Configurable deduplication criteria

[nmaggioni]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

If I'm not mistaken in SD Maid (Legacy) it was possible to delete duplicate files basing on specific criteria which were user-configurable.

Describe the solution you'd like

While I see that SD Maid SE implements a similar strategy it would be handy if a choice of that kind was exposed as a static setting or, even better, chosen directly in the found duplicates view or when tapping on a single entry.

Two strategies that would be quite useful in my use cases are prioritizing the modification time or the length (longer/shorter) of the absolute path over other criterias.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Other users have mentioned relying on standard Unix tools to do the same work though local shells or going back and forth with desktop tools, but that defeats the purpose of having an on-device dedicated app.

Describe why this would be in the interest of all users

A rather frequent use case could be files downloaded through messaging apps and then copied (through in-app functionalities) to common storage spaces. Take the Telegram app as an example: you can download a received image to its internal cache (private subfolder in /storage/emulated/0/Android) and open it from there, but if you wanted to save or reshare it you could save it to the main device's gallery (typically /storage/emulated/0/Pictures?). With the current interface prioritizing one copy over the other requires manually selecting each entry.

Additional context

Thanks for your continued efforts since the times of the Legacy version :)

[d4rken]

Valid idea, just need to come up with a nice UI.
According to stats in SD Maid 1, very few people touchd the criteria. Might have been to complicated?

[nmaggioni]

I think that feature just covered a very niche use case and many people were happy enough with the defaults to stick with them. But it offered a solution that, when needed, could not be found in other apps.

[Makarnak]

I would like to second the configurable criteria. I used it frequently and often. At he very least, I would appreciate the date stamp shown of the files for manual deletion in the deduplicator.

But configurable options for autos election would be fantastic!

[cbarnettx]

People who take the time to configure things often also disable analytics so that could be why it seems like no one uses it.

[Ffrankt12]

If the discussion about the duplicator on the current SD made app I would like to add a comment. I'm not programmer or app designer I'm just a guy with a s24 Plus Samsung phone and unfortunately one drive service from Microsoft. OneDrive has a nasty habit of duplicating a lot of pictures and putting them all over the phone so I was hoping maybe SD maid could come up with an ability to scan cloud storage like OneDrive and Google drive. Any user hands-on control would be better than what we have now. Thank you

[Honza572]

I'm here because of #1590, my use case for folder-delete-preference is to, for example, choose one folder that will remain unchanged, or to make backup cleanup easier when I want to back something up but still need it on my phone. Also choosing a time range for duplicate file deletion would be very helpful