diff --git a/compact.go b/compact.go
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+++ b/compact.go
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+package klevdb
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func Compact(ctx context.Context, l Log, age time.Duration, boff DeleteMultiBackoff) error {
+	updatesBefore := time.Now().Add(-age)
+	if _, _, err := CompactUpdatesMulti(ctx, l, updatesBefore, boff); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	deletesBefore := time.Now().Add(-age * 2)
+	if _, _, err := CompactDeletesMulti(ctx, l, deletesBefore, boff); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return l.GC(0)
+}