diff --git a/docs/modernization/build-inventory.md b/docs/modernization/build-inventory.md
index e2e5d63..b4166a5 100644
--- a/docs/modernization/build-inventory.md
+++ b/docs/modernization/build-inventory.md
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ Known local toolchain state:
   virtual-keyboard visibility, external file display, file sharing, native
   app/window close, UI-thread lifecycle hooks, render-context lifecycle hooks,
   render-capture frame hooks, per-frame platform hooks, picker callbacks, and
-  prepared-file save/download handoff;
+  recording cleanup, prepared-file save/download handoff;
   Windows
   live app execution now uses injected
   `WindowsPlatformServices` from
diff --git a/docs/modernization/debt.md b/docs/modernization/debt.md
index 09d88ef..92b58a7 100644
--- a/docs/modernization/debt.md
+++ b/docs/modernization/debt.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ agent or engineer to remove them without reconstructing context from chat.
 | DEBT-0014 | Open | Modernization | `windows-clangcl-asan` now configures as a headless Ninja/clang-cl preset and uses the release MSVC runtime required by ASan, but local builds still fail because installed clang-cl 18.1.8 is paired with VS 2026-preview STL headers that require Clang 20 or newer | Sanitizer validation should be local and repeatable, but this machine's compiler/header pairing is incompatible | `cmake --fresh --preset windows-clangcl-asan`; `cmake --build --preset windows-clangcl-asan --target pp_foundation` | Install/use Clang 20+ with the VS 2026 STL, or point the preset at a compatible VS 2022 toolchain, then make `platform-build.ps1 -Presets windows-clangcl-asan` pass for the headless matrix |
 | DEBT-0015 | Open | Modernization | Cursor visibility requests now consume pure `pp_app_core` planning through `pano_cli plan-cursor-visibility`, `App::show_cursor`/`App::hide_cursor` dispatch through `PlatformServices` without platform guards, and Windows live execution uses injected `WindowsPlatformServices`, but macOS cursor execution still reaches the retained fallback adapter | Keep canvas cursor behavior stable while platform shells are extracted incrementally | `pp_app_core_document_platform_io_tests`; `pano_cli plan-cursor-visibility --visible`; `ctest --preset desktop-fast --build-config Debug` | Cursor visibility execution is owned by injected `pp_platform_*` services for every supported platform |
 | DEBT-0016 | Open | Modernization | Clipboard get/set requests now consume pure `pp_app_core` planning through `pano_cli plan-clipboard-read` and `pano_cli plan-clipboard-write`, and Windows live execution uses injected `WindowsPlatformServices`, but Apple/Android clipboard execution still reaches retained fallback adapter branches from `App::clipboard_get_text` and `App::clipboard_set_text` | Keep picker/color text clipboard behavior stable while platform shells are extracted incrementally | `pp_app_core_document_platform_io_tests`; `pano_cli plan-clipboard-write --text #ff00aa`; `ctest --preset desktop-fast --build-config Debug` | Clipboard execution is owned by injected `pp_platform_*` services for every supported platform |
-| DEBT-0017 | Open | Modernization | Startup storage path preparation, `App::clipboard_get_text`, `App::clipboard_set_text`, `App::show_cursor`, `App::hide_cursor`, `App::showKeyboard`, `App::hideKeyboard`, `App::display_file`, `App::share_file`, native app/window close, UI-thread lifecycle hooks, render-context acquire/release/present hooks, render-capture frame hooks, per-frame platform hooks, `App::pick_image`, `App::pick_file`, the non-writer `App::pick_file_save`, `App::pick_dir`, and prepared-file save/download handoff now call the SDK-free `pp::platform::PlatformServices` interface, and Windows injects `WindowsPlatformServices` from `src/platform_windows/windows_platform_services.*`; non-Windows live implementations still use `src/platform_legacy/legacy_platform_services.*`, a named fallback adapter that forwards to retained Apple/Android/Linux/Web bridge functions and retained no-op branches | Preserve behavior while moving platform execution behind a testable service boundary before platform shell implementations are injected | `pp_platform_api_tests`; `pp_app_core_document_platform_io_tests`; `ctest --preset desktop-fast --build-config Debug`; `powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts\automation\package-smoke.ps1 -Preset windows-msvc-default -Configuration Debug` | Replace `src/platform_legacy/legacy_platform_services.*` with injected `pp_platform_*` service implementations owned by each non-Windows platform shell |
+| DEBT-0017 | Open | Modernization | Startup storage path preparation, `App::clipboard_get_text`, `App::clipboard_set_text`, `App::show_cursor`, `App::hide_cursor`, `App::showKeyboard`, `App::hideKeyboard`, `App::display_file`, `App::share_file`, native app/window close, UI-thread lifecycle hooks, render-context acquire/release/present hooks, render-capture frame hooks, recording cleanup, per-frame platform hooks, `App::pick_image`, `App::pick_file`, the non-writer `App::pick_file_save`, `App::pick_dir`, and prepared-file save/download handoff now call the SDK-free `pp::platform::PlatformServices` interface, and Windows injects `WindowsPlatformServices` from `src/platform_windows/windows_platform_services.*`; non-Windows live implementations still use `src/platform_legacy/legacy_platform_services.*`, a named fallback adapter that forwards to retained Apple/Android/Linux/Web bridge functions and retained no-op branches | Preserve behavior while moving platform execution behind a testable service boundary before platform shell implementations are injected | `pp_platform_api_tests`; `pp_app_core_document_platform_io_tests`; `ctest --preset desktop-fast --build-config Debug`; `powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts\automation\package-smoke.ps1 -Preset windows-msvc-default -Configuration Debug` | Replace `src/platform_legacy/legacy_platform_services.*` with injected `pp_platform_*` service implementations owned by each non-Windows platform shell |
 
 ## Closed Debt
 
diff --git a/docs/modernization/roadmap.md b/docs/modernization/roadmap.md
index f0a67ae..2d8ce36 100644
--- a/docs/modernization/roadmap.md
+++ b/docs/modernization/roadmap.md
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ before retained platform clipboard bridges continue.
 startup storage path preparation, clipboard text, cursor visibility,
 virtual-keyboard visibility, UI-thread lifecycle hooks, render-context
 acquire/release/present hooks, render-capture frame hooks, external file
-display, file sharing, image/file/save-file pickers, and directory pickers.
+display, file sharing, recording file cleanup, image/file/save-file pickers,
+and directory pickers.
 Windows installs an injected `WindowsPlatformServices` implementation from
 `src/platform_windows/windows_platform_services.*` in `pp_platform_windows`;
 other platforms still route through the debt-tracked legacy fallback adapter
@@ -508,6 +509,10 @@ Startup data/work/recording/temp path preparation now dispatches through
 `PlatformServices`, with Windows creating the Documents/PanoPainter folder
 tree in `WindowsPlatformServices` and Apple/Linux/Web behavior preserved in the
 legacy adapter until platform shells are injected.
+Recording clear now asks `PlatformServices` whether the platform owns recorded
+file deletion and dispatches the cleanup through the service, preserving the
+current Apple recorded-frame cleanup while removing Apple-specific file cleanup
+guards from `App::rec_clear`.
 `pano_cli plan-cloud-upload` exposes the app-core cloud upload decision used by
 the live cloud upload command for missing-canvas, new-document warning, publish
 prompt, and dirty-document save-before-upload states before legacy UI, canvas,
@@ -1023,9 +1028,9 @@ Results:
   clipboard writes, cursor visibility dispatch, virtual-keyboard visibility
   dispatch, external file display dispatch, file sharing dispatch, native
   app/window close dispatch, UI-thread lifecycle dispatch, render-context
-  lifecycle dispatch, render-capture frame hook dispatch, per-frame platform
-  hook dispatch, picker callback dispatch, and prepared-file save/download
-  callback dispatch. The live Windows app now
+  lifecycle dispatch, render-capture frame hook dispatch, recording cleanup
+  dispatch, per-frame platform hook dispatch, picker callback dispatch, and
+  prepared-file save/download callback dispatch. The live Windows app now
   consumes this interface through an injected
   `WindowsPlatformServices` instance isolated in
   `src/platform_windows/windows_platform_services.*`; other platforms still
diff --git a/src/app.cpp b/src/app.cpp
index 48c9132..d187f6b 100644
--- a/src/app.cpp
+++ b/src/app.cpp
@@ -759,18 +759,12 @@ void App::rec_clear()
 {
     const auto plan = pp::app::plan_recording_clear(
         rec_running,
-#if defined(__IOS__) || defined(__OSX__)
-        true
-#else
-        false
-#endif
+        platform_deletes_recorded_files_on_clear()
     );
     if (plan.stop_running_recording)
         rec_stop();
-#if defined(__IOS__) || defined(__OSX__)
     if (plan.delete_recorded_files)
-        delete_all_files_in_path(rec_path);
-#endif
+        clear_platform_recorded_files(rec_path);
     rec_count = plan.frame_count_after_clear;
     update_rec_frames();
 }
diff --git a/src/app.h b/src/app.h
index c3e82e0..62b5855 100644
--- a/src/app.h
+++ b/src/app.h
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ public:
     void present_render_context();
     void begin_render_capture_frame();
     void end_render_capture_frame();
+    [[nodiscard]] bool platform_deletes_recorded_files_on_clear();
+    void clear_platform_recorded_files(std::string path);
     void update_platform_frame(float delta_time_seconds);
     void report_rendered_frames(int frames);
     void save_prepared_file(
diff --git a/src/app_events.cpp b/src/app_events.cpp
index e07f1ea..92a19f0 100644
--- a/src/app_events.cpp
+++ b/src/app_events.cpp
@@ -259,6 +259,16 @@ void App::end_render_capture_frame()
     active_platform_services().end_render_capture_frame();
 }
 
+bool App::platform_deletes_recorded_files_on_clear()
+{
+    return active_platform_services().deletes_recorded_files_on_clear();
+}
+
+void App::clear_platform_recorded_files(std::string path)
+{
+    active_platform_services().clear_recorded_files(path);
+}
+
 void App::update_platform_frame(float delta_time_seconds)
 {
     active_platform_services().update_platform_frame(delta_time_seconds);
diff --git a/src/platform_api/platform_services.h b/src/platform_api/platform_services.h
index 42ff8ad..7d5986b 100644
--- a/src/platform_api/platform_services.h
+++ b/src/platform_api/platform_services.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ public:
     virtual void present_render_context() = 0;
     virtual void begin_render_capture_frame() = 0;
     virtual void end_render_capture_frame() = 0;
+    [[nodiscard]] virtual bool deletes_recorded_files_on_clear() = 0;
+    virtual void clear_recorded_files(std::string_view recording_path) = 0;
     virtual void update_platform_frame(float delta_time_seconds) = 0;
     virtual void report_rendered_frames(int frames) = 0;
     virtual void display_file(std::string_view path) = 0;
diff --git a/src/platform_legacy/legacy_platform_services.cpp b/src/platform_legacy/legacy_platform_services.cpp
index bc6c35a..82b4e8f 100644
--- a/src/platform_legacy/legacy_platform_services.cpp
+++ b/src/platform_legacy/legacy_platform_services.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ void android_pick_file_save(std::function<void(std::string)> callback);
 std::string android_get_clipboard();
 bool android_set_clipboard(const std::string& s);
 #elif __APPLE__
+void delete_all_files_in_path(const std::string& source_path);
 #elif __LINUX__
 #include <tinyfiledialogs.h>
 std::string linux_home_path();
@@ -211,6 +212,24 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
+    [[nodiscard]] bool deletes_recorded_files_on_clear() override
+    {
+#if defined(__IOS__) || defined(__OSX__)
+        return true;
+#else
+        return false;
+#endif
+    }
+
+    void clear_recorded_files(std::string_view recording_path) override
+    {
+#if defined(__IOS__) || defined(__OSX__)
+        delete_all_files_in_path(std::string(recording_path));
+#else
+        (void)recording_path;
+#endif
+    }
+
     void update_platform_frame(float delta_time_seconds) override
     {
         (void)delta_time_seconds;
diff --git a/src/platform_windows/windows_platform_services.cpp b/src/platform_windows/windows_platform_services.cpp
index 3897272..8bcb155 100644
--- a/src/platform_windows/windows_platform_services.cpp
+++ b/src/platform_windows/windows_platform_services.cpp
@@ -251,6 +251,16 @@ public:
         win32_renderdoc_frame_end();
     }
 
+    [[nodiscard]] bool deletes_recorded_files_on_clear() override
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    void clear_recorded_files(std::string_view recording_path) override
+    {
+        (void)recording_path;
+    }
+
     void update_platform_frame(float delta_time_seconds) override
     {
         win32_update_stylus(delta_time_seconds);
diff --git a/tests/platform_api/platform_services_tests.cpp b/tests/platform_api/platform_services_tests.cpp
index b6959cc..9f72488 100644
--- a/tests/platform_api/platform_services_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/platform_api/platform_services_tests.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,18 @@ public:
         ++render_capture_ends;
     }
 
+    [[nodiscard]] bool deletes_recorded_files_on_clear() override
+    {
+        ++recording_delete_policy_checks;
+        return deletes_recorded_files;
+    }
+
+    void clear_recorded_files(std::string_view recording_path) override
+    {
+        ++recording_clears;
+        cleared_recording_path.assign(recording_path);
+    }
+
     void update_platform_frame(float delta_time_seconds) override
     {
         ++platform_frame_updates;
@@ -159,6 +171,8 @@ public:
     int render_capture_begins = 0;
     int render_capture_ends = 0;
     int storage_prepares = 0;
+    int recording_delete_policy_checks = 0;
+    int recording_clears = 0;
     int platform_frame_updates = 0;
     int frame_reports = 0;
     int display_file_requests = 0;
@@ -172,12 +186,14 @@ public:
     bool cursor_visible = false;
     bool keyboard_visible = false;
     bool prepared_file_saved = true;
+    bool deletes_recorded_files = true;
     float last_platform_delta = 0.0f;
     int last_frame_report = 0;
     std::string displayed_path;
     std::string shared_path;
     std::string prepared_file_path;
     std::string prepared_file_name;
+    std::string cleared_recording_path;
     std::string picker_path = "D:/Paint/import.png";
     std::string save_path = "D:/Paint/export.ppi";
     std::string directory_path = "D:/Paint";
@@ -284,6 +300,19 @@ void platform_services_dispatch_render_capture_hooks(pp::tests::Harness& harness
     PP_EXPECT(harness, fake.render_capture_ends == 1);
 }
 
+void platform_services_dispatch_recording_cleanup(pp::tests::Harness& harness)
+{
+    FakePlatformServices fake("unused");
+    pp::platform::PlatformServices& services = fake;
+
+    PP_EXPECT(harness, services.deletes_recorded_files_on_clear());
+    services.clear_recorded_files("D:/Paint/frames");
+
+    PP_EXPECT(harness, fake.recording_delete_policy_checks == 1);
+    PP_EXPECT(harness, fake.recording_clears == 1);
+    PP_EXPECT(harness, fake.cleared_recording_path == "D:/Paint/frames");
+}
+
 void platform_services_dispatch_frame_hooks(pp::tests::Harness& harness)
 {
     FakePlatformServices fake("unused");
@@ -374,6 +403,7 @@ int main()
     harness.run("platform services dispatch UI thread lifecycle", platform_services_dispatch_ui_thread_lifecycle);
     harness.run("platform services dispatch render context lifecycle", platform_services_dispatch_render_context_lifecycle);
     harness.run("platform services dispatch render capture hooks", platform_services_dispatch_render_capture_hooks);
+    harness.run("platform services dispatch recording cleanup", platform_services_dispatch_recording_cleanup);
     harness.run("platform services dispatch frame hooks", platform_services_dispatch_frame_hooks);
     harness.run("platform services dispatch file actions", platform_services_dispatch_file_actions);
     harness.run("platform services dispatch picker callbacks", platform_services_dispatch_picker_callbacks);