diff --git a/src/lib/api/index.ts b/src/lib/api/index.ts
index cc86ce33..bc50f9cb 100644
--- a/src/lib/api/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/api/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import {deleteAsync} from 'expo-file-system'
 import {
   AppBskyEmbedExternal,
   AppBskyEmbedImages,
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import {shortenLinks} from 'lib/strings/rich-text-manip'
 import {isNative, isWeb} from 'platform/detection'
 import {ImageModel} from 'state/models/media/image'
 import {LinkMeta} from '../link-meta/link-meta'
+import {safeDeleteAsync} from '../media/manip'
 
 export interface ExternalEmbedDraft {
   uri: string
@@ -119,15 +119,9 @@ export async function post(agent: BskyAgent, opts: PostOpts) {
       const {width, height} = image.compressed || image
       logger.debug(`Uploading image`)
       const res = await uploadBlob(agent, path, 'image/jpeg')
-
       if (isNative) {
-        try {
-          deleteAsync(path)
-        } catch (e) {
-          console.error(e)
-        }
+        safeDeleteAsync(path)
       }
-
       images.push({
         image: res.data.blob,
         alt: image.altText ?? '',
@@ -182,13 +176,8 @@ export async function post(agent: BskyAgent, opts: PostOpts) {
             encoding,
           )
           thumb = thumbUploadRes.data.blob
-
-          try {
-            if (isNative) {
-              deleteAsync(opts.extLink.localThumb.path)
-            }
-          } catch (e) {
-            console.error(e)
+          if (isNative) {
+            safeDeleteAsync(opts.extLink.localThumb.path)
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/lib/media/manip.ts b/src/lib/media/manip.ts
index e0adf0dd..9cd4abc6 100644
--- a/src/lib/media/manip.ts
+++ b/src/lib/media/manip.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {Image as RNImage, Share as RNShare} from 'react-native'
-import * as RNFS from 'react-native-fs'
 import {Image} from 'react-native-image-crop-picker'
 import uuid from 'react-native-uuid'
+import {cacheDirectory, copyAsync, deleteAsync} from 'expo-file-system'
 import * as MediaLibrary from 'expo-media-library'
 import * as Sharing from 'expo-sharing'
 import ImageResizer from '@bam.tech/react-native-image-resizer'
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ export async function compressIfNeeded(
     mode: 'stretch',
     maxSize,
   })
-  const finalImageMovedPath = await moveToPermanentPath(resizedImage.path)
+  const finalImageMovedPath = await moveToPermanentPath(
+    resizedImage.path,
+    '.jpg',
+  )
   const finalImg = {
     ...resizedImage,
     path: finalImageMovedPath,
@@ -69,13 +72,10 @@ export async function downloadAndResize(opts: DownloadAndResizeOpts) {
       return
     }
 
-    let localUri = downloadRes.path()
-    if (!localUri.startsWith('file://')) {
-      localUri = `file://${localUri}`
-    }
-
+    const localUri = normalizePath(downloadRes.path(), true)
     return await doResize(localUri, opts)
   } finally {
+    // TODO Whenever we remove `rn-fetch-blob`, we will need to replace this `flush()` with a `deleteAsync()` -hailey
     if (downloadRes) {
       downloadRes.flush()
     }
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ export async function shareImageModal({uri}: {uri: string}) {
       UTI: 'image/png',
     })
   }
-  RNFS.unlink(imagePath)
+
+  safeDeleteAsync(imagePath)
 }
 
 export async function saveImageToMediaLibrary({uri}: {uri: string}) {
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ export async function saveImageToMediaLibrary({uri}: {uri: string}) {
 
   // save
   await MediaLibrary.createAssetAsync(imagePath)
+  safeDeleteAsync(imagePath)
 }
 
 export function getImageDim(path: string): Promise<Dimensions> {
@@ -174,6 +176,8 @@ async function doResize(localUri: string, opts: DoResizeOpts): Promise<Image> {
         width: resizeRes.width,
         height: resizeRes.height,
       }
+    } else {
+      safeDeleteAsync(resizeRes.path)
     }
   }
   throw new Error(
@@ -181,7 +185,7 @@ async function doResize(localUri: string, opts: DoResizeOpts): Promise<Image> {
   )
 }
 
-async function moveToPermanentPath(path: string, ext = ''): Promise<string> {
+async function moveToPermanentPath(path: string, ext = 'jpg'): Promise<string> {
   /*
   Since this package stores images in a temp directory, we need to move the file to a permanent location.
   Relevant: IOS bug when trying to open a second time:
@@ -189,14 +193,33 @@ async function moveToPermanentPath(path: string, ext = ''): Promise<string> {
   */
   const filename = uuid.v4()
 
-  const destinationPath = joinPath(
-    RNFS.TemporaryDirectoryPath,
-    `${filename}${ext}`,
-  )
-  await RNFS.moveFile(path, destinationPath)
+  // cacheDirectory will not ever be null on native, but it could be on web. This function only ever gets called on
+  // native so we assert as a string.
+  const destinationPath = joinPath(cacheDirectory as string, filename + ext)
+  await copyAsync({
+    from: normalizePath(path),
+    to: normalizePath(destinationPath),
+  })
+  safeDeleteAsync(path)
   return normalizePath(destinationPath)
 }
 
+export async function safeDeleteAsync(path: string) {
+  // Normalize is necessary for Android, otherwise it doesn't delete.
+  const normalizedPath = normalizePath(path)
+  try {
+    await Promise.allSettled([
+      deleteAsync(normalizedPath, {idempotent: true}),
+      // HACK: Try this one too. Might exist due to api-polyfill hack.
+      deleteAsync(normalizedPath.replace(/\.jpe?g$/, '.bin'), {
+        idempotent: true,
+      }),
+    ])
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error('Failed to delete file', e)
+  }
+}
+
 function joinPath(a: string, b: string) {
   if (a.endsWith('/')) {
     if (b.startsWith('/')) {