Cleaning Up Research Sessions

Research folder cleanup automatically identifies and removes intermediate files—like cache, logs, and temp documents—while preserving core outputs such as summaries, PDFs, and datasets. The process shows you a confirmation plan before deletion and maintains a protected list to ensure critical files are never removed.

Cleanup targets intermediate and temporary files accumulated during research sessions—such as working drafts, cache files, and processing logs. It preserves all essential research outputs, method documents, downloaded papers, and data files you need for archiving or sharing.

The cleanup process requires explicit user confirmation before any deletion occurs and performs an integrity check to prevent accidental loss. Protected core files cannot be deleted; however, once removed, temporary files may not be recoverable, so review the cleanup plan carefully before confirming.

Use cleanup when your research session is complete and ready for archiving or sharing, when temporary and intermediate files have accumulated and made the folder messy, or when you explicitly request to reduce folder clutter while retaining all analysis outputs and findings.

Cleanup intelligently identifies temporary and intermediate files across all file types while safeguarding research data formats like PDFs, summaries, and datasets. It applies conservative deletion rules to preserve everything essential to your completed research.