotlight

See what you've wiped

• A full-screen view with a countdown ring and a live map of your keyboard
• Keys light up when you press them and stay tinted once wiped – a percentage shows how many keys you've wiped so far
• The map follows your input source, e.g. QWERTZ, AZERTY, Polish or Russian, and your keyboard shape (ANSI, ISO or JIS)

Always in control

• Emergency unlock: hold esc for 3 seconds or press Control-Option-Command-U (⌃⌥⌘U)
• Without the mouse lock, you can also click "End Session"
• If something else takes the keyboard (for example Spotlight), Clickless warns you and tries to bring the cleaning screen back
• No app can lock the power button – Clickless reminds you not to press it

Track your cleaning habit

• Total cleanings, cleanings this month, week streak and total cleaning time
• Keystrokes blocked and the average share of keys wiped
• Cleanings per week over the last 12 weeks, plus your recent sessions
• "Reset Statistics" deletes the history at any time

Private by design

• No special permissions: there's nothing to allow in System Settings
• Nothing you type is recorded or sent anywhere. For each session, the statistics keep the date and time, durations, key counts and how it ended – never which keys you pressed – and stay on this computer
• No account, no tracking, no ads, no analytics
• Runs from the menu bar; Dock icon and opening at login are up to you
• App language: English

Try it free

Your first 3 cleanings are free, no purchase needed. A cleaning only counts once the lock has actually started. For unlimited cleaning sessions after that, choose Clickless Pro:

• Pro Weekly: auto-renewable subscription, length 1 week, with a 7-day free trial (once per Apple Account; Apple decides whether you are eligible)
• Pro Lifetime: one-time purchase, no subscription