PhotoClean
Photo cleaner

Clear the clutter.
Get your space back.

PhotoClean finds duplicates, look-alike shots, screenshots, blurry photos and large videos for you. Every photo is analyzed on your device and never uploaded.

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  • Analyzed on device
  • No account, no server
  • Free · iOS · Android

What it finds

Five kinds of clutter,
gathered for you

PhotoClean analyzes your library on your device and sorts what you can probably let go into clear groups. You always review and decide what gets deleted.

Duplicates

Merge identical copies into one

Copies you saved twice or got back from a chat app are matched with a perceptual hash. Tap Merge to keep the best copy and delete the rest.

Keeper: favorite → resolution → file size → earliest

Similar photos

Keep only the best of each burst

Shots taken close together are grouped into sets, with the sharpest one already picked as the keeper. Change it to any photo you like.

Pick Strict, Normal or Loose matching in Settings

Screenshots

Clear out old captures

Coupons, maps and chat captures you looked at once and forgot about, gathered in one place.

iOS screenshot flag · Android Screenshots folder

Blurry photos

Shaky or very dark shots

Finds out-of-focus, shaky and nearly black photos. Nothing is preselected, so only the photos you pick get deleted.

Nothing preselected · favorites and screenshots excluded

Large videos

Videos over 50 MB

The 50 MB-plus videos that take up the most space, biggest first.

50 MB or more · biggest first

Cleaned up so far

1,284 photos · 3.2 GB freed

Your running total of cleaned photos and freed space lives on the home screen.

Merge duplicates

Keep the best copy,
clear the rest

Every set comes with a keeper already picked and the rest marked for deletion. Want a different one? Long-press another photo to keep it instead.

How the keeper is chosen

  1. FavoriteA photo you marked as a favorite wins.
  2. ResolutionOtherwise, the higher-resolution copy.
  3. File sizeSame resolution? The larger file.
  4. EarliestStill tied? The one taken first.

On iPhone, merging also moves album membership and the favorite flag from the deleted copies to the photo you keep, in the same change.

Swipe to clean

Go month by month,
one swipe at a time

Pick a month and flip through your photos one by one. Swipe left to delete, right to keep.

  • Left to delete, right to keepSwipe with your finger or tap the buttons below the photo.
  • UndoBring back the photo you just sorted and decide again.
  • Review before deletingSee everything you marked in one place and tap any photo you'd rather keep.
  • Pick up where you left offYour progress in each month is saved, so you can continue later.

Safe deletion

Asked before it goes.
Recoverable after.

PhotoClean never deletes anything behind your back. Every delete and merge goes through the iOS or Android system prompt. Decline it, and nothing is removed.

iOS

Moved to Recently Deleted

Deleted photos stay in Recently Deleted in the Photos app for 30 days, and you can recover them until then.

Recoverable for 30 days

Android 11 and later

Moved to the system trash

Photos stay in the trash for 30 days before they're removed for good. Until then you can restore them from the trash in your gallery or files app.

Recoverable for 30 days

Android 8–10

Deleted right away

These versions have no system trash, so deleted photos can't be recovered. The app tells you before anything is deleted.

Can't be recovered

Privacy

Your photos never
leave your phone

Hashes, sharpness, brightness and file sizes are all worked out on your device. There's no sign-up and no developer server.

  • No account neededStart right away. We never ask for your name or email.
  • Results stay on device tooThe analysis cache lives in the app's Documents folder and settings in local storage. Delete the app and they're gone.
  • No tracking SDKs addedNo analytics SDK and no crash-reporting SDK.
  • Ads by Google AdMobAdMob may use your device's advertising ID to serve ads. Turn off personalized ads any time in Settings.
Read the Privacy Policy

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Are my photos uploaded anywhere?

No. PhotoClean has no developer server. Your photos and the analysis results (hashes, sharpness, brightness, file sizes) are processed and stored only on your device. You don't need an account either.

Can I undo a deletion?

On iOS, deleted photos go to Recently Deleted in the Photos app, where you can recover them for 30 days. On Android 11 and later, they go to the system trash for 30 days.

Android 8–10 has no system trash, so photos are deleted right away and can't be recovered. The app tells you before deleting in that case.

Which photo is kept when I merge duplicates?

The best copy, chosen in this order: favorite → resolution → file size → earliest. To keep a different one, long-press it.

On iPhone, album membership and the favorite flag of the deleted copies move to the photo you keep.

Does it work with iCloud Photos?

PhotoClean analyzes the thumbnails already on your device and never downloads originals from iCloud. Photos without a local thumbnail (for example, some older photos offloaded by Optimize iPhone Storage) may be skipped.

If iCloud Photos is on, deleting a photo also deletes it from your other devices signed in to the same Apple Account.

Is it free? Why are there ads?

It's free, and ads keep it that way. There's a banner and a native ad on the home screen, and from your second cleanup on, a full-screen ad may appear after a cleanup, at most once every 3 minutes.

Turn off Personalized ads in Settings to see only general ads that aren't based on your interests.

Can I give access to only some photos?

Yes. If you allow only some photos (for example, Selected Photos on iOS), PhotoClean analyzes and cleans up just those. You can allow more any time with Allow more on the home screen or Select more photos in Settings.

Why is the first analysis slow?

The first time, every photo in your library is analyzed one by one on your device, so larger libraries take longer. Keeping the app open helps it finish sooner.

Results are saved on your device, and later runs only analyze new or changed photos.

Which languages are supported?

14 languages: Korean, English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), French, German, Russian, Turkish, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. It follows your device language by default, and you can change it under Language in Settings.

There's more to clean
than you think

PhotoClean is free and coming soon to the App Store and Google Play.

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