Can leveldb be configured to auto-compact regularly?

Hello. During testing it has been noticed that leveldb will auto-compact when a user regularly stores new data. It will not auto-compact after many deletions with infrequent writes. Is there a configuration that must be toggled to enable this, or is the user expected to manually compact on frequent deletes from a large db? Is there a way to increase the rate of compaction. Alternatively, is there a recommended method for deleting data such that compaction is not needed? Certain operations, like SeekToFirst() degrade in performance very significantly without regular compaction (when deleting the first element, of course).