Swipe Photo Cleaner: Swipe Left to Trash, Right to Keep

What swipe review does

• One photo at a time: swipe right to keep, left to send it to the trash.
• Undo: take back your swipes one at a time, whether you kept or trashed the photo.
• A trash you review: trashed photos wait in CleanX’s trash, grouped by list. Restore one, restore all, or delete them all at once instead of one photo at a time, per list or for the whole trash.
• Trash is saved: if you leave, CleanX asks whether to review the trash now or keep it for later.
• Videos too: video cards show a cover, and the video plays when you tap it.

Where you can swipe

Swipe review opens from the lists where every photo needs a decision of its own: Blurry Photos, Chat Photos (photos in WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram and other chat-app albums), Selfies, Photos with Text and Videos. For groups of duplicates and similar shots, CleanX keeps one photo per group and lets you clear the rest at once instead: see duplicate photo remover.

How it works

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   Step 1: Open a list

   Pick a list on the home screen, such as Blurry Photos, and tap a photo.

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   Step 2: Swipe

   Left sends the photo to CleanX’s trash, right keeps it and shows the next one.

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   Step 3: Review the trash

   Open the trash to see everything you swiped left; restore any photo you want back.

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   Step 4: Delete once

   Delete everything in the trash at once. On iPhone, iOS asks you to confirm once and the photos go to Recently Deleted for 30 days; on Android, they’re deleted permanently, and on Android 11 and later Android asks you to confirm first.

What it doesn’t do

• Swiping left doesn’t delete. Photos stay in CleanX’s trash until you delete them there.
• It doesn’t judge your photos. You decide on every card.
• It isn’t on every list. Duplicate and similar groups use selection instead of swiping.

CleanX vs. deleting in the Photos app

You can delete photos one by one in Photos or Google Photos for free. See how to delete all photos on iPhone and how to delete blurry photos.

What’s free and what needs CleanX Pro

Swiping and reviewing the trash are free. Deleting the trash needs CleanX Pro, available as a weekly plan with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase with no subscription. See what else it covers in iPhone storage cleaner.