# Clear Desktop – Early Preview

**URL:** https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814
**Category:** New Clear
**Created:** [April 30, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814 "2026-04-30T18:24:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![cherian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/cherian/32/599_2.png) [@cherian](https://club.useclear.com/u/cherian)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/1 "2026-04-30T18:24:21Z")

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We are testing out an early preview of Clear desktop. We would love it if you could try it out and post feedback here.

Right now, Clear Desktop works only for pro users who have sync enabled.

Since this is a very early preview, access is waitlisted, and once we iron out basic issues with the early crowd, we’ll start opening it up to a larger batch.

[Download here](https://assets.useclear.com/clear/app/Clear-desktop-arm64.dmg)

Here’s what you get with the desktop version:

- Window background syncs to your current list’s theme color — no color flash when switching lists

- Designed to be snappy.

- Cmd+1–9 jumps directly to any of your top 9 lists. Hold Command and a floating bar at the bottom shows which list is on each number

- Offline badge appears in the top-right corner when you lose connectivity

- macOS title bar integration: drag region, traffic lights at the right position, content doesn’t clip under the chrome

- Your list open preference is persisted. If you close the app and reopen, you should see the previously opened list.

There is also a Vim mode for people who prefer staying on the keyboard:

To activate this when you are within a list, go to the escape mode and type in :vim and enter. This does not work in list-of-lists mode (for now).

To quit the Vim mode, go to Escape mode within a list, type in:quit and enter.

- j / k — navigate tasks

- i — enter edit mode

- o/O – add task

- x — complete task

- u — undo

- Space + j / k — reorder tasks.

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### Author: ![Eddy\_P](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/eddy_p/32/643_2.png) [@Eddy\_P](https://club.useclear.com/u/Eddy_P)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/2 "2026-05-02T14:58:34Z")

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Having this issue. Able to actually bring up the lists behind the splash screen but once I hit ‘OK’ it goes to the ‘We need your email’ screen. Also, pressing log in with passkey seems to not do anything.

Thanks

 ![Screenshot 2026-05-02 at 15.56.28](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/useclear/original/2X/c/c8b0d3b7d064e92d8632ae8a2dada7181c818cf6.jpeg)

 ![Screenshot 2026-05-02 at 15.56.32](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/useclear/original/2X/d/da4409492bd28427a49f2b0e3bbe4deb8d4be44c.jpeg)

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### Author: ![cherian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/cherian/32/599_2.png) [@cherian](https://club.useclear.com/u/cherian)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/3 "2026-05-02T18:21:01Z")

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Did you log in with the same email ID in the Clear iOS app? This is likely due to Apple’s privacy email.

If you can pass me your email for iOS app login, I can check in our backend.

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### Author: ![jouish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@jouish](https://club.useclear.com/u/jouish)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/4 "2026-05-04T16:37:27Z")

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Getting the same thing re: Apple didn’t share your email. Happens after I log in using my Apple account. Didn’t see any setting option to share my email.

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### Author: ![Mer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Mer](https://club.useclear.com/u/Mer)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/5 "2026-05-04T17:15:35Z")

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Same here

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### Author: ![cherian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/cherian/32/599_2.png) [@cherian](https://club.useclear.com/u/cherian)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/6 "2026-05-04T21:01:37Z")

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We discovered an interesting scenario that wasn’t a concern for us until now.

It looks like a few of you registered to be Clear Pro users before we had the ability to store email IDs and map them to the user ID.

So when you try to log in with your email ID, it isn’t mapping to any valid account.

We’ll be releasing a fix for this pretty soon.

Thank you for DMing me and helping out.

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### Author: ![jaredcohen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/jaredcohen/32/2354_2.png) [@jaredcohen](https://club.useclear.com/u/jaredcohen)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/7 "2026-05-05T21:55:50Z")

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Also, the Sign In with PassKey options doesn’t do anything when you click on it

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### Author: ![cherian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/cherian/32/599_2.png) [@cherian](https://club.useclear.com/u/cherian)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/8 "2026-05-06T00:13:59Z")

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Ouch, can you try the password for now?

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### Author: ![jaredcohen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/jaredcohen/32/2354_2.png) [@jaredcohen](https://club.useclear.com/u/jaredcohen)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/9 "2026-05-06T01:10:16Z")

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Yeah I get the same Apple didn’t share your password message the others are getting

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### Author: ![Petra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/petra/32/765_2.png) [@Petra](https://club.useclear.com/u/Petra)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2026, 8:50am UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/10 "2026-05-06T08:50:35Z")

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Help! There’s a typo in my email address so I will probably not get your access email.

How to fix?

 ![Screenshot 2026-05-06 at 10.48.54](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/useclear/original/2X/7/70012e1c82e0dea629ac5f94be7e3430cf28893b.jpeg)

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### Author: ![cherian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/cherian/32/599_2.png) [@cherian](https://club.useclear.com/u/cherian)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/11 "2026-05-06T15:32:28Z")

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Please DM me your email.

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### Author: ![Jjthorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@Jjthorp](https://club.useclear.com/u/Jjthorp)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2026, 3:25am UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/12 "2026-05-07T03:25:38Z")

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Thank you! Downloaded, logged in and I’m on the waitlist…

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### Author: ![cherian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/cherian/32/599_2.png) [@cherian](https://club.useclear.com/u/cherian)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/13 "2026-05-07T04:10:38Z")

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Approved

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### Author: ![longshots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@longshots](https://club.useclear.com/u/longshots)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/14 "2026-05-08T02:09:20Z")

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To access the Early Preview of the Clear Desktop, is this only for Mac users? @ben @cherian

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### Author: ![cherian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/cherian/32/599_2.png) [@cherian](https://club.useclear.com/u/cherian)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/15 "2026-05-08T02:21:35Z")

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Yes, for now this is only for Mac users.

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### Author: ![JoySorrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@JoySorrow](https://club.useclear.com/u/JoySorrow)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/16 "2026-05-08T04:45:57Z")

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![Screenshot 2026-05-08 at 05.43.57](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/useclear/original/2X/8/8c2ee7ba33e74574d755d3e5c5ef039d14a49efd.jpeg)

I downloaded via link above on macbook pro 2025 on latest OS. I have a pro a/c but I get this screen once logged in?

 ![IMG_5394](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/useclear/original/2X/e/ea9260058074fceb8429d0a6d2cea6b6a994a9c5.png)

 ![IMG_5392](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/useclear/original/2X/6/69a5b2cc04eeb7e289d7d35989261ad1687a3578.png)

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### Author: ![Jjthorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@Jjthorp](https://club.useclear.com/u/Jjthorp)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/17 "2026-05-08T15:18:09Z")

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I am in and using the desktop app. I like it better than the web app. Sync is working perfectly as are the quick list command+# switches. I did not initially see a floating bar when holding command but now I do. I have not tried Vim mode.

Actually, the floating bar is inconsistent. After seeing it while I wrote the above, it now is not functioning. 🤔

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### Author: ![cherian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/cherian/32/599_2.png) [@cherian](https://club.useclear.com/u/cherian)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/18 "2026-05-08T17:20:31Z")

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Please private message me your email address that you use to log in to clear Pro on your iphone

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### Author: ![random-username](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/random-username/32/2378_2.png) [@random-username](https://club.useclear.com/u/random-username)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/20 "2026-05-11T23:21:34Z")

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@cherian Could I be added as well to the Desktop beta? I could use help getting past the Clear Pro required - You’re on the desktop waitlist - screens 🙏 Love using Clear!

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### Author: ![cherian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/club.useclear.com/cherian/32/599_2.png) [@cherian](https://club.useclear.com/u/cherian)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://club.useclear.com/t/clear-desktop-early-preview/3814/21 "2026-05-12T00:56:56Z")

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Done

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