What's Changed

🚀 Enhancements

General: Add a setting to only open the dashboard summary on demand by @d4rken in #2637

General: Shrink issue screenshots uploaded as HTML img tags by @d4rken in #2638

SystemCleaner: Edit custom filter entries without deleting the others by @d4rken in #2633

SystemCleaner: Tidy up the custom filter editor layout by @d4rken in #2642

SystemCleaner: Speed up scanning folders with a huge number of files by @d4rken in #2647

AppCleaner: Show live progress when scanning folders with many files by @d4rken in #2648

General: Show progress while reading folders with many files by @d4rken in #2649

Analyzer: Show live progress when scanning an app's storage by @d4rken in #2652

General: Show when a Google Play payment is still being processed by @d4rken in #2653

General: Show how long SD Maid has been on your device by @d4rken in #2664

General: Show more of the file path in dashboard progress by @d4rken in #2689

General: Keep Google from refunding purchases when the app is closed too soon by @d4rken in #2685

Media Squeeze: Show live progress and results while compressing by @d4rken in #2690

🐞 Bug fixes

SystemCleaner: Fix search preview hidden behind the navigation bar by @d4rken in #2631

AppControl: Fix force stop not working on ColorOS devices by @d4rken in #2635

General: Fix anniversary card hiding after New Year dismissals by @d4rken in #2639

Squeezer: Fix app silently closing when video compression fails by @d4rken in #2641

Fix: Rare app crash during shell session shutdown by @d4rken in #2646

Fix: Operations hanging when an internal shell breaks down by @d4rken in #2651

General: Fix pink tint on cards and dialogs in the default theme by @d4rken in #2645

Fix: Setup could get stuck on 'Loading' for Shizuku until a reboot by @d4rken in #2650

AppCleaner: Fix extra scrolling when clearing caches on One UI by @d4rken in #2656

Fix: Sponsor screen looked unchanged after successfully sponsoring by @d4rken in #2657

AppCleaner: Stop offering to delete caches that can never be cleared by @d4rken in #2658

Fix: Force-stopping System UI broke cleaning automation until reboot by @d4rken in #2654

Fix: Crash when returning to the app with a picker or preview open by @d4rken in #2659

Fix: Rare app freezes while the automation service is enabled by @d4rken in #2661

Fix: Crash when no file picker app is available on the device by @d4rken in #2660

General: Block subscription purchase when the fresh check finds owned Pro by @d4rken in #2662

AppCleaner: Fail faster when cache clearing can't work on a device by @d4rken in #2663

AppCleaner: Stop spending minutes on system apps with nothing to clear by @d4rken in #2666

Fix: Random shell command failures right after a shell dies by @d4rken in #2667

Fix: SD Maid kept watching screen activity after finishing automation by @d4rken in #2672

General: Stop the Shizuku setup card from loading forever by @d4rken in #2676

AppCleaner: Stop waiting on a greyed-out clear cache button by @d4rken in #2671

Fix: Cancelling a cleanup could leave automation running by @d4rken in #2678

Fix: Match storage paths to the correct volume during SAF access by @d4rken in #2674

CorpseFinder: Fix sdcard scan crashing on unidentifiable files by @d4rken in #2677

Fix: Upgrade partial storage grants and report the right access error by @d4rken in #2675

Fix: SAF file creation, scan exclusions, and cleanup errors by @d4rken in #2683

Fix: Remove folders, not just their contents, when cleaning via SAF by @d4rken in #2684

🤷 Other changes

General: Trim AI rules for PR descriptions by @d4rken in #2643

General: Stream directory listings instead of collecting them first by @d4rken in #2668

General: Cover privileged file operations with tests by @d4rken in #2669

General: Update app translations from Crowdin by @d4rken in #2673

CorpseFinder: Share one scan implementation across the cleanup filters by @d4rken in #2679

CorpseFinder: Record what a scan would find on newer Android versions by @d4rken in #2682

General: Measure test coverage for the cleaning tools by @d4rken in #2686

General: Remove unused file-access helper code by @d4rken in #2687

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SD Maid 2/SE

SD Maid 2/SE is actively being worked on and not feature complete. Feature requests are welcome!

SD Maid SE (AKA SD Maid 2) is a file management tool for Android that specialises in maintenance. Its core purpose is freeing up space and removing unwanted data.

Features include:

Removing data that belongs to apps that are no longer installed (CorpseFinder)
Deleting expendable files, e.g. caches (AppCleaner)
User configurable filters for random files (SystemCleaner)
Scheduling actions (Scheduler)
Controlling/disabling apps (AppControl)
Storage overview (StorageAnalyzer)
Find duplicate data (Deduplicator)
Image compression (Media Squeeze)
Swipe assisted deletion (Swiper)
Root and Shizuku support

SD Maid SE is the successor to SD Maid. A complete rewrite, optimized for newer Android versions, with a focus on SD Maid's most popular features. More details about SD Maid vs SD Maid SE can be found in the FAQ.