# Cleaner Settings

An Administrator is able to control and change the way that the AWS Accounts are cleaned/recycled at the end of a lease. This is task is completed by an open-source tool called [AWS Nuke](https://github.com/ekristen/aws-nuke). However, in some instances an Administrator may wish to modify the way that the accounts are cleaned to preserve or delete certain resources. This can be done through the **Cleaner Settings (1)** menu on the left hand menu.

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1. **AWS Nuke Binary URL**: URL of the Linux aws-nuke binary used for account cleanup. This allows you to use the latest available AWS Nuke version as soon as it's released.

<p class="callout info">You can find the latest releases links here: [https://github.com/ekristen/aws-nuke/releases](https://github.com/ekristen/aws-nuke/releases)</p>

<p class="callout warning">Distribution: Linux, AMD64</p>

2. **Max Failed Cleanup Attempts**: In certain circumstances, AWS Nuke fails to cleanup resources from the first try. Sandbox Studio to retry on error. This setting help defines how many times it needs to retry.
3. **Retry Wait Time**: Time to wait between retries when cleanup fails.
4. **Successful Attempts Required**: Number of successful cleanup to execute before Sandbox Studio marks the cleanup as successful. In this example, Nuke will run 2 times and if both execution succeed, the account will be marked as successfully cleaned up.
5. <div class="m_4081bf90 mantine-Group-root"><div class=""><span class="mantine-focus-auto m_b6d8b162 mantine-Text-root">**Success Wait Time**: The number of seconds to wait before rerunning a successful attempt</span></div></div>
6. **<span class="mantine-focus-auto m_b6d8b162 mantine-Text-root">AWS Nuke Configuration</span>**

<p class="callout info">Refer to [AWS Nuke documentation](https://github.com/ekristen/aws-nuke) for more details. </p>