diff --git a/src/preload/api/projects/repository-api.ts b/src/preload/api/projects/repository-api.ts
index 376ef2812df..13ab5b55ac1 100644
--- a/src/preload/api/projects/repository-api.ts
+++ b/src/preload/api/projects/repository-api.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ export type RepositoryApi = {
       externalWorktreeDiscoverySuppressedAt?: Repo['externalWorktreeDiscoverySuppressedAt'] | null
       hiddenAt?: Repo['hiddenAt'] | null
       ghAccount?: GhAccountBinding | null
+      workspaceCleanupPolicy?: Repo['workspaceCleanupPolicy'] | null
     }
   }) => Promise<Repo>
   pickFolder: () => Promise<string | null>
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/repository/RepositoryPane.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/repository/RepositoryPane.tsx
index 290827dd4fd..4eb27dea570 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/repository/RepositoryPane.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/repository/RepositoryPane.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import { RepositoryWindowsRuntimeSection } from './runtime/RepositoryWindowsRunt
 import { matchesRepositoryIdentitySearch } from './identity/repository-identity-search'
 import { RepositoryWorktreeDefaultsSection } from './worktrees/RepositoryWorktreeDefaultsSection'
 import { RepositoryJiraProjectSection } from './RepositoryJiraProjectSection'
+import { RepositoryWorkspaceCleanupSection } from './workspace-cleanup/RepositoryWorkspaceCleanupSection'
 import { getProjectRuntimeSessionSummary } from './runtime/repository-runtime-session-summary'
 import { getRepoOwnerWorktreeVisibilityDefaults } from '../../../store/slices/worktrees/listing/worktree-visibility-defaults-by-host'
 import {
@@ -47,11 +48,12 @@ import {
 
 type RepositoryPaneRepoUpdate = Omit<
   Partial<Repo>,
-  'sourceControlAi' | 'externalWorktreeVisibility' | 'ghAccount'
+  'sourceControlAi' | 'externalWorktreeVisibility' | 'ghAccount' | 'workspaceCleanupPolicy'
 > & {
   sourceControlAi?: Repo['sourceControlAi'] | null
   externalWorktreeVisibility?: Repo['externalWorktreeVisibility'] | null
   ghAccount?: GhAccountBinding | null
+  workspaceCleanupPolicy?: Repo['workspaceCleanupPolicy'] | null
 }
 
 const EMPTY_WSL_DISTROS: string[] = []
@@ -358,6 +360,12 @@ export function RepositoryPane({
         ) : null}
       </SettingsGroup>
     ) : null,
+    <RepositoryWorkspaceCleanupSection
+      key={`workspace-cleanup:${selectedHostId}:${repo.id}`}
+      repo={repo}
+      updateRepo={updateSelectedRepo}
+      forceVisible={forceFullPaneForRepoMatch}
+    />,
     hooksSection,
     forceFullPaneForRepoMatch ||
     matchesSettingsSearch(searchQuery, [getRepositoryFormatterSearchEntry(t)]) ? (
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/repository/repository-search.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/repository/repository-search.ts
index ae3cbd208e3..fa38349aeca 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/repository/repository-search.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/repository/repository-search.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
 } from './worktrees/repository-git-worktree-search-entries'
 import { getRepositoryFormatterSearchEntry } from './RepositoryFormatterSection'
 import { getRepositoryAgentTrustSearchEntry } from './RepositoryAgentTrustSection'
+import { getRepositoryWorkspaceCleanupSearchEntry } from './workspace-cleanup/repository-workspace-cleanup-search'
 
 type RepositoryPaneSearchOptions = {
   isLocalWindowsProject?: boolean
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ export function getRepositoryPaneSearchEntries(
   }
   if (!isFolderRepo(repo)) {
     entries.push(...getRepositoryGitWorktreeSearchEntries(repo, t))
+    entries.push(getRepositoryWorkspaceCleanupSearchEntry(repo, t))
   }
   entries.push(parts.sidebarVisibility, parts.removeProject)
   if (parts.sourceControlAi) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/repository/workspace-cleanup/RepositoryWorkspaceCleanupSection.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/repository/workspace-cleanup/RepositoryWorkspaceCleanupSection.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c267359a1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/repository/workspace-cleanup/RepositoryWorkspaceCleanupSection.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import type { Repo } from '../../../../../../shared/repo-types'
+import { getRepoExecutionHostId } from '../../../../../../shared/execution-host'
+import {
+  withEveryRuleOff,
+  type RepoWorkspaceCleanupPolicy
+} from '../../../../../../shared/workspace-cleanup/workspace-cleanup-policy'
+import { useTranslate } from '@/i18n/use-translate'
+import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
+import { ipcOrRuntimeTargetForHostId } from '@/runtime/rpc/targets/runtime-client-target'
+import { Select, SelectContent, SelectItem, SelectTrigger, SelectValue } from '../../../ui/select'
+import { SettingsGroup } from '../../section-layout/SettingsGroup'
+import { SearchableSetting } from '../../section-layout/SearchableSetting'
+import { useWorkspaceCleanupHostRules } from '../../workspace-cleanup/use-workspace-cleanup-host-rules'
+import { WorkspaceCleanupRuleRows } from '../../workspace-cleanup/workspace-cleanup-rule-rows'
+import { setWorkspaceCleanupRuleEnabled } from '../../workspace-cleanup/workspace-cleanup-rule-keys'
+import { formatWorkspaceCleanupRuleSummary } from '../../workspace-cleanup/workspace-cleanup-rule-summary'
+import { getRepositoryWorkspaceCleanupSearchEntry } from './repository-workspace-cleanup-search'
+import { isFolderRepo } from '../../../../../../shared/repo-kind'
+import { isWebClientLocation } from '@/app-shell/platform/web-client-location'
+import { matchesSettingsSearch } from '../../search/settings-search'
+
+type PolicyChoice = 'global' | RepoWorkspaceCleanupPolicy['mode']
+
+/** A project's own cleanup rules; absent follows the rules of the host that owns the project. */
+export function RepositoryWorkspaceCleanupSection({
+  repo,
+  updateRepo,
+  forceVisible
+}: {
+  repo: Repo
+  updateRepo: (
+    repoId: string,
+    updates: { workspaceCleanupPolicy: RepoWorkspaceCleanupPolicy | null }
+  ) => void | Promise<boolean>
+  forceVisible: boolean
+}): React.JSX.Element | null {
+  const t = useTranslate()
+  const searchQuery = useAppStore((state) => state.settingsSearchQuery)
+  const settings = useAppStore((state) => state.settings)
+  const updateSettings = useAppStore((state) => state.updateSettings)
+  const owner = ipcOrRuntimeTargetForHostId(getRepoExecutionHostId(repo)) ?? { kind: 'local' }
+  const { hostRules } = useWorkspaceCleanupHostRules(owner, settings, updateSettings)
+  // Each write replaces the whole policy, so a second edit must wait for the first to land.
+  const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false)
+  const entry = getRepositoryWorkspaceCleanupSearchEntry(repo, t)
+  // Cleanup never removes a folder project's workspace, and a paired browser reads its own
+  // settings rather than the global rules of the host it pairs with.
+  if (
+    hostRules.state !== 'ready' ||
+    isFolderRepo(repo) ||
+    isWebClientLocation() ||
+    !(forceVisible || matchesSettingsSearch(searchQuery, entry))
+  ) {
+    return null
+  }
+  const globalRules = hostRules.rules
+  const policy = repo.workspaceCleanupPolicy
+  const choice: PolicyChoice = policy?.mode ?? 'global'
+  const globalSummary = formatWorkspaceCleanupRuleSummary(globalRules, t)
+
+  const save = (workspaceCleanupPolicy: RepoWorkspaceCleanupPolicy | null): void => {
+    setSaving(true)
+    void Promise.resolve(updateRepo(repo.id, { workspaceCleanupPolicy })).finally(() =>
+      setSaving(false)
+    )
+  }
+
+  const choose = (next: string): void => {
+    if (next === choice) {
+      return
+    }
+    save(
+      next === 'off'
+        ? { mode: 'off' }
+        : next === 'custom'
+          ? // Custom starts from what the project followed, so switching changes nothing yet.
+            {
+              mode: 'custom',
+              rules: choice === 'off' ? withEveryRuleOff(globalRules) : globalRules
+            }
+          : null
+    )
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <SettingsGroup
+      title={t('components.settings.repository.workspaceCleanup.title', 'Workspace cleanup')}
+      description={t(
+        'components.settings.repository.workspaceCleanup.description',
+        'Rules for {{name}} only. Use global follows Settings / Workspace Cleanup.',
+        { name: repo.displayName }
+      )}
+    >
+      <SearchableSetting {...entry} className="space-y-2 py-3" forceVisible={forceVisible}>
+        <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3">
+          <div className="min-w-0 space-y-1">
+            <p className="text-sm font-semibold">{entry.title}</p>
+            <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+              {choice === 'global'
+                ? t(
+                    'components.settings.repository.workspaceCleanup.usingGlobal',
+                    'Using global: {{rules}}',
+                    { rules: globalSummary }
+                  )
+                : t(
+                    'components.settings.repository.workspaceCleanup.globalDefault',
+                    'Global default: {{rules}}',
+                    { rules: globalSummary }
+                  )}
+            </p>
+          </div>
+          <Select value={choice} onValueChange={choose} disabled={saving}>
+            <SelectTrigger size="sm" className="h-8 w-[132px]" aria-label={entry.title}>
+              <SelectValue />
+            </SelectTrigger>
+            <SelectContent>
+              <SelectItem value="global">
+                {t('components.settings.repository.workspaceCleanup.useGlobal', 'Use global')}
+              </SelectItem>
+              <SelectItem value="off">
+                {t('components.settings.repository.workspaceCleanup.off', 'Off')}
+              </SelectItem>
+              <SelectItem value="custom">
+                {t('components.settings.repository.workspaceCleanup.custom', 'Custom')}
+              </SelectItem>
+            </SelectContent>
+          </Select>
+        </div>
+        {policy?.mode === 'custom' ? (
+          <div className="ml-4 border-l border-border pl-4">
+            <WorkspaceCleanupRuleRows
+              rules={policy.rules}
+              forceVisible
+              disabled={saving}
+              onToggle={(key) =>
+                save({
+                  mode: 'custom',
+                  rules: setWorkspaceCleanupRuleEnabled(
+                    policy.rules,
+                    key,
+                    !policy.rules[key].enabled
+                  )
+                })
+              }
+              onChange={(change) => save({ mode: 'custom', rules: change(policy.rules) })}
+            />
+          </div>
+        ) : null}
+      </SearchableSetting>
+    </SettingsGroup>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/repository/workspace-cleanup/repository-workspace-cleanup-search.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/repository/workspace-cleanup/repository-workspace-cleanup-search.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b98d11143f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/repository/workspace-cleanup/repository-workspace-cleanup-search.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import type { Repo } from '../../../../../../shared/repo-types'
+import type { SettingsSearchEntry } from '../../search/settings-search'
+import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
+import type { Translate } from '@/i18n/use-translate'
+import { searchKeywordTranslator } from '../../search/settings-search-keywords'
+
+export function getRepositoryWorkspaceCleanupSearchEntry(
+  repo: Repo,
+  t: Translate = translate
+): SettingsSearchEntry {
+  const translateSearchKeyword = searchKeywordTranslator(t)
+  return {
+    title: t('components.settings.repository.workspaceCleanup.rules', 'Cleanup rules'),
+    description: t(
+      'components.settings.repository.workspaceCleanup.rulesDescription',
+      'Which workspace cleanup rules apply to this project.'
+    ),
+    keywords: [
+      repo.displayName,
+      ...translateSearchKeyword(
+        'components.settings.repository.workspaceCleanup.keywordCleanup',
+        'cleanup'
+      ),
+      ...translateSearchKeyword(
+        'components.settings.repository.workspaceCleanup.keywordDelete',
+        'delete'
+      ),
+      ...translateSearchKeyword(
+        'components.settings.repository.workspaceCleanup.keywordMerged',
+        'merged'
+      )
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/workspace-cleanup/WorkspaceCleanupSettingsPane.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/workspace-cleanup/WorkspaceCleanupSettingsPane.tsx
index c7efbd5131f..f2bb3a32484 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/workspace-cleanup/WorkspaceCleanupSettingsPane.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/workspace-cleanup/WorkspaceCleanupSettingsPane.tsx
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export function WorkspaceCleanupSettingsPane({
     updateSettings
   )
   const rules = hostRules.state === 'ready' ? hostRules.rules : null
-  const { hostReport, preview, cleaningUp, cleanUpNow, previewRules, cachedPreview, adoptPreview } =
+  const { hostReport, preview, cleaningUp, cleanUpNow, previewRules, adoptPreview } =
     useWorkspaceCleanupHostActivity(owner, rules)
   const matches = useMemo(() => summarizeMatches(preview), [preview])
   const [pendingRule, setPendingRule] = useState<WorkspaceCleanupRuleKey | null>(null)
@@ -228,21 +228,20 @@ export function WorkspaceCleanupSettingsPane({
     rows: WorkspaceCleanupPreviewRow[]
     nextPreview: WorkspaceCleanupPreview
   } | null> => {
-    // Project rules can delete with every global rule off, so the current rules are always read,
-    // from the page's own preview when it already covers them.
-    const previews = await Promise.all([
-      previewRules(nextRules),
-      cachedPreview(latest) ?? previewRules(latest)
-    ]).catch((error: unknown) => {
-      toast.error(
-        t(
-          'components.settings.workspaceCleanup.previewFailed',
-          "Couldn't check which workspaces this change matches."
-        ),
-        { description: errorMessage(error) }
-      )
-      return null
-    })
+    // Read fresh: a cached baseline can predate files that now protect a workspace. Project rules
+    // can delete with every global rule off, so the current rules are always read.
+    const previews = await Promise.all([previewRules(nextRules), previewRules(latest)]).catch(
+      (error: unknown) => {
+        toast.error(
+          t(
+            'components.settings.workspaceCleanup.previewFailed',
+            "Couldn't check which workspaces this change matches."
+          ),
+          { description: errorMessage(error) }
+        )
+        return null
+      }
+    )
     return previews
       ? { rows: newRemovals(previews[0], previews[1]), nextPreview: previews[0] }
       : null
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/workspace-cleanup/use-workspace-cleanup-host-activity.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/workspace-cleanup/use-workspace-cleanup-host-activity.ts
index cbba92d0689..fab1eb95e00 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/workspace-cleanup/use-workspace-cleanup-host-activity.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/workspace-cleanup/use-workspace-cleanup-host-activity.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ export function useWorkspaceCleanupHostActivity(
   cleaningUp: boolean
   cleanUpNow: () => Promise<void>
   previewRules: (rules: WorkspaceCleanupRules) => Promise<WorkspaceCleanupPreview>
-  /** The page's own preview when it already evaluated exactly these rules, so callers skip a host scan. */
-  cachedPreview: (rules: WorkspaceCleanupRules) => WorkspaceCleanupPreview | null
   /** Makes a preview of rules that were just saved the page's matches, instead of scanning them again. */
   adoptPreview: (rules: WorkspaceCleanupRules, preview: WorkspaceCleanupPreview) => void
 } {
@@ -178,10 +176,6 @@ export function useWorkspaceCleanupHostActivity(
     cleaningUp,
     cleanUpNow,
     previewRules,
-    cachedPreview: (candidate) =>
-      previewIsCurrent && previewState?.rulesKey === JSON.stringify(candidate)
-        ? previewState.preview
-        : null,
     adoptPreview: (savedRules, preview) =>
       setPreviewState({ ownerKey, rulesKey: JSON.stringify(savedRules), revision, preview })
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/workspace-cleanup/workspace-cleanup-rule-summary.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/workspace-cleanup/workspace-cleanup-rule-summary.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f7a96a4ec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/workspace-cleanup/workspace-cleanup-rule-summary.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import type { Translate } from '@/i18n/use-translate'
+import {
+  WORKSPACE_ARCHIVE_SUPPORTED,
+  type WorkspaceCleanupRules
+} from '../../../../../shared/workspace-cleanup/workspace-cleanup-policy'
+
+/** The rules that are on, in a few words each, for a one-line description. */
+export function formatWorkspaceCleanupRuleSummary(
+  rules: WorkspaceCleanupRules,
+  t: Translate
+): string {
+  const parts: string[] = []
+  if (rules.merged.enabled) {
+    parts.push(t('components.settings.workspaceCleanup.summary.merged', 'Delete merged'))
+  }
+  if (rules.unchanged.enabled) {
+    parts.push(t('components.settings.workspaceCleanup.summary.unchanged', 'Delete unchanged'))
+  }
+  if (rules.inactive.enabled) {
+    parts.push(
+      WORKSPACE_ARCHIVE_SUPPORTED
+        ? t('components.settings.workspaceCleanup.summary.inactiveCleanUp', 'Clean up inactive')
+        : t('components.settings.workspaceCleanup.summary.inactive', 'Delete inactive')
+    )
+  }
+  if (rules.automationRuns.enabled) {
+    parts.push(
+      t('components.settings.workspaceCleanup.summary.automationRuns', 'Automation workspaces')
+    )
+  }
+  if (rules.orchestrationWorkers.enabled) {
+    parts.push(
+      t(
+        'components.settings.workspaceCleanup.summary.orchestrationWorkers',
+        'Orchestration workers'
+      )
+    )
+  }
+  return parts.length > 0
+    ? parts.join(', ')
+    : t('components.settings.workspaceCleanup.summary.off', 'Off')
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index a0ea1b20375..3f328ae6c92 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -22367,7 +22367,32 @@
           "apply": "Apply"
         },
         "rulesLoadFailed": "Couldn't load this host's cleanup rules: {{error}}",
-        "retry": "Try again"
+        "retry": "Try again",
+        "summary": {
+          "merged": "Delete merged",
+          "unchanged": "Delete unchanged",
+          "inactiveCleanUp": "Clean up inactive",
+          "inactive": "Delete inactive",
+          "automationRuns": "Automation workspaces",
+          "orchestrationWorkers": "Orchestration workers",
+          "off": "Off"
+        }
+      },
+      "repository": {
+        "workspaceCleanup": {
+          "title": "Workspace cleanup",
+          "description": "Rules for {{name}} only. Use global follows Settings / Workspace Cleanup.",
+          "usingGlobal": "Using global: {{rules}}",
+          "globalDefault": "Global default: {{rules}}",
+          "useGlobal": "Use global",
+          "off": "Off",
+          "custom": "Custom",
+          "rules": "Cleanup rules",
+          "rulesDescription": "Which workspace cleanup rules apply to this project.",
+          "keywordCleanup": "cleanup",
+          "keywordDelete": "delete",
+          "keywordMerged": "merged"
+        }
       }
     },
     "agentChildRow": {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/repos/repo-state.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/repos/repo-state.ts
index cb23dc2eaec..b187da15444 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/repos/repo-state.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/repos/repo-state.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ export type RepoUpdate = Partial<
   externalWorktreeDiscoverySuppressedAt?: Repo['externalWorktreeDiscoverySuppressedAt'] | null
   hiddenAt?: Repo['hiddenAt'] | null
   ghAccount?: GhAccountBinding | null
+  workspaceCleanupPolicy?: Repo['workspaceCleanupPolicy'] | null
 }
 
 export type ProjectUpdate = ProjectUpdateArgs['updates']
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/repos/repo-update.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/repos/repo-update.ts
index dc33f9eab6c..4fff17fa3e6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/repos/repo-update.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/repos/repo-update.ts
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ export function createRepoUpdateActions(
                 ghAccount,
                 externalWorktreeVisibility,
                 agentWorktreeVisibility,
+                workspaceCleanupPolicy,
                 ...updatesWithoutClearSentinels
               } = sanitizedUpdates
               mergedRepo = { ...mergedRepo, ...updatesWithoutClearSentinels }
@@ -245,6 +246,12 @@ export function createRepoUpdateActions(
               } else if (ghAccount !== undefined) {
                 mergedRepo = { ...mergedRepo, ghAccount }
               }
+              if (workspaceCleanupPolicy === null) {
+                const { workspaceCleanupPolicy: _policy, ...repoWithoutCleanupPolicy } = mergedRepo
+                mergedRepo = repoWithoutCleanupPolicy
+              } else if (workspaceCleanupPolicy !== undefined) {
+                mergedRepo = { ...mergedRepo, workspaceCleanupPolicy }
+              }
               return s.githubSourceCollections?.adopt(mergedRepo) ?? mergedRepo
             })
             return {
diff --git a/src/shared/workspace-cleanup/workspace-cleanup-policy.ts b/src/shared/workspace-cleanup/workspace-cleanup-policy.ts
index ed28fcd384e..2c081d742a6 100644
--- a/src/shared/workspace-cleanup/workspace-cleanup-policy.ts
+++ b/src/shared/workspace-cleanup/workspace-cleanup-policy.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ export function normalizeRepoWorkspaceCleanupPolicy(
   return undefined
 }
 
-function withEveryRuleOff(rules: WorkspaceCleanupRules): WorkspaceCleanupRules {
+/** The same rules with every rule off; thresholds and protections are kept. */
+export function withEveryRuleOff(rules: WorkspaceCleanupRules): WorkspaceCleanupRules {
   return {
     merged: { enabled: false },
     unchanged: { ...rules.unchanged, enabled: false },