Effective date: November 6, 2026

Light Clean (package: com.idolestown.lightclean) is provided by Idolestown. This policy explains how the app handles information and uses Android permissions. Contact: hendrikberingerous@gmail.com.

1. Overview

Light Clean analyzes files, photos, videos, installed apps and device information on your device. Its file and media analysis does not upload your files, photos, videos, file names, comparison hashes, thumbnails or installed-app list to us. This version has no account registration, advertising SDK, analytics SDK or remote crash-reporting SDK. We do not sell your personal information.

The optional WIFI test connects to Cloudflare when you start a test. This sends generated test traffic and connection information to that service, as explained below. If you contact us by email, we receive the address, message and attachments you choose to send and use them to respond to your request.

2. Shared-storage file access

With your authorization, All files access (MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) lets Light Clean scan accessible mounted shared-storage folders for file review and cleanup. It uses file names, paths, sizes, modification times, types and, where necessary, contents or hashes. Categories include accessible cache and temporary files, logs, installation packages, uninstall leftovers, large files, downloads, documents, audio, archives and duplicate files. Other apps' protected private directories, including restricted Android/data and Android/obb locations, remain outside the scan. Symbolic links are skipped.

Scanning does not delete files. Manual file cleanup operates after you select or review items and initiate cleaning. Deletion of non-media files can be permanent. Optional automatic cleanup is a separate feature governed by a saved plan, described in section 5. A file's classification does not mean it is unnecessary to you; review results and keep backups of important files.

3. Photo, video and media-management access

Photo and video read permissions (READ_MEDIA_IMAGES and READ_MEDIA_VIDEO, or the applicable storage-read permission on older Android versions) support review across the accessible media library. Light Clean can compare identical photos, suggest similar or low-detail images, identify screenshots, and list videos and large videos. It reads media identifiers, names, sizes, dates, dimensions, folder information, favorite and trash status, and locally decoded image samples. Comparisons and thumbnails stay on your device. Similarity and quality suggestions are estimates and require your judgment.

Android may allow access to selected media instead of the full library. Results reflect only accessible items and may also be limited by scan limits or unreadable content. Media compression can use Android's document picker to access the images or videos you choose. Where supported, the app retains the selected content URI and Android's read grant so it can complete the requested work or show the result later.

On supported devices, photo-management actions may request Android's special media-management access (MANAGE_MEDIA). This permission can let Android approve changes to media created by other apps without an additional confirmation dialog. It does not by itself grant permission to read the media library. Light Clean uses it for the media operations you initiate, not for automatic photo deletion. You can revoke it in Android Settings.

Selected media removals use Android MediaStore trash or delete requests. Trashed media continues to occupy storage; Android controls its retention and availability. Permanently deleting items removes them rather than creating a recoverable backup. Light Clean does not promise to restore deleted or overwritten content. This is Android-managed media trash, not an independent cloud backup service.

4. Photo and video compression

When you start compression, Light Clean reads your chosen media and encodes it locally. Photo copies are saved as JPEG files in Pictures/LightClean; video copies are saved as MP4 files in Movies/LightClean. Original files remain unchanged. Compression can change quality, dimensions, format and metadata. Photo copies are re-encoded without copying the original location metadata.

A copy is normally saved only when it is smaller than the source; if the source size cannot be determined, a successfully encoded copy may still be saved. Both the source and copy remain, so compression alone may increase total storage use. The app keeps local operation results, including source and output references, names, sizes, progress and errors, to display completed or interrupted work. Temporary encoding files and incomplete owned outputs are removed during normal cleanup or recovery where possible.

Compression is a user-started foreground task with progress and a cancel action. FOREGROUND_SERVICE and the relevant dataSync or mediaProcessing service permission support this work; their names do not mean your selected media is uploaded to a server. Completed shared-storage copies remain until you delete them, including after uninstalling the app.

5. Automatic cleanup and reminders

Automatic cleanup is off until you enable it and save a plan. A plan contains the selected file categories, file-age threshold, frequency, preferred time and notification choices. At scheduled times, Light Clean may scan shared storage and permanently delete eligible non-media files covered by that plan without asking you to approve each file again. This can include selected categories of older downloads. Review the plan carefully. Photos and videos are excluded from scheduled deletion; an optional screenshot check identifies items for manual review.

Separate optional reminders can scan accessible files in the background and check free storage, cleanup candidates or recent local history to show storage reminders and weekly reports. Reminder checks do not delete files. Android controls scheduling and may delay checks or jobs.

Notification permission supports reminders and operation notifications. RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED restores enabled schedules after a device restart. You can disable automatic cleanup and reminders in the app, or revoke relevant access in Android Settings. These features use local preferences, scan summaries, run checkpoints and cleanup records rather than uploading them to us.

6. Installed apps and usage information

QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES supports the installed-app inventory, app management and identifying shared-storage leftovers associated with previously removed apps. Light Clean reads app names, package names, icons, system-app status, installation times and installation-file sizes. It stores local package-list snapshots and removed-package information to support these functions. It does not send the inventory to us or advertising providers.

If you grant Usage Access (PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS), Light Clean can read available app storage and cache statistics and last-used information supplied by Android. Local size snapshots support growth comparisons; usage information supports the unused-app view. If Android does not provide a value or access is missing, related statistics may be unavailable or limited.

REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES lets you ask Android to uninstall selected apps; Android handles the confirmation. Private app caches remain protected. The cache controls in Light Clean open Android or the relevant app's settings for you to operate manually. This version does not include an Accessibility service or automatically tap system cache-clearing buttons.

7. Device information and Cloudflare network tests

Light Clean displays available storage, battery and connection readings supplied by Android. Battery information includes charge level, temperature, charging status, system health and other supported values. These readings are informational and may be incomplete. Live traffic readings use device interface counters; they are not packet-content inspection.

When you choose to start WIFI test, the app makes HTTPS requests to speed.cloudflare.com. A completed test is designed to download up to 8 MiB of test data and upload 2 MiB of generated random bytes, plus latency requests and protocol overhead. It uploads synthetic test bytes, not your files or media. Mobile-data charges can apply. Results measure the test connection and are not a guarantee of maximum network capacity.

Cloudflare receives the connection's public IP address, request time, requested URL, standard connection and request information, and the app's User-Agent identifying Light Clean and its version. Cloudflare processes information under its own policy: Cloudflare Privacy Policy (https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/). INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE support the test and connection status. The app does not continuously run speed tests in the background.

8. Local records, retention and your controls

Light Clean keeps preferences, permission-flow state, selected item references, screen positions, scan summaries, installed-package snapshots, app-size samples, reminder settings, saved cleanup plans and operation results in app-private storage. Cleanup history can contain operation dates, types, item counts, byte totals, outcomes and file or media names and paths included in operation details. The local history keeps up to 500 recent entries, along with aggregate counters. Screen-session files older than two days are removed when new sessions are saved; the app does not promise immediate deletion at a fixed time.

Other preferences and records remain until replaced, cleared with app data or removed by uninstalling. App-private data is excluded from Android's normal app backup. Clearing app data or uninstalling removes app-private records and app-held document grants. It does not automatically remove compressed copies saved to shared storage or media in Android's trash. Android and your chosen media applications control their own trash policies and backups.

You can revoke file, media, media-management, usage and notification access in Android Settings, stop a compression task, disable schedules and reminders, clear app data or uninstall. Revocation may limit the corresponding functions. To remove saved copies or trashed media, use the applicable file or media controls. Support correspondence is retained as needed to handle the request and necessary legal obligations; contact us to request deletion.

9. Sharing, security and children

We do not receive locally processed files or device inventories through the app. If you choose to open media in another application or send an email, Android may grant the chosen app access to the selected content, and that service processes the information you submit under its own terms. We may disclose support correspondence when required by law or necessary to protect legal rights.

We rely on Android's permissions and app sandbox for app-private information and HTTPS for Cloudflare test connections. Shared-storage content may be accessible to other apps or people with appropriate device access. No storage or transmission method can be guaranteed completely secure.

Light Clean is a general-purpose utility and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly request personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent personal information to our support address, contact us so we can address the matter and delete it where appropriate.

10. Changes and contact

We may update this policy if the app or its data practices change. The effective date above identifies the current version. For privacy questions or requests, contact Idolestown at hendrikberingerous@gmail.com.