🧼 Smart Folder Cleaner (Extension Based)

This script deletes files and folders that don’t match the extensions you specify. Good for sorting folders after using recovery tools like Testdisk, sorting backups, or dumps.

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📦 Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• tqdm (pip install tqdm)

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How to Use

1. Install Requirements

Download and install Python from https://www.python.org/downloads/
Make sure to check "Add Python to PATH" during installation.

Install tqdm by Open Command Prompt and run:

pip install tqdm

2. Run the script

It's recommended to first do a dry run: (default)

python clean.py -p "C:\Path\To\Folder" --keep .jpg .png .mp4

To actually delete files and folders add run argument:

python clean.py -p "C:\Path\To\Folder" --run --keep .jpg .png .mp4

✅ You're Done

• Once finished it will generate a cleanup.log file in the same directory as the script
• Running multiple times will append to the log file.

📎Notes

• You can use any extension with --keep, not just media. For example, to keep only .doc files:

python clean.py -p "D:\Docs" --run --keep .doc

• Extensions must include the dot (e.g., .jpg, not jpg).

• Files with no extension are treated as deletable.

• If you see an error like:

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tqdm'

Just run pip install tqdm and re-run the command

• Specifying your path with -p is required

• Specifying the extension names you would like to keep with --keep is required