The seasonal moments people actually clean up
Storage cleanup rarely happens because a phone is full. It happens because something is about to happen: a trip, a new iPhone, a wedding, a family gathering. Each moment below is a challenge with a goal and a deadline, and a page explaining why it is worth doing then.
Running today
These challenges are open right now, and each has a closing date.
Vacation Video Review
Free up 10 GB of trip video
One trip can outweigh a year of photographs. A few minutes of 4K footage runs to gigabytes, so the fastest way back to free space is to review the videos first.
Open the challengeRunning now, to September 20Back-to-School Screenshot Reset
Clear 300 screenshots that already expired
Screenshots are information with an expiry date, stored like photographs that never have one. A term’s worth of schedules, reading lists and receipts is the easiest thing to clear.
Open the challengeNext on the calendar
Ordered by how soon each one opens, so the next thing worth preparing for is always at the top.
Clean Before the Transfer
Free up 15 GB before the transfer
A transfer moves whatever you point it at, including years of duplicates and videos you have never rewatched. Clean the old iPhone first: less to move, and a camera roll you chose.
Open the challengeStarts in 26 daysFall Camera Roll Refresh
Free up 5 GB while there is still time to decide
October is the last quiet month your camera roll gets. Clearing the summer backlog now is a calm hour’s work; doing it in December means deleting photos at the dinner table.
Open the challengeStarts October 15Halloween Photo Favorites
Review 150 party frames and keep the ones that worked
Costumes get photographed in the dark, which means retakes: the same three people, eleven times, one of them in focus. Comparing them side by side is faster than scrolling.
Open the challengeStarts October 20Diwali Photo Review
Review 200 low-light frames
Diwali is photographed in the dark, which means the same doorway of lamps gets shot eight times before one comes out sharp. Put the attempts side by side and keep the one that worked.
Open the challengeStarts November 1Holiday Camera Roll Refresh
Free up 8 GB before the family arrives
A holiday week fills a phone faster than any other week of the year: video of the room, four takes of every group shot, a month of order confirmations. Make the room in November.
Open the challengeStarts November 15Before You Buy More Storage
See how much space your duplicates actually cost
Before you pay for more storage, it is worth knowing what the current storage is holding. Quite often a large share of it is the same photograph, saved several times over.
Open the challengeStarts December 1Year-End Camera Roll Review
Free up 10 GB and close the year
December is the one month you scroll back through the whole year anyway. While you are in there, decide what earned its place and what was only ever a repeat.
Open the challengeStarts December 20Set Up the New iPhone Light
Free up 10 GB before the new phone arrives
A new iPhone is empty exactly once. The default next step is to restore four years of duplicates onto it. Reviewing the old library first is what makes the fresh start real.
Open the challengeRan earlier this year
These have closed for this cycle. Each page stays live and the challenge comes back around on the date shown, because the moment repeats every year.
Summer Camera Roll Refresh
Free up 3 GB in a single sitting
In summer your camera roll grows faster than you review it. Ten minutes between weekends keeps you ahead of it, so you are never deleting in a hurry to make room for one more.
Open the challengeReturns June 1Wedding Season Photo Cleanup
Free up 5 GB of reception shots
As a guest you come home with three hundred reception shots and an eleven-minute video of vows you watched from the back. The professional already covered it. Keep the few that landed.
Open the challengeReturns May 10Graduation Photo Favorites
Review 300 burst frames and keep the best
A graduation is one day photographed forty ways, plus every version your family sent you afterwards. Pick the frames worth keeping while you still remember which ones they are.
Open the challengeReturns April 15Make Room for Travel
Free up 10 GB before you fly
A full phone halfway through a trip is not an inconvenience, it is a photo you do not get to take. Make the room before you leave, not from a hotel bed at midnight.
Open the challengeReturns April 28Mother's Day Photo Gift Prep
Review 100 near-identical portraits and find the one
The good photo of her exists, buried between nine near-identical attempts from the same afternoon. Finding it is a matter of comparing them side by side, not of scrolling past all of them again.
Open the challengeReturns March 1Spring Camera Roll Refresh
Free up 8 GB before the heavy half of the year
The heavy photo months run from May through September. Spring is the last stretch where your camera roll is not growing faster than you can review it, which makes it the easiest time to clear.
Open the challengeReturns March 24World Backup Day Photo Archive
Clear 1,000 duplicates before you back up
A backup copies whatever you hand it, including every near-identical burst. Review the duplicates first and you archive a photo library, not five copies of the same afternoon.
Open the challengeReturns February 5Valentine's Photo Favorites
Review 200 near-identical portraits
You do not need forty versions of the same portrait. You need the one where the light was right. Cleanor lines up the near-identical frames so you can choose and let the rest go.
Open the challengeReturns January 25Lunar New Year Camera Roll Reset
Free up 5 GB before the reunion
The house gets swept before Lunar New Year, and the camera roll never does. Clear the duplicates and old screenshots now, and there is room for the reunion dinners still to come.
Open the challengeReturns January 1New Year Camera Roll Refresh
Free up 5 GB before January ends
December leaves the heaviest camera roll of the year: the same toast photographed eleven times, screenshots of plans that already happened. Early January is when it is easiest to review.
Open the challengeA challenge you can finish, not a nag
The point of a deadline is that it ends. These are built to be completed and then forgotten about until the moment comes round again.
A goal, not a nudge
Each challenge names a target and an end date, so it is something you can actually finish rather than a permanent reminder that your phone is untidy.
Two ways to finish
Reach the target, or review the whole seasonal queue. You never have to delete a photo you wanted to keep in order to complete one.
Nothing to sign up for
No account, no leaderboard, no streak. The progress lives on your device, and the only thing being compared is your camera roll against itself.
Common questions
What people usually ask about the seasonal event pages.
What is a Cleanor seasonal challenge?
A cleanup goal with a deadline, tied to a moment that already puts pressure on your storage: a New Year reset, World Backup Day, wedding season, the September iPhone transfer. Each one names a target, runs for a set window, and opens in Cleanor on the feature that fits the job.
How do I finish a challenge?
Hit the target, or review the whole seasonal queue. Either one completes it. That second condition matters: a goal measured only in gigabytes would push you to delete photos you wanted, so getting through the review counts as finishing even if you keep almost everything.
Why are some challenges listed as passed?
Every moment here comes back every year, so this page sorts them against today. Anything whose window has already closed is listed as passed, along with the date it comes back around. Nothing expires, it just waits its turn.
Do I need an account to take part?
No. There is no sign-in, no leaderboard, and no score to compare against anyone else. A challenge is between you and your own camera roll, and the progress stays on your device.