diff --git a/server/cmd/museum/main.go b/server/cmd/museum/main.go
index e1aab19cd9..c4a17cb74f 100644
--- a/server/cmd/museum/main.go
+++ b/server/cmd/museum/main.go
@@ -893,14 +893,14 @@ func setupAndStartCrons(userAuthRepo *repo.UserAuthRepository, publicCollectionR
 		}
 	})
 
-	schedule(c, "@every 2m", func() {
+	schedule(c, "@every 10m", func() {
 		fileController.CleanupDeletedFiles()
 	})
 	schedule(c, "@every 101s", func() {
 		embeddingCtrl.CleanupDeletedEmbeddings()
 	})
 
-	schedule(c, "@every 10m", func() {
+	schedule(c, "@every 17m", func() {
 		trashController.DropFileMetadataCron()
 	})
 
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ func setupAndStartCrons(userAuthRepo *repo.UserAuthRepository, publicCollectionR
 		trashController.ProcessEmptyTrashRequests()
 	})
 
-	schedule(c, "@every 30m", func() {
+	schedule(c, "@every 45m", func() {
 		// delete unclaimed codes older than 60 minutes
 		_ = castDb.DeleteUnclaimedCodes(context.Background(), timeUtil.MicrosecondsBeforeMinutes(60))
 		dataCleanupCtrl.DeleteDataCron()
diff --git a/server/pkg/controller/file.go b/server/pkg/controller/file.go
index dc00c5e76c..1774e4cc1c 100644
--- a/server/pkg/controller/file.go
+++ b/server/pkg/controller/file.go
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ func (c *FileController) CleanupDeletedFiles() {
 	defer func() {
 		c.LockController.ReleaseLock(DeletedObjectQueueLock)
 	}()
-	items, err := c.QueueRepo.GetItemsReadyForDeletion(repo.DeleteObjectQueue, 2000)
+	items, err := c.QueueRepo.GetItemsReadyForDeletion(repo.DeleteObjectQueue, 1000)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to fetch items from queue")
 		return