Is CCleaner still people's preferred computer cleaning app?
Is CCleaner still people's preferred computer cleaning app?
Has something new come along? It's been so long since I've needed to do this that I assume CCleaner has enshittified by now.
Absolutely not. It was sold to a third party with nebulous privacy policy among other annoyances. Get you some Bleachbit.
Ccleaner has been a malware for at least 5 years.
Are these cleaning apps still a thing?
Honestly I just run WinDirStat and do it manually.
I think that's also in my future, but I liked ccleaner for cleaning up old bits of uninstalled things that didn't remove themselves cleanly.
Revo for that, but in the moment instead of an afterthought 🤓
It's treesize for me
You shouldn't really need this kind of program. Stay away from registry cleaners especially.
Stay away from this garbage. Use BleachBit.
I remember CCleaner being good. But that was a long time ago. Looking at the site now, I feel like I wandered into a Tel Sell advertisement.
I was gonna ask you what made CCleaner bad before I took a look at the sites. But CCleaner literally sells you privacy as a pro feature, whereas BleachBit puts privacy in the second sentence as a core aspect of the tool.
CCleaner literally sells you privacy as a pro feature, whereas BleachBit puts privacy in the second sentence as a core aspect of the tool.
Exactly
I don't think I've used any cleaner product since the Windows XP days. I don't view it as necessary anymore.
One of the other programs to see file size on disk recommended on this thread should be enough.
I would highly recommend O&O ShutUp10++ to reduce built in spying in Windows. It's good at explaining what each option you're doing is. The only thing I would caution on is changing the Edge browser policies with O&O. That will lock it down into enterprise mode and you won't be able to change certain settings through the UI anymore.
I don’t think I’ve used any cleaner product since the Windows XP days. I don’t view it as necessary anymore.
I'm the same. Haven't used one since those days and I work in IT.
Oh, now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
do not use it. it's bad.
Honestly these days the built in Windows tools are more than enough. Storage settings gets the job done.
Also I love Linux too guys but those comments with nothing else aren't very helpful.
This is a fucking public service announcement
The last time I used it, it deleted my progress in Cookie Clicker. Never again
No, it starts up and pesters you even if you disable it as a startup service. Malware.
Let me dig up that Ubuntu ISO link right quick...
Oh do shut up
Bleachbit vs BCUninstaller vs WinDirStat vs Wiztree, which should I prefer? I am currently using BCU.
Wiztree is so much faster than WinDirStat it's silly. Never looked back. Maybe things have changed?
Is wiztree much better than BCU and Bleachbit? Like, removing al the vestiges of an uninstalled program. I feel like BCU is half-assing it. Earlier I used to use Revo Uninstaller which is I think much better than BCU.
TreeSizeFree
In a similar vein: Is spybot s&d still effective anti malware/virus?
Windows Defender does its job for "free".
Let me get you a copy of Ultimate Boot CD. Or, are you more of a Hiren’s BootCD user?
Is that a no?
Patch cleaner is also handy, to clean out that windows installer folder.
Oh this sounds nice. Thanks!
You just dunk the hard drives in some bleach. All the bytes will be wiped away.
No
Haven't tried BleachBit on Windows. Does it clean driver installation logs, compress browser databases, MRU explorer cache, opd prefetch files, Windows updates, etc.?
I still use easyCleaner xD
Nowadays, I use GNU/Linux.
Imagine running an operating system that needs third party "cleaning" utilities
People like you are why the Linux community is viewed as being toxic.
Imagine interacting with other human beings without being a cringelord. No really, try.
They were never needed.