diff --git a/desktop/src/main/ipc.ts b/desktop/src/main/ipc.ts
index bde28d940..6e8bbe3f7 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/ipc.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/main/ipc.ts
@@ -52,12 +52,11 @@ import {
     saveEncryptionKey,
 } from "./services/store";
 import {
-    clearPendingUploads,
-    getElectronFilesFromGoogleZip,
     lsZip,
     pendingUploads,
-    setPendingUploadCollection,
-    setPendingUploadFiles,
+    setPendingUploads,
+    markUploaded,
+    clearPendingUploads,
 } from "./services/upload";
 import {
     watchAdd,
@@ -204,14 +203,11 @@ export const attachIPCHandlers = () => {
 
     ipcMain.handle("pendingUploads", () => pendingUploads());
 
-    ipcMain.handle("setPendingUploadCollection", (_, collectionName: string) =>
-        setPendingUploadCollection(collectionName),
-    );
+    ipcMain.handle("setPendingUploads", (_, pendingUploads: PendingUploads) =>
+        setPendingUploads(pendingUploads),
 
-    ipcMain.handle(
-        "setPendingUploadFiles",
-        (_, type: PendingUploads["type"], filePaths: string[]) =>
-            setPendingUploadFiles(type, filePaths),
+    ipcMain.handle("markUploaded", (_, pathOrZipEntry: string | [zipPath: string, entryName: string]) =>
+        markUploaded(pathOrZipEntry),
     );
 
     ipcMain.handle("clearPendingUploads", () => clearPendingUploads());
diff --git a/desktop/src/main/services/upload.ts b/desktop/src/main/services/upload.ts
index 1ca7c2bc4..66c97e34c 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/services/upload.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/main/services/upload.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ export const lsZip = async (zipPath: string) => {
     return [entryPaths];
 };
 
-export const pendingUploads = async () => {
+export const pendingUploads = async (): Promise<PendingUploads | undefined> => {
+    /* TODO */
     const collectionName = uploadStatusStore.get("collectionName");
     const filePaths = validSavedPaths("files");
     const zipPaths = validSavedPaths("zips");
@@ -56,7 +57,14 @@ export const pendingUploads = async () => {
     };
 };
 
-export const validSavedPaths = (type: PendingUploads["type"]) => {
+export const setPendingUploads = async (pendingUploads: PendingUploads) =>
+    uploadStatusStore.set(pendingUploads);
+
+export const markUploaded = async (
+    pathOrZipEntry: string | [zipPath: string, entryName: string],
+) => {};
+
+const validSavedPaths = (type: PendingUploads["type"]) => {
     const key = storeKey(type);
     const savedPaths = (uploadStatusStore.get(key) as string[]) ?? [];
     const paths = savedPaths.filter((p) => existsSync(p));
@@ -64,12 +72,12 @@ export const validSavedPaths = (type: PendingUploads["type"]) => {
     return paths;
 };
 
-export const setPendingUploadCollection = (collectionName: string) => {
+const setPendingUploadCollection = (collectionName: string) => {
     if (collectionName) uploadStatusStore.set("collectionName", collectionName);
     else uploadStatusStore.delete("collectionName");
 };
 
-export const setPendingUploadFiles = (
+const setPendingUploadFiles = (
     type: PendingUploads["type"],
     filePaths: string[],
 ) => {
@@ -78,9 +86,7 @@ export const setPendingUploadFiles = (
     else uploadStatusStore.delete(key);
 };
 
-export const clearPendingUploads = () => {
-    uploadStatusStore.clear();
-};
+export const clearPendingUploads = () => uploadStatusStore.clear();
 
 const storeKey = (type: PendingUploads["type"]): keyof UploadStatusStore => {
     switch (type) {
diff --git a/desktop/src/main/stores/upload-status.ts b/desktop/src/main/stores/upload-status.ts
index 4a402333a..36a7d1fa7 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/stores/upload-status.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/main/stores/upload-status.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export interface UploadStatusStore {
      */
     zipEntries: [zipPath: string, entryName: string][];
     /** Legacy paths to zip files, now subsumed into zipEntries */
-    zipPaths: string[];
+    zipPaths?: string[];
 }
 
 const uploadStatusSchema: Schema<UploadStatusStore> = {
diff --git a/desktop/src/preload.ts b/desktop/src/preload.ts
index ad93a40f6..c3737aceb 100644
--- a/desktop/src/preload.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/preload.ts
@@ -247,26 +247,16 @@ const lsZip = (zipPath: string): Promise<string[]> =>
 const pendingUploads = (): Promise<PendingUploads | undefined> =>
     ipcRenderer.invoke("pendingUploads");
 
-const setPendingUploadCollection = (collectionName: string): Promise<void> =>
-    ipcRenderer.invoke("setPendingUploadCollection", collectionName);
+const setPendingUploads = (pendingUploads: PendingUploads): Promise<void> =>
+    ipcRenderer.invoke("setPendingUploads", pendingUploads);
 
-const setPendingUploadFiles = (
-    type: PendingUploads["type"],
-    filePaths: string[],
-): Promise<void> =>
-    ipcRenderer.invoke("setPendingUploadFiles", type, filePaths);
+const markUploaded = (
+    pathOrZipEntry: string | [zipPath: string, entryName: string],
+): Promise<void> => ipcRenderer.invoke("markUploaded", pathOrZipEntry);
 
 const clearPendingUploads = (): Promise<void> =>
     ipcRenderer.invoke("clearPendingUploads");
 
-// - TODO: AUDIT below this
-// -
-
-const getElectronFilesFromGoogleZip = (
-    filePath: string,
-): Promise<ElectronFile[]> =>
-    ipcRenderer.invoke("getElectronFilesFromGoogleZip", filePath);
-
 /**
  * These objects exposed here will become available to the JS code in our
  * renderer (the web/ code) as `window.ElectronAPIs.*`
@@ -378,11 +368,7 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("electron", {
 
     lsZip,
     pendingUploads,
-    setPendingUploadCollection,
-    setPendingUploadFiles,
+    setPendingUploads,
+    markUploaded,
     clearPendingUploads,
-
-    // -
-
-    getElectronFilesFromGoogleZip,
 });
diff --git a/desktop/src/types/ipc.ts b/desktop/src/types/ipc.ts
index 3fa375eab..f343e2bba 100644
--- a/desktop/src/types/ipc.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/types/ipc.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ export interface FolderWatchSyncedFile {
 
 export interface PendingUploads {
     collectionName: string;
-    type: "files" | "zips";
-    files: ElectronFile[];
+    filePaths: string[];
+    zipEntries: [zipPath: string, entryName: string][];
 }
 
 /**