How to clean up largest files in your own bucket

You already own the objects. A few huge files are eating the bill.

file.rocks is the UI. Cleanup lists the biggest objects by size. You pick what to drop. The rest stay.

This is Largest files under Settings → Cleanup. Size ranking. It is not how to clean up likely duplicates in your own bucket (exact hash). It is not how to clean up near-duplicate photos in your own bucket (visual). It is not how to optimize photos in your own bucket (compress and overwrite). It is not Files row Delete. That hard delete path is how to delete a file from your own bucket.

1. No bucket yet

You need S3-compatible object storage. Not another Drive clone.

If you do not have a bucket hooked up, follow how to connect a Backblaze B2 bucket and come back. For the price table, see the cheapest cloud object storage comparison.

2. Open Largest files

Sign in at file.rocks. Open Settings → Cleanup. Pick the bucket if needed.

Open Largest files (/settings/cleanup/largest).

The meta line is Biggest objects by size. Guide: Pick space hogs you no longer need. Deselect anything to keep.

Empty state: Nothing in this category. Optional Show dismissed / Restore.

3. Select, then confirm

The wizard is 1 · Select / 2 · Confirm.

Select rows (Select all / Select none). Optional Dismiss selected. Sticky bar shows N selected · ~X · N file(s).

Click Review deletions. Confirm step says Final check before permanent delete. Click Delete N permanently (busy: Deleting…).

The modal asks: Permanently delete N file(s) and reclaim about X? This cannot be undone. Buttons Delete permanently / Cancel.

Toasts: Deleted N file(s) / Deleted with N error(s) / Dismissed N suggestion(s).

This path is permanent delete. Do not invent trash or undo here. Soft index rows may show as deleted after.

4. What this is not

This is not exact-hash duplicates. That is how to clean up likely duplicates in your own bucket.

This is not visual near-duplicates. That is how to clean up near-duplicate photos in your own bucket.

This is not compress and overwrite. That is how to optimize photos in your own bucket.

This is not toolbar or row Delete in Files. That path is how to delete a file from your own bucket.

Screenshots and downloads, Tiny files, Orphans, and Backup stay for another day. This post is only Largest files.

5. Then stop

Need exact hash twins gone? That is how to clean up likely duplicates in your own bucket.

Need near-copies gone? That is how to clean up near-duplicate photos in your own bucket.

Need smaller photos without deleting? That is how to optimize photos in your own bucket.