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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/NT
- Date added: January 28, 2010
- Total Downloads: 9,451,586
- Downloads last week: 88,233
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 3669 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 Piriform :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:
Version 2.28.1091 has added support for custom locations for applications and news tasks to W7 jumplist.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.4 stars out of 3669 votes
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Version: CCleaner 2.28.1091
"this is a good product it analyzes & cleans"
Pros: it works good
Cons: absolutely
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: CCleaner 2.28.1091
Pros: Simple and easy to use
Cons: Have not found any problems yet
Summary: Not a techie but does a good job of 'cleaning' for me
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: CCleaner 2.28.1091
Pros: Cleans everything with no problems encountered at all. Faster and more complete than Norton. Very simple to use.
Cons: On occasion, the registry cleaner stops at 54% and appears to be still working while it is actually done. This is no big deal.
Summary: It is recomended by Kim Komando on her radio program and has very good reviews. It is frequently updated and does what it is supposed to. Allows you to manage your startup programs and cookies I use it frequently and it has caused no problems at a... read more >>
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: CCleaner 2.28.1091
"This is a good program, cleaning up items quickly."
Pros: It's quick and handy.
Cons: I sometimes run it a second time to ensure all is clean.
Summary: I think it is a valuable tool.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: CCleaner 2.28.1091
Pros: Flexible; you can choose what you want it to clean, lots of choices. It also gives you a little warning when you are making a choice to remove something potentially "dangerous" (i.e. something you might miss)
Cons: The program doesn't always explain the implications of all those choices! In other words, what I could screw up. Sometimes it is clear, sometimes not.
Summary: I liked it so much I made a donation, even though it is a free program.
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