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Photo cleaner for Mac. Y keep, X delete, C favorite.

Most photo cleaner apps are iPhone-only. If your library has 30,000+ photos and lives in iCloud, swiping through it one phone-thumb at a time will take months. There's a faster way.

9.6k+ people search for this every month. SwipePhotos is built specifically for what they’re trying to do.

The fix

What SwipePhotos does differently.

SwipePhotos has a native macOS companion that mirrors your library — same monthly decks, same Smart Stack, but driven by keyboard shortcuts. Most users clear 4-6x faster on Mac than on iPhone.

Try free — first 10 photos€2.99/mo or €19.99/year. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac.
How it works

From cluttered to clean, step by step.

  1. 01

    Install SwipePhotos on Mac (free with iPhone subscription)

    Single subscription covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

  2. 02

    Sign in — your decks appear automatically

    If you've already started on iPhone, you pick up exactly where you stopped.

  3. 03

    Use Y to keep, X to delete, C to favorite

    Hold the spacebar to fast-forward through a stack. Cmd+Z undoes any decision.

  4. 04

    Empty Recently Deleted in Apple Photos when you're sure

    Storage drops on iPhone, iPad, and iCloud at the same time.

Pricing

Free to try. Coffee money if you finish.

First 10 photos free — no card. Then €2.99/month or €19.99/year. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. No ads, no “Pro” tier, no time-gated unlocks.

€19.99
/year (covers all your devices)
100%
on-device — nothing uploaded
30 days
recovery via Recently Deleted
Questions about this

Good — here are the real answers.

What's the best way to clean up Photos on Mac?

Apple's Photos app on Mac has a Duplicates view (Photos > Albums > Utilities), but it only catches byte-identical duplicates. For visually-similar photos and burst handling, you want a dedicated tool. SwipePhotos for Mac uses keyboard shortcuts to make cleanup roughly 5x faster than mouse-clicking.

Does deleting photos on Mac also delete from iPhone?

Yes — as long as iCloud Photos is enabled. The Apple Photos library is shared across all your devices, so deletions sync within seconds. SwipePhotos uses the same Apple Photos API, so anything you delete in the Mac app also disappears from iPhone.

Can I find duplicate photos on Mac without using iCloud?

Yes — SwipePhotos works with any Photos library Mac can open, including local-only libraries that aren't synced to iCloud. It detects visually-similar photos on-device using Apple's Vision framework, so nothing is uploaded anywhere.

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Free to try. From €2.99/month or €19.99/year. Works on iPhone, iPad and Mac. 100% on-device.