diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/options/other/attachment_erasure_timeout.ts b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/options/other/attachment_erasure_timeout.ts
index 48ce0cb0d..c384dce10 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/options/other/attachment_erasure_timeout.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/options/other/attachment_erasure_timeout.ts
@@ -2,33 +2,37 @@ import OptionsWidget from "../options_widget.js";
 import server from "../../../../services/server.js";
 import toastService from "../../../../services/toast.js";
 import { t } from "../../../../services/i18n.js";
-import type { OptionMap } from "../../../../../../services/options_interface.js";
+import TimeSelector from "../time_selector.js";
 
 const TPL = `
 <div class="options-section">
     <h4>${t("attachment_erasure_timeout.attachment_erasure_timeout")}</h4>
 
     <p>${t("attachment_erasure_timeout.attachment_auto_deletion_description")}</p>
+`;
 
-    <div class="form-group">
-        <label>${t("attachment_erasure_timeout.erase_attachments_after_x_seconds")}</label>
-        <input class="erase-unused-attachments-after-time-in-seconds form-control options-number-input" type="number" min="0">
-    </div>
-
+const TPL2 = `
     <p>${t("attachment_erasure_timeout.manual_erasing_description")}</p>
 
     <button class="erase-unused-attachments-now-button btn btn-secondary">${t("attachment_erasure_timeout.erase_unused_attachments_now")}</button>
 </div>`;
 
-export default class AttachmentErasureTimeoutOptions extends OptionsWidget {
+export default class AttachmentErasureTimeoutOptions extends TimeSelector {
 
-    private $eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterTimeInSeconds!: JQuery<HTMLElement>;
     private $eraseUnusedAttachmentsNowButton!: JQuery<HTMLElement>;
 
+    constructor() {
+        super({
+            widgetId: "erase-unused-attachments-after",
+            widgetLabelId: "attachment_erasure_timeout.erase_attachments_after_x_seconds",
+            optionValueId: "eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterSeconds",
+            optionTimeScaleId: "eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterTimeScale"
+        })
+      super.doRender()
+    }
+
     doRender() {
-        this.$widget = $(TPL);
-        this.$eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterTimeInSeconds = this.$widget.find(".erase-unused-attachments-after-time-in-seconds");
-        this.$eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterTimeInSeconds.on("change", () => this.updateOption("eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterSeconds", this.$eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterTimeInSeconds.val()));
+        this.$widget = $(TPL).append(this.$widget).append(TPL2);
 
         this.$eraseUnusedAttachmentsNowButton = this.$widget.find(".erase-unused-attachments-now-button");
         this.$eraseUnusedAttachmentsNowButton.on("click", () => {
@@ -38,7 +42,4 @@ export default class AttachmentErasureTimeoutOptions extends OptionsWidget {
         });
     }
 
-    async optionsLoaded(options: OptionMap) {
-        this.$eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterTimeInSeconds.val(options.eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterSeconds);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/api/options.ts b/src/routes/api/options.ts
index 14cb7ec42..33cd5fa8c 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/options.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/options.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ const ALLOWED_OPTIONS = new Set([
     "checkForUpdates",
     "disableTray",
     "eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterSeconds",
+    "eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterTimeScale",
     "disableTray",
     "customSearchEngineName",
     "customSearchEngineUrl",
diff --git a/src/services/options_init.ts b/src/services/options_init.ts
index bb962835d..3bb87703e 100644
--- a/src/services/options_init.ts
+++ b/src/services/options_init.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ const defaultOptions: DefaultOption[] = [
     { name: "highlightsList", value: '["bold","italic","underline","color","bgColor"]', isSynced: true },
     { name: "checkForUpdates", value: "true", isSynced: true },
     { name: "disableTray", value: "false", isSynced: false },
-    { name: "eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterSeconds", value: "2592000", isSynced: true },
+    { name: "eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterSeconds", value: "2592000", isSynced: true }, // default 30 days  
+    { name: "eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterTimeScale", value: "86400", isSynced: true }, // default 86400 seconds = Day
     { name: "customSearchEngineName", value: "DuckDuckGo", isSynced: true },
     { name: "customSearchEngineUrl", value: "https://duckduckgo.com/?q={keyword}", isSynced: true },
     { name: "promotedAttributesOpenInRibbon", value: "true", isSynced: true },
diff --git a/src/services/options_interface.ts b/src/services/options_interface.ts
index f3a92383b..fb234240c 100644
--- a/src/services/options_interface.ts
+++ b/src/services/options_interface.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export interface OptionDefinitions extends KeyboardShortcutsOptions<KeyboardActi
     maxContentWidth: number;
     minTocHeadings: number;
     eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterSeconds: number;
+    eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterTimeScale: number;
     firstDayOfWeek: number;
 
     initialized: boolean;