diff --git a/src/main/browser-manager.ts b/src/main/browser-manager.ts
index 44aa1bf6..5514ff73 100644
--- a/src/main/browser-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser-manager.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { BrowserWindow, session } from "electron";
 import { existsSync, mkdirSync } from "node:fs";
-import { rm } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { readdir, rm, stat } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { join, resolve, sep } from "node:path";
 import log from "electron-log/main.js";
 import type { BrowserAction, BrowserActionResult, QueuedAction } from "./browser/browser-types";
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export type { BrowserAction, BrowserActionResult } from "./browser/browser-types
  * legitimate flow (first-time OAuth with 2FA).
  */
 const ACTION_TIMEOUT_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;
+const SCREENSHOT_RETENTION_MS = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
 export class BrowserManager {
   private screenshotDir: string;
@@ -30,6 +31,25 @@ export class BrowserManager {
   constructor(profileDir: string) {
     this.screenshotDir = join(profileDir, "browser-screenshots");
     if (!existsSync(this.screenshotDir)) mkdirSync(this.screenshotDir, { recursive: true });
+    void this.pruneExpiredScreenshots();
+  }
+
+  private async pruneExpiredScreenshots() {
+    const cutoff = Date.now() - SCREENSHOT_RETENTION_MS;
+    try {
+      const entries = await readdir(this.screenshotDir, { withFileTypes: true });
+      await Promise.all(entries
+        .filter((entry) => entry.isFile() && entry.name.endsWith(".png"))
+        .map(async (entry) => {
+          const screenshotPath = join(this.screenshotDir, entry.name);
+          const fileStat = await stat(screenshotPath);
+          if (fileStat.mtimeMs < cutoff) {
+            await rm(screenshotPath, { force: true });
+          }
+        }));
+    } catch (error) {
+      log.warn(`[browser] Failed to prune expired screenshots: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`);
+    }
   }
 
   private getSession(socialAccountId: string): Electron.Session {
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-action-executor.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-action-executor.ts
index 24914756..c7686e9b 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-action-executor.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-action-executor.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { assertAuthenticatedPage, assertAuthenticatedSession } from "./browser-a
 import { getPlatformSelectors } from "./platform-selectors";
 import type { PlatformSelectors } from "./platform-selectors";
 import { browserVerificationFailed } from "./browser-action-errors";
+import { shouldCaptureSuccessScreenshot } from "./browser-screenshot-policy";
 import { isAppError } from "../errors/index.js";
 
 export { getPlatformRules, assertAllowedUrl, attachWindowSecurity } from "./browser-url-helpers";
@@ -226,7 +227,9 @@ export async function runAction(
     }
 
     assertNotCancelled();
-    await captureScreenshot(win, screenshotPath, action.id, "success");
+    const successScreenshotPath = shouldCaptureSuccessScreenshot(action)
+      ? await captureScreenshot(win, screenshotPath, action.id, "success")
+      : null;
     await closeWindow(win);
     logActionTelemetry({
       platform,
@@ -241,13 +244,15 @@ export async function runAction(
       success: true,
       cancelled: false,
       summary,
-      screenshotPath: existsSync(screenshotPath) ? screenshotPath : null,
+      screenshotPath: successScreenshotPath,
       error: null,
     };
   } catch (error) {
     const wasCancelled = cancelledActionIds.has(action.id)
       || (error instanceof Error && error.message === "BROWSER_ACTION_CANCELLED");
-    await captureScreenshot(win, screenshotPath, action.id, "failure");
+    const failureScreenshotPath = wasCancelled
+      ? null
+      : await captureScreenshot(win, screenshotPath, action.id, "failure");
     await closeWindow(win);
 
     const msg = wasCancelled ? "Action cancelled." : describeBrowserActionError(error);
@@ -268,7 +273,7 @@ export async function runAction(
       success: false,
       cancelled: wasCancelled,
       summary: wasCancelled ? "Action cancelled" : "Action failed",
-      screenshotPath: existsSync(screenshotPath) ? screenshotPath : null,
+      screenshotPath: failureScreenshotPath,
       error: msg,
     };
   } finally {
@@ -316,15 +321,17 @@ async function captureScreenshot(
   screenshotPath: string,
   actionId: string,
   phase: "success" | "failure",
-): Promise<void> {
+): Promise<string | null> {
   try {
     const image: NativeImage = await win.webContents.capturePage();
     if (!image.isEmpty()) {
       writeFileSync(screenshotPath, image.toPNG());
+      return existsSync(screenshotPath) ? screenshotPath : null;
     }
   } catch (err) {
     log.warn(`[browser] ${phase} screenshot failed for action ${actionId}: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
   }
+  return null;
 }
 
 async function closeWindow(win: BrowserWindow): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-screenshot-policy.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-screenshot-policy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ffc34b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-screenshot-policy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import type { BrowserAction } from "./browser-types";
+
+export function shouldCaptureSuccessScreenshot(action: BrowserAction): boolean {
+  return action.actionType === "screenshot"
+    || action.payload.captureSuccessScreenshot === true
+    || action.payload.retainSuccessScreenshot === true;
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/browser-action-runtime.test.ts b/tests/unit/browser-action-runtime.test.ts
index c9904a08..b16b559a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/browser-action-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/browser-action-runtime.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   assertAuthenticatedPage,
   assertAuthenticatedSession,
 } from "../../src/main/browser/browser-action-auth";
+import { shouldCaptureSuccessScreenshot } from "../../src/main/browser/browser-screenshot-policy";
 import { getPlatformSelectors } from "../../src/main/browser/platform-selectors";
 
 function fakeSession(cookiesByOrigin: Record<string, unknown[]>): Pick<Session, "cookies"> {
@@ -62,4 +63,30 @@ describe("browser action runtime guards", () => {
     expect(linkedin.composerOpen).toContain("button.share-box-feed-entry__trigger");
     expect(linkedin.editor).toContain(".ql-editor[contenteditable='true']");
   });
+
+  it("captures successful screenshots only for explicit screenshot requests", () => {
+    expect(shouldCaptureSuccessScreenshot({
+      id: "post-1",
+      socialAccountId: "social-1",
+      platform: "twitter",
+      actionType: "post",
+      payload: { content: "hello" },
+    })).toBe(false);
+
+    expect(shouldCaptureSuccessScreenshot({
+      id: "screenshot-1",
+      socialAccountId: "social-1",
+      platform: "twitter",
+      actionType: "screenshot",
+      payload: {},
+    })).toBe(true);
+
+    expect(shouldCaptureSuccessScreenshot({
+      id: "post-2",
+      socialAccountId: "social-1",
+      platform: "twitter",
+      actionType: "post",
+      payload: { content: "hello", captureSuccessScreenshot: true },
+    })).toBe(true);
+  });
 });