diff --git a/src/components/pages/Manage/ClearStorage.tsx b/src/components/pages/Manage/ClearStorage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4f94df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/pages/Manage/ClearStorage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { Button, Checkbox, Group, Modal, Text, Title } from '@mantine/core';
+import { closeAllModals, openConfirmModal } from '@mantine/modals';
+import { showNotification, updateNotification } from '@mantine/notifications';
+import { CheckIcon, CrossIcon } from 'components/icons';
+import useFetch from 'hooks/useFetch';
+
+export default function ClearStorage({ open, setOpen, check, setCheck }) {
+  const handleDelete = async (datasource: boolean, orphaned?: boolean) => {
+    showNotification({
+      id: 'clear-uploads',
+      title: 'Clearing...',
+      message: '',
+      loading: true,
+      autoClose: false,
+    });
+
+    const res = await useFetch('/api/admin/clear', 'POST', { datasource, orphaned });
+
+    if (res.error) {
+      updateNotification({
+        id: 'clear-uploads',
+        title: 'Error while clearing uploads',
+        message: res.error,
+        color: 'red',
+        icon: <CrossIcon />,
+      });
+    } else {
+      updateNotification({
+        id: 'clear-uploads',
+        title: 'Successfully cleared uploads',
+        message: '',
+        color: 'green',
+        icon: <CheckIcon />,
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      opened={open}
+      onClose={() => setOpen(false)}
+      title={<Title size='sm'>Are you sure you want to clear all uploads in the database?</Title>}
+    >
+      <Checkbox
+        id='orphanedFiles'
+        label='Clear only orphaned files?'
+        description='Orphaned files are not owned by anyone. They can&#39;t be seen the dashboard by anyone.'
+        checked={check}
+        onChange={(e) => setCheck(e.currentTarget.checked)}
+      />
+      <Group position='right' mt='md'>
+        <Button
+          onClick={() => {
+            setOpen(() => false);
+          }}
+        >
+          No
+        </Button>
+        <Button
+          onClick={() => {
+            setOpen(false);
+            openConfirmModal({
+              title: 'Do you want to clear storage too?',
+              labels: { confirm: 'Yes', cancel: check ? 'Ok' : 'No' },
+              children: check && (
+                <Text size='sm' color='gray'>
+                  Due to clearing orphaned files, storage clearing will be unavailable.
+                </Text>
+              ),
+              confirmProps: { disabled: check },
+              onConfirm: () => {
+                closeAllModals();
+                handleDelete(true);
+              },
+              onCancel: () => {
+                closeAllModals();
+                handleDelete(false, check);
+              },
+              onClose: () => setCheck(false),
+            });
+          }}
+        >
+          Yes
+        </Button>
+      </Group>
+    </Modal>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/pages/Manage/index.tsx b/src/components/pages/Manage/index.tsx
index 6db0bbe..9fa7d3a 100644
--- a/src/components/pages/Manage/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/pages/Manage/index.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import { bytesToHuman } from 'lib/utils/bytes';
 import { capitalize } from 'lib/utils/client';
 import { useEffect, useReducer, useState } from 'react';
 import { useRecoilState } from 'recoil';
+import ClearStorage from './ClearStorage';
 import Flameshot from './Flameshot';
 import ShareX from './ShareX';
 import { TotpModal } from './TotpModal';
@@ -76,10 +77,12 @@ export default function Manage({ oauth_registration, oauth_providers: raw_oauth_
   const [totpOpen, setTotpOpen] = useState(false);
   const [shareXOpen, setShareXOpen] = useState(false);
   const [flameshotOpen, setFlameshotOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [clrStorOpen, setClrStorOpen] = useState(false);
   const [exports, setExports] = useState([]);
   const [file, setFile] = useState<File>(null);
   const [fileDataURL, setFileDataURL] = useState(user.avatar ?? null);
   const [totpEnabled, setTotpEnabled] = useState(!!user.totpSecret);
+  const [checked, setCheck] = useState(false);
 
   const getDataURL = (f: File): Promise<string> => {
     return new Promise((res, rej) => {
@@ -312,58 +315,6 @@ export default function Manage({ oauth_registration, oauth_providers: raw_oauth_
     }
   };
 
-  const openClearData = () => {
-    modals.openConfirmModal({
-      title: 'Are you sure you want to clear all uploads in the database?',
-      closeOnConfirm: false,
-      labels: { confirm: 'Yes', cancel: 'No' },
-      onConfirm: () => {
-        modals.openConfirmModal({
-          title: 'Do you want to clear storage too?',
-          labels: { confirm: 'Yes', cancel: 'No' },
-          onConfirm: () => {
-            handleClearData(true);
-            modals.closeAll();
-          },
-          onCancel: () => {
-            handleClearData(false);
-            modals.closeAll();
-          },
-        });
-      },
-    });
-  };
-
-  const handleClearData = async (datasource?: boolean) => {
-    showNotification({
-      id: 'clear-uploads',
-      title: 'Clearing...',
-      message: '',
-      loading: true,
-      autoClose: false,
-    });
-
-    const res = await useFetch('/api/admin/clear', 'POST', { datasource });
-
-    if (res.error) {
-      updateNotification({
-        id: 'clear-uploads',
-        title: 'Error while clearing uploads',
-        message: res.error,
-        color: 'red',
-        icon: <CrossIcon />,
-      });
-    } else {
-      updateNotification({
-        id: 'clear-uploads',
-        title: 'Successfully cleared uploads',
-        message: '',
-        color: 'green',
-        icon: <CheckIcon />,
-      });
-    }
-  };
-
   const handleOauthUnlink = async (provider) => {
     const res = await useFetch('/api/auth/oauth', 'DELETE', {
       provider,
@@ -598,7 +549,7 @@ export default function Manage({ oauth_registration, oauth_providers: raw_oauth_
             <Button size='md' onClick={forceUpdateStats} color='red' rightIcon={<RefreshIcon />}>
               Force Update Stats
             </Button>
-            <Button size='md' onClick={openClearData} color='red' rightIcon={<TrashIcon />}>
+            <Button size='md' onClick={() => setClrStorOpen(true)} color='red' rightIcon={<TrashIcon />}>
               Delete all uploads
             </Button>
           </Group>
@@ -617,6 +568,7 @@ export default function Manage({ oauth_registration, oauth_providers: raw_oauth_
 
       <ShareX user={user} open={shareXOpen} setOpen={setShareXOpen} />
       <Flameshot user={user} open={flameshotOpen} setOpen={setFlameshotOpen} />
+      <ClearStorage open={clrStorOpen} setOpen={setClrStorOpen} check={checked} setCheck={setCheck} />
     </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/api/admin/clear.ts b/src/pages/api/admin/clear.ts
index 50a3532..3c3b677 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/admin/clear.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/admin/clear.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ const logger = Logger.get('admin');
 
 async function handler(req: NextApiReq, res: NextApiRes, user: UserExtended) {
   try {
+    const { datasource, orphaned } = req.body;
+    if (orphaned) {
+      const { count } = await prisma.file.deleteMany({
+        where: {
+          userId: null,
+        },
+      });
+      logger.info(`User ${user.username} (${user.id}) cleared the database of ${count} orphaned files`);
+      return res.json({ message: 'cleared storage (orphaned only)' });
+    }
     const { count } = await prisma.file.deleteMany({});
     logger.info(`User ${user.username} (${user.id}) cleared the database of ${count} files`);