SD Maid Pro (Android) Taking Around An Hour To Scan & Clean

SD Maid 5.6.3 - had it for about 8 years.

Pixel 7 Pro - always run smoothly in a minute or two. Around a month ago running SD Maid, for a clean, took about an hour. Tried it several times with same lengthy result.

Can I speed it up to what it used to be?

Thanks