Locks the keyboard
Every key press is intercepted and silenced. Type, scrub, scrub harder — nothing reaches your apps.
Keyboard cleaning app for Mac · macOS 13.0+ 
Lock your Mac keyboard to clean it
Lock your keyboard. Wipe in peace.
A tiny Mac app that locks your keyboard and trackpad so you can clean them without triggering input chaos. Works with MacBook and external keyboards.
14-day free trial · no credit card · one-time purchase to keep
How to clean your Mac keyboard
Three clicks from grimy to gleaming.
Clean your MacBook keyboard and trackpad without shutting down. New to this? Read our step-by-step Mac keyboard cleaning guide.
- 01
Open the app
One window. No setup, no preferences to dig through. Everything fits on one screen.
- 02
Pick a duration, hit Start
Choose 30s, 1m, 2m, or 5m. A full-screen overlay drops in and your keyboard and trackpad go quiet.
- 03
Wipe in peace
Spray, scrub, polish. The lock releases on its own when the timer ends — or press ⇧⌥⌘L to unlock early.
Mac keyboard cleaning app Built for one job.
Built for one job.
Does it perfectly.
No bloat. No settings panel maze. Just a keyboard and trackpad lock for when you clean your Mac.
Locks the trackpad
Multi-touch gestures, clicks, and cursor movement — all paused while you wipe down the surface.
Pick your duration
Auto-unlocks when the timer ends.
30s 1m 2m 5m
Zero background drain
Sleeps when idle. Lighter than your menu-bar clock.
Apple-notarized
Signed with a Developer ID. Notarized by Apple. No Gatekeeper warnings.
Pricing
One price. One purchase. Done.
No subscription. No tiers. No upgrade nag every 12 months.
Start with a free 14-day trial — buy when you're ready.
$3.99 USD · one-time
- Lifetime license — pay once
- Free updates forever
- Activate on up to 3 Macs
- Email support
- Apple-notarized binary
Requires macOS 13.0 or later
Mac keyboard cleaning FAQ
Questions, answered.
- Open CleanMyMacKeyboard, pick a duration (30s, 1m, 2m or 5m) and hit Start. Your keyboard and trackpad stop responding until the timer ends, so you can wipe every key without typing into an app or firing off shortcuts.
- Not really. The lock screen and screen saver still register key presses, so every wipe wakes the Mac or types into the password field. A Magic Keyboard has a power switch, but a MacBook's built-in keyboard and trackpad don't. CleanMyMacKeyboard fills that gap: one click to lock, automatic unlock when you're done.
- Yes — a full 14-day free trial with every feature unlocked, no credit card required. The trial starts the first time you lock your keyboard to clean it. When it ends, buy the one-time $3.99 lifetime license to keep going.
- No. Locking only intercepts input — it never quits or sleeps anything. Your apps keep running, your work is safe.
- The lock releases automatically when your chosen duration ends (30s, 1m, 2m, or 5m). There's also an emergency-unlock combo and a 30-second safety failsafe.
- Yes. Any HID input device connected to your Mac is covered — built-in or external, wired or Bluetooth.
- Yes. One license activates on up to 3 of your Macs. The limit is enforced at activation — if you need more, email steven.gustavo.lara@gmail.com and we can bump it.
- The app will tell you on activation: "This license is active on 3 Macs already." To free a slot, open the app on the Mac you're no longer using and choose "Deactivate this Mac" — then activate the new one. If the old Mac is gone, email support and we'll release the slot for you.
- Nothing leaves your Mac except update checks. No analytics, no telemetry, no accounts. The license check pings Lemon Squeezy once a day with your license key — that's it.
- Maybe later. Direct sale lets us ship updates the moment they're ready — no App Review delay, no 30% cut. We may add an App Store version once the direct version is stable.