- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: January 27, 2009
- Total Downloads: 6,850,576
- Downloads last week: 54,319
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 3545 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff on November 07, 2008
Although it lacks a few of the bells and whistles found in other PC-cleaning applications, this free program offers more than enough features to make it a worthy download. CCleaner's interface is logically designed and makes it easy to wipe away your tracks from Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Google Chrome from various Windows system areas, and from some third-party applications.
CCleaner doesn't support the large number of extraneous programs that some competitors do, but it can erase traces from such popular programs as Spybot - Search & Destroy and WinZip. CCleaner now offers secure file erasing along with a Registry-cleaning utility that quickly scans for invalid entries before removing them. CCleaner can even back up your Registry before removal, in case it accidentally removes a crucial component, and the download includes a rudimentary feature for uninstalling any program on your machine.
Since this free application handles the majority of PC-cleaning chores and offers a nice extra, we strongly recommend CCleaner to all users, except those who need robust tools to remove supersensitive data.
Publisher's description
From CCleaner :CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner.
What's new in this version:
Google Chrome v2.0 compatibility fixes, Improved Firefox support when browser is open, Improved SeaMonkey support, Added Publisher to the uninstall tool.
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User reviews of CCleaner 2.16.830
- Average user rating: 4.4 stars out of 3545 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: CCleaner 2.16.830
Pros: Got rid of a program that standard windows uninstall couldn't handle.
Cons: Installed the Yahoo toolbar in firefox without any warning.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: CCleaner 2.16.830
"A great program I wouldn't be without"
Pros: Great registry cleaner. Great at cleaning up junk files. Also has other tools to uninstall programs, remove things from startup, etc.
Cons: Haven't found any.
Summary: I've used this program for years. It's a primary part of my pc upkeep, and I wouldn't be without it. And Free!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: CCleaner 2.16.830
"great product would refer it to others"
Pros: easy to use works great
Cons: none a lot of other software doesnt do as good of a job
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: CCleaner 2.16.830
Pros: cleans the crap out of your computer like no other program does, reliable, safe, easy on resources, an absolute necessity.
Cons: nothing really, just do not check the wrong thing for deletion and you are fine
Summary: one of the bets system optimization tools you can have, cleans the crap and crud out of your computer while protecting your privacy as well.
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Version: CCleaner 2.16.830
Pros: One of the best cleaners I found to date.
Cons: I really can't think of anything I don't like about this product.
Summary: Worth the time to download.
The free version pays for itself in no time. - See all 22 user reviews Write review
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