Cleanup
Find files that match rules you set, such as very short, small or old, and clear them out in bulk.
Cleanup helps you get rid of files you do not want. You describe what you are looking for, Parallax shows everything that matches, and you delete the ones you choose.
It is on Videos → Cleanup and Audio → Cleanup. (Images have Content Review for the same job.)
Building a filter
Pick a library, then click Add filter and choose what to filter on.
- Duration: shorter or longer than a number of seconds. Handy for clips and samples.
- Framerate: below or above a number of frames per second.
- Content date and File added: before or after a point in time, such as 30 days ago or a date from the calendar.
- File size: over or under a size. There are shortcuts for 100 MB up to 2 GB.
- Orientation: portrait, landscape or square.
- Resolution: over or under 4K, 1440p, 1080p, 720p or 480p. This is measured on the shorter side of the picture, so a portrait video is judged the same way as a landscape one.
- Filename: contains some text, does not contain it, or roughly matches it, which also catches names that are spelled a little differently.
Results update as you build the filter, and the list shows how many files match. You can add as many filters as you like.
By default every filter has to match. Click the word between two filters to switch it from AND to OR, which makes a file match if it passes either one.
Content date and File added
Content date comes from the information stored in the file and falls back to the file's date on disk. File added is the file's date on disk.
Choosing and deleting
The results appear as a grid or a list for video, and a list for audio. You can sort them, tick the files you want, use Select all, or drag a box around them. A bar at the bottom shows how many you have picked and how much space they take.
Click Delete to finish. Parallax asks you to confirm, telling you how many files and how much space is involved. The files are then moved into an _originals folder next to where each one was, and removed from the library. Nothing is gone for good until you delete the backups from the Originals page, so you can still change your mind.
Space you free up this way is added to the total on your Home page.
Before you start
The library has to have been scanned, so Cleanup has files to look at. If it has not, you will be asked to scan it first.