Permissions

Last updated: 20 September 2026

No permission is requested when you first open the app, apart from a single system prompt for notification permission after you accept the terms. Every other permission is asked for inside the feature that needs it, with an explanation shown first. Declining ends that one feature; the rest of the app keeps working. Each screen shows what it needs and why before the system dialog appears.

Illustration of a permission switch being turned on

Permission	Used by	Why it is needed	If you decline
`MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` All files access, Android 11+	Junk Cleaner, Big File Cleaner, Photo Compressor	These features have to read the whole shared storage area of the device to report what is taking up space, and delete the files you select. Since Android 11 the system folder picker refuses access to the storage root and the Download folder, so the folder-by-folder alternative cannot cover a storage-wide scan.	Those three screens close immediately. Nothing is scanned and nothing is read.
`READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` Android 10 and older only	Photo Compressor	Reads your photo library so it can be shown as a grid to pick from.	The screen closes.
Usage access `PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS`	App Manager, Process Manager	Supplies "last used" times and recent activity, which is what the idle-app sorting and the process list are built on.	Those two screens close. No list is loaded.
Notification access `BIND_NOTIFICATION_LISTENER_SERVICE`	Notification Cleaner	The only way Android lets an app take an arriving notification out of the shade on your behalf, for the apps you have switched on yourself.	The feature stays switched off and shows an explanation screen instead.
`POST_NOTIFICATIONS`	Reminders and the ongoing status notification	Lets the app show its own notifications on Android 13+.	The app continues normally; it simply shows no notifications.
`INTERNET`, `ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`	Analytics, advertising, configuration	Loading ads and remote configuration, and sending the usage analytics described in the Privacy Policy.	Granted at install; not something you are asked about.
Advertising ID `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`	Advertising and install attribution	Declared by the Google Analytics for Firebase and Adjust SDKs. You can reset or delete this identifier in Android Settings → Privacy → Ads.	Granted at install; see the Privacy Policy for how to limit it.

Permissions the app deliberately does not request

QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES — the app only sees apps that have a launcher entry.
READ_MEDIA_IMAGES / READ_MEDIA_VIDEO — no separate media permission is requested on Android 13+.
Location, contacts, camera, microphone, phone, calendar and SMS — none of these are requested by any feature.
The app does not uninstall software or force-stop other apps itself; it opens the matching system screen and you act there.

You can withdraw any of these at any time in Android Settings. The app re-checks every permission each time you open a feature and never caches an answer.