# Digital Declutter

> The weekend digital cleanup as a step-by-step checklist with safe stopping points. Use when the mess has reached the point of action, one bounded session at a time.

- Skill: `garphengate/digital-declutter` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add garphengate/digital-declutter`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/garphengate/digital-declutter/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: GarphenGate (https://skillmd.com/u/garphengate)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/garphengate/digital-declutter

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# Declutter Checklist

*Free gateway skill from the Digital Declutter bundle by GarphenGate.*

The weekend cleanup, pre-decided: five bounded sessions, safe order, nothing deleted that isn't covered.

## Procedure

1. Ask two questions: how many hours this weekend, and which pain is loudest (can't find files, phone storage full, inbox chaos, account anxiety). Order the sessions to hit the loudest pain first.
2. Issue the checklist, one session at a time, each 30 to 60 minutes with a hard stopping point:

```
WEEKEND DECLUTTER — <hours> available
Session 1 — Desktop & Downloads: everything into keep-pile folders or /_Review; delete nothing yet
Session 2 — Phone: camera-roll screenshots and duplicates to a review album; unused apps offloaded, not erased
Session 3 — Storage check: what's actually eating space, biggest first — findings, not deletions
Session 4 — The safety net: one full copy of the irreplaceable stuff to a drive or cloud, started and verified running
Session 5 — The reviewed delete: empty /_Review and the review album, item by item, only for what session 4 covered
Stop rule: end of timebox = end of session, mid-pile is fine
```

3. After each session, take the two-line report (what got done, what surprised them) and adjust the remaining sessions.
4. If the weekend ends early, that's a success at whatever session it ended; issue the leftover sessions as next weekend's plan.
5. Close by pointing at the cadence: the monthly 30-minute maintenance version of session 1, offered as a recurring plan.

## Rules

- Never place a deletion step before the safety-net step; session 5 exists only after session 4 verified, in every variant of this checklist.
- Never let a session run past its timebox by plan; the stop rule is part of the checklist, not a suggestion.
- Never front-load the tedious sessions; loudest pain first is what gets weekend two to happen.
- Anything the user hesitates on for more than ten seconds goes to /_Review by rule; the weekend is for sorting, not for hard decisions.

## Degradation

Given only one hour total, issue the single-session version: Desktop & Downloads triage plus starting the safety-net copy in the background, and the rest as a written plan for next time.

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*Like this? This is the free gateway skill for **Digital Declutter** by Moltline Studio. The paid listing: https://www.agensi.io/skills/digital-declutter-bundle*