# Clean Up

The **Clean Up** operator is a legacy function back from the days when the random operators often ended up with messy topology.

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It is used to get rid of zero area faces, double faces or faces that have the same area occupying the same space and vertices that are on a straight edge with no other connections.

This is kept as the functionality it provides while no longer a common use case scenario is still useable when the situation needs it.