> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.postsider.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Storage settings

> Review storage usage, set media retention, and clean up orphaned files from the dashboard.

**Settings → Storage** (Admin) shows how much media your organization uses and lets you control retention and cleanup. This is the user-facing page; the underlying backend is documented in [Storage configuration](/configuration/storage).

## Usage

The page reports total storage used against your plan's limit, so you can see how close you are to the cap.

## Retention

Choose how long uploaded media is kept:

* **Never** - do not auto-delete media.
* **30 / 90 days / 1 year** - delete media older than the chosen window.

Retention is enforced by a background cleanup workflow (requires `RUN_CRON=true` on self-hosted instances). The cleanup skips profile pictures, OAuth-app pictures, and media still referenced by queued posts.

## Orphaned media

Enable **clean orphans** to also remove media that is no longer attached to any post.

<Note>
  The self-hosted equivalent of the retention window is the `MEDIA_RETENTION_DAYS` environment variable. Settings here take precedence over the default.
</Note>