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Kleanly

One tap in the notch locks your keyboard and trackpad

Mac
Productivity
Menu Bar Apps
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Kleanly lives in your MacBook's notch. Tap it once and your keyboard and trackpad are locked, so you can wipe everything down while your video keeps playing. Kids can slap the keys during a cartoon and nothing gets typed. Double tap the trackpad when you're done. New since our first launch: the notch control, in-app updates, moving your license to a new Mac yourself, and a small tab on displays without a notch.

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Hey Product Hunt! Kleanly first launched here about a year ago as a simple way to lock your keyboard and trackpad while you clean your Mac. Version 2 is a big rework: • It lives in the notch: hover, tap play, and you're cleaning • Your screen stays on, so the video keeps playing while you wipe the keys • Toddler-proof: kids can slap away during a cartoon and nothing gets typed • Double tap the trackpad to unlock • Optional dark overlay for wiping the screen • In-app updates, and you can move your license to a new Mac on your own • Works on Macs without a notch too, as a small tab at the top of the screen I'd love to hear how you clean your Mac today and what would make Kleanly better.

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I can actually see myself using this while cleaning my screen. Not having to pause a video just to wipe the keyboard is such a small thing, but really convenient.

Would be nice to have an invisible mode that requires a password typed to unlock but perhaps that's a different app entriely hahaha

the kids-slapping-the-keyboard-during-a-cartoon use case sold me more than the cleaning one honestly. what happens if the app crashes or the mac restarts while it's locked, does it come back locked and stuck, or does a reboot always clear it

The dark overlay sounds useful for me when cleaning the display itself. I’d probably find it easier to spot fingerprints and dust against a darker screen.

i like the double tap to unlock because it gives me a simple physical action to remember instead of searching through menus when I’m finished.

the toddler use case is honestly pretty practical. I can see this being useful whenever kids are watching something and inevitably start pressing random keys.

The dark overlay makes sense for screen cleaning too I’d probably turn that on every time I clean the display.

I like that this doesn’t try to do ten different things It basically solves one annoying problem and stays out of the way.

Good call supporting Macs without a notch too The little tab seems like a simple way to keep the same workflow.

The double tap to unlock is a neat touch No need to hunt around for a button after you’re done.

Keeping the screen on while cleaning is a nice detail I’d probably use it mostly for wiping down the keyboard.

I can definitely see the toddler use case especially when a cartoon is playing and little hands are everywhere.

The notch interaction is actually pretty clever Feels much easier than opening an app just to lock the keyboard.

About Kleanly on Product Hunt

“One tap in the notch locks your keyboard and trackpad”

Kleanly launched on Product Hunt on September 26th, 2026 and earned 109 upvotes and 30 comments, placing #9 on the daily leaderboard. Kleanly lives in your MacBook's notch. Tap it once and your keyboard and trackpad are locked, so you can wipe everything down while your video keeps playing. Kids can slap the keys during a cartoon and nothing gets typed. Double tap the trackpad when you're done. New since our first launch: the notch control, in-app updates, moving your license to a new Mac yourself, and a small tab on displays without a notch.

Kleanly was featured in Mac (103.8k followers), Productivity (663k followers) and Menu Bar Apps (12.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 182k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.

Who hunted Kleanly?

Kleanly was hunted by Haider Nawaz. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.

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