diff --git a/lib/clean/dev.sh b/lib/clean/dev.sh
index 6f441f1..3306164 100644
--- a/lib/clean/dev.sh
+++ b/lib/clean/dev.sh
@@ -207,9 +207,8 @@ clean_dev_mobile() {
     safe_clean ~/.cache/swift-package-manager/* "Swift package manager cache"
 }
 # JVM ecosystem caches.
+# Gradle excluded (default whitelist, like Maven). Remove via: mo clean --whitelist
 clean_dev_jvm() {
-    safe_clean ~/.gradle/caches/* "Gradle caches"
-    safe_clean ~/.gradle/daemon/* "Gradle daemon logs"
     safe_clean ~/.sbt/* "SBT cache"
     safe_clean ~/.ivy2/cache/* "Ivy cache"
 }
diff --git a/lib/core/base.sh b/lib/core/base.sh
index e2149fb..d0f813b 100644
--- a/lib/core/base.sh
+++ b/lib/core/base.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ declare -a DEFAULT_WHITELIST_PATTERNS=(
     "$HOME/Library/Caches/ms-playwright*"
     "$HOME/.cache/huggingface*"
     "$HOME/.m2/repository/*"
+    "$HOME/.gradle/caches/*"
+    "$HOME/.gradle/daemon/*"
     "$HOME/.ollama/models/*"
     "$HOME/Library/Caches/com.nssurge.surge-mac/*"
     "$HOME/Library/Application Support/com.nssurge.surge-mac/*"