What is Scheduled Auto-Clean in Culr?
Scheduled Auto-Clean in Culr is a Pro feature that automatically removes photos you've marked for deletion on a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule, so your camera roll stays tidy without manual effort.
How Scheduled Auto-Clean Works
Scheduled Auto-Clean runs in the background on your iPhone or Android device. After you've used Culr's swipe-to-keep or swipe-to-delete cull workflow to mark photos for removal, the scheduler executes those deletions on your chosen interval: daily, weekly, or monthly. The feature uses background processing so it runs even when you're not actively using the app. Every deletion is preceded by an iCloud status check, meaning Culr verifies that your photos have synced to iCloud before removing them locally, so you never lose a photo that hasn't backed up yet.
Why Use Scheduled Auto-Clean
Manual cleanup feels repetitive. If you shoot hundreds of photos each week, Culr's swipe cull workflow lets you batch-decide which ones to keep in a single session. Then scheduled auto-clean takes care of the rest on autopilot. It's especially useful for wedding and event photographers who need a fast culling workflow but don't want to manually press delete dozens of times. Set it to run weekly and your camera roll stays under control without thinking about it.
Pro Feature Only
Scheduled Auto-Clean is included in Culr's Pro tier, available at £6.99 per month, £49.99 per year, or £69.99 lifetime. The Pro plan also includes AI Best Shot for keeper recommendations across similar photos, video compression, Photographer Mode for shoot-by-shoot grouping (by 2-hour gaps), and Storage Analytics with a 14-day freed-bytes chart. Free and Plus tiers do not include scheduled auto-clean, but they include unlimited swipe cull, screenshot cleanup, and on Plus, unlimited duplicate detection and similar-photo grouping.
How It Fits Into Your Culr Workflow
The typical workflow is: open Culr, swipe through your photos using the keep/delete gesture, mark blurry or unwanted images for deletion, then set your auto-clean schedule and let the app handle the rest. You can also use Culr's other tools like duplicate detection, blur detection, and burst-photo ranking to identify candidates for deletion first. Once you've curated your keep list, scheduled auto-clean removes the rest silently in the background on your chosen day and time.
Storage Impact and Analytics
As of June 2026, Culr's Pro plan includes a Storage Analytics Dashboard that shows you exactly how much space you've freed over the last 14 days, broken down by category. This lets you see the real impact of scheduled auto-clean over time. The app runs locally on your device, so no photos are sent to the cloud. All processing happens on your iPhone or Android, and you control every decision about what stays and what goes.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I undo scheduled auto-clean deletions?
Once scheduled auto-clean runs and deletes a photo, it's gone from your device. However, if your photos are synced to iCloud, you can recover them from iCloud's Recently Deleted folder within 30 days. Culr checks iCloud status before deletion, so synced photos are protected on Apple's servers.
Does scheduled auto-clean delete all my photos?
No. Scheduled auto-clean only deletes photos you've explicitly marked for deletion using Culr's swipe-cull workflow. Photos you've swiped to keep are never touched. You decide which photos go.
What time does scheduled auto-clean run?
Scheduled auto-clean runs at a time determined by iOS or Android's background task scheduler. You choose the frequency (daily, weekly, or monthly), but the exact time is managed by the system to balance battery and network use.
Is scheduled auto-clean available on Android?
Yes. Culr runs on both iOS and Android, and scheduled auto-clean is available on both platforms as part of the Pro tier.
Do I need to subscribe to Pro just for scheduled auto-clean?
If scheduled auto-clean is your main need, Pro is required at £6.99/month or £49.99/year. However, Pro also includes video compression, Photographer Mode, Storage Analytics, and AI Best Shot recommendations.