diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.js b/copyparty/web/browser.js
index 737978a9..9cfb24e3 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.js
@@ -986,6 +986,8 @@ function apply_perms(perms) {
 			goto();
 	}
 
+	document.body.setAttribute('perms', perms.join(' '));
+
 	var have_write = has(perms, "write");
 	var tds = document.querySelectorAll('#u2conf td');
 	for (var a = 0; a < tds.length; a++) {
@@ -993,7 +995,7 @@ function apply_perms(perms) {
 			(have_write || tds[a].getAttribute('data-perm') == 'read') ?
 				'table-cell' : 'none';
 	}
-	if (!have_write)
+	if (!have_write && up2k)
 		up2k.set_fsearch();
 }
 
diff --git a/copyparty/web/up2k.js b/copyparty/web/up2k.js
index 2f3f4c96..fbf4f0f4 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/up2k.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/up2k.js
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ function up2k_init(have_crypto) {
                 "size": fobj.size,
                 "lmod": lmod / 1000,
                 "purl": get_vpath(),
+                "done": false,
                 "hash": []
             };
 
@@ -400,6 +401,19 @@ function up2k_init(have_crypto) {
     }
     more_one_file();
 
+    function u2cleanup(e) {
+        ev(e);
+        for (var a = 0; a < st.files.length; a++) {
+            var t = st.files[a];
+            if (t.done && t.name) {
+                var tr = ebi('f{0}p'.format(t.n)).parentNode;
+                tr.parentNode.removeChild(tr);
+                t.name = undefined;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    ebi('u2cleanup').onclick = u2cleanup;
+
     /////
     ////
     ///   actuator
@@ -819,6 +833,7 @@ function up2k_init(have_crypto) {
                 st.busy.handshake.splice(st.busy.handshake.indexOf(t), 1);
 
                 if (done) {
+                    t.done = true;
                     st.bytes.uploaded += t.size - t.bytes_uploaded;
                     var spd1 = (t.size / ((t.t2 - t.t1) / 1000.)) / (1024 * 1024.);
                     var spd2 = (t.size / ((t.t3 - t.t2) / 1000.)) / (1024 * 1024.);
@@ -1112,6 +1127,10 @@ function up2k_init(have_crypto) {
     for (var a = nodes.length - 1; a >= 0; a--)
         nodes[a].addEventListener('touchend', nop, false);
 
+    var perms = document.body.getAttribute('perms');
+    if (perms && perms.indexOf('write') === -1)
+        set_fsearch();
+
     bumpthread({ "target": 1 })
 
     return { "init_deps": init_deps, "set_fsearch": set_fsearch }
diff --git a/copyparty/web/upload.css b/copyparty/web/upload.css
index 784e37cd..a71679ac 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/upload.css
+++ b/copyparty/web/upload.css
@@ -211,4 +211,8 @@
 	font-style: italic;
 	color: #fff;
 	padding-left: .2em;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+#u2cleanup {
+	float: right;
+	margin-bottom: -.3em;
+}
diff --git a/copyparty/web/upload.html b/copyparty/web/upload.html
index 86da6bf6..7770ee60 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/upload.html
+++ b/copyparty/web/upload.html
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
                 <tr>
                     <td>filename</td>
                     <td>status</td>
-                    <td>progress</td>
+                    <td>progress<a href="#" id="u2cleanup">cleanup</a></td>
                 </tr>
             </table>