Shortcuts, folders and hidden files stay where they are
Sortbook does not move your shortcuts, your folders or your hidden files, whatever a recipe says. The app says so at the top of the Recipes tab.
File organizer for Windows
Folder cleanupyou can take back.
Switch on a recipe and Sortbook files what arrives while you work, by type, month or year. Delete means Staging, where a file waits and you can restore it, and every move has its own Undo.
Free to install, and every recipe works for 30 days.
Keep Downloads cleanMoves files left for more than 3 days in Downloads to Downloads\Sorted, one folder per type.
Downloads
- holiday-cove.png
- quarterly-figures.xlsx
- site-photos.zip
- meridian-tools-setup.exe
- walkthrough-clip.mp4
- Screenshot 2026-08-30 142201.png
- scratch-notes-june.txt
- cassiopeia-viewer-old.msi
- Budget tracker.lnkShortcut, left alone
Downloads\Sorted
- Images
- Documents
- Archives
- Installers
- Video
Activity
- Switch the recipe on and each move is listed here with its own Undo.
A drawing of one recipe at work, set with file names from the app's demo folder. Switch the recipe on, then try an Undo. The app's own screens follow below.
- Keep Downloads clean
- Sweep screenshots off the Desktop
- Tidy Desktop overnight
- File PDFs into Documents
- Photos out of Downloads
- Drain incomplete downloads
- Collect invoices and receipts
- Age out old installers
- Archive old Desktop files
- Create My Own
How it works
Recipes, not rules.
A recipe is a named job behind a switch. Ten ship with the app, nine ready to switch on and one blank for a folder of your own, and all of them start switched off.
Pick a recipe by its name, such as Keep Downloads clean, Sweep screenshots off the Desktop or File PDFs into Documents, and switch it on. Each card says in one sentence what the recipe does.
Every recipe opens into an editor that asks in plain words, starting with which folders to look in. The sentence under the recipe's name changes to say what your change will do.
Activity lists every automatic action, newest first, and each one has its own Undo button. Files staged for delete are listed there too, so a delete is an action you can reverse.
When a recipe says delete, the file moves to Staging, where it waits and you can restore it. The one permanent delete is a button you press yourself.
What it leaves alone
Sortbook is careful with the things that matter.
Cloud-only files are left alone
A file that lives only in the cloud is left alone rather than downloaded, so tidying up does not pull gigabytes over your connection.
The folders you actually see
Sortbook asks Windows where your folders are instead of guessing, so a recipe that says Desktop acts on the Desktop you see, even when OneDrive has moved it.
Seven kinds of file, listed in full
A recipe can give each kind its own folder. The app lists every kind and its file types, and files anything it does not recognise as Other.
- Images
- Documents
- Archives
- Installers
- Audio
- Video
- Other
The lists are the ones the app shows.
On your computer
Sortbook works on your computer and has no account.
Sortbook sends no telemetry and never reads what is inside your files. It only matches on names, kinds and dates.
- Account
- There is none to create.
- Telemetry
- The app sends none.
- What it matches on
- Names, kinds and dates.
Pricing
Free to install, with a one-time unlock.
- Every recipe works for 30 days from the day you install.
- After that, a one-time unlock keeps your recipes sorting. It is an in-app add-on from the Microsoft Store, not a subscription.
- Activity, Undo and restoring from Staging keep working either way, so your files are not held behind a purchase.
The Microsoft Store shows the unlock's price in your currency.
Platforms
Sortbook is on Windows today.
- WindowsAvailableInstall it from the Microsoft Store.
- MacIn developmentIn development; nothing released yet.
Questions
Questions people ask first.
What happens when a recipe says delete?
The file moves to Staging, where it waits and you can restore it. The one permanent delete is a button you press yourself, and it does not run on its own.
Can I undo a move?
Yes. Activity lists every automatic action with its own Undo, and after you undo a move the recipes leave that file alone.
Does it only tidy the Downloads folder?
No. A recipe works on the folders you choose. Keep Downloads clean is one of the ready recipes, and Create My Own is the blank one for any folder.
What does it leave alone?
Sortbook does not move shortcuts, folders or hidden files, whatever a recipe says. It also leaves a cloud-only file alone rather than downloading it.
Does Sortbook sort while it is closed?
Sortbook sorts while it is running. A setting in the app starts it when you sign in to Windows.
What happens after the 30 days?
Buy the one-time unlock and your recipes keep sorting. Activity, Undo and restoring from Staging keep working whether you buy it or not.
Is there a version for Mac?
The Mac version is in development; nothing is released yet.
Tidy the folders you choose, and keep the Undo.
Sortbook is free to install from the Microsoft Store.