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How to clean up screenshots and downloads in your own bucket

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You already own the objects. Screen grabs and Downloads junk are piling up.

file.rocks is the UI. Cleanup finds screenshot and download-style names. You pick what to drop. The rest stay.

This is Screenshots & downloads under Settings → Cleanup. Name clutter. It is not how to clean up largest files in your own bucket (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 Screenshots & downloads

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

Open Screenshots & downloads (/settings/cleanup/screenshots).

The meta line is about Screenshot / IMG_ / Downloads names. Guide: common clutter from exports and screen grabs.

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

3. Select, then confirm

The wizard is 1 · Select / 2 · Confirm. Same CleanupInventoryReview shape as Largest files.

Select rows (Select all / Select none). Optional Dismiss selected. Sticky bar shows selected count and reclaim estimate.

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 size ranking. That is how to clean up largest files in your own bucket.

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.

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

5. Then stop

Need space hogs by size instead? That is how to clean up largest files in your own bucket.

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.

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