Errors

Trash cleanup interval: unit must be minutes, hours, or days

Admin settings — trash cleanup interval unit invalid (400).

Trash cleanup interval: unit must be minutes, hours, or days

Admin settings save returned 400 Trash cleanup interval: unit must be minutes, hours, or days. when the unit is missing or not one of those three.

Why this happens

Cleanup interval needs a valid unit plus amount ≥ 1 (Trash cleanup interval: amount must be at least 1). Same unit set as keep-files-in-trash.

Diagnose and fix

1. Admin → Settings: choose minutes, hours, or days.

2. Set amount ≥ 1 and within the max for that unit.

3. See Trash cleanup interval / Trash retention.

4. See Keep files in trash: unit must be minutes, hours, or days.

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