Photo cleanup terms, explained
Each term gets a direct answer, the details that matter when you clean a phone, and sources. For one-line definitions, see the glossary.
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Terms A–Z
- "System" / "Other" storage on Android
- Adoptable storage / SD card
- AI judge model
- AI photo cleaner
- Android trash / Recently deleted
- App cache
- App Store / Google Play refund
- App Store privacy label
- Best shot
- Blurry photo
- Booster app (RAM booster)
- Burst photo
- Chargeback
- Cloud backup vs sync
- Cloud storage quota
- Dark pattern
- DCIM folder
- Duplicate photo finder
- Exact duplicate photo
- EXIF metadata
- Exposure (over and under)
- File hash / checksum
- Files by Google Clean
- Forwarded image
- Forwarded many times
- Free trial auto-renewal
- Good-morning image
- Google One
- Google Photos "Free up space"
- Google Play Data safety section
- HEIC / HEIF
- iCloud+
- Image compression
- In-app purchase
- JPEG
- Junk files
- Junk screenshot
- Lifetime purchase
- MediaStore
- Megapixel
- Motion photo
- Near-duplicate photo
- Negative option billing
- On-device processing
- Original quality (Google Photos)
- Partial photo access (Android 14 "Select photos")
- Pay-per-photo pricing
- Paywall
- Perceptual hash
- Photo clutter
- Photo permission on Android
- Pixel binning
- Pocket shot
- RAW / DNG photo
- Recently deleted vs permanently deleted
- Samsung Gallery Clean out
- Scoped storage
- Screenshots folder
- Sharpness score
- Similar-photo grouping
- Storage cleaner vs gallery cleaner
- Storage saver (Google Photos)
- Swipe-to-delete app
- Thumbnail cache
- Weekly subscription
- WhatsApp media auto-download
- WhatsApp media folder
- WhatsApp media visibility
GalleryJury is coming soon to Android
It keeps the best shot from every burst and clears the clutter around it. 50 free photos to try, then $5 for 5,000 photos or $15 for 20,000. Pay once, nothing renews. No subscription.
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