- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: May 26, 2008
- Total Downloads: 33,050
- Downloads last week: 225
- See full specifications
- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 24 votes
See all user reviews
CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This freeware system optimizer is fast, fairly flexible, a bit gaudy, and most importantly, inaccurate.
NCleaner's interface sports a crowded layout and clunky icons. You'll find the standard functions in this utility. The Clean System function removes invalid registry entries and deletes select types of temporary and log files from certain software titles. The program makes it easy to select what types of files to clean. nCleaner found the majority of correct files in this function, but wasn't as flexible as we hoped. Scanning without automatically cleaning is available, but the function is buried in description text.
We were disappointed with the Find Junk function as it often incorrectly reported files that didn't fit the chosen criteria. However, the Tweak function was very useful. nCleaner offers 49 tweaks to improve system performance or help with privacy. Each tweak rates a quick explanation and can be easily toggled to set or not set. However, some tweaks can't be undone. The Startup Manager function lists programs set to start with your OS, but the list isn't easy to sort.
nCleaner is too complex for novice users and too inflexible for advanced users, and its results aren't unique or accurate enough for us to recommend this title.
Publisher's description
From NKProds :nCleaner has the best cleaning ration on the market due to an advance detection algorithm, also providing security and stability. With nCleaner you can free up to 2 GB of unnecessary disk space.
nCleaner supports and handles all major Internet browsers including Microsoft Internet Explorer (and all derived browsers like Avast), Mozilla Firefox, Netscape and Opera. It also supports and handles all major Instant Messaging applications. Version 2.3.4 fixed a critical bug and applied many small improvements.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.3.4 fixed a critical bug and applied many small improvements.More popular System Utilities downloads
- 215,505 downloads 1. Glary Utilities
- 91,042 downloads 2. Smart Defrag
- 44,461 downloads 3. Auslogics Disk Defrag
- 17,309 downloads 4. Glary Utilities Pro
- 16,920 downloads 5. Partition Wizard Home Edition
- See all System Utilities downloads
User reviews
- Average user rating: 2.9 stars out of 24 votes
- My rating: 0 stars Write review
-
Showing 5 of 10 user reviewsSee all 10 user reviews
This software version | All versions -
Version: nCleaner 2.3.4
Cons: Works great, but this product doesn't tell which deletes are safe.
-
Version: nCleaner 2.3.4
Pros: I have used a few different cleaners, and I am very impressed at the job this one does.
Cons: You should have the os installation disk handy, if you choose to clean system files. On a couple of occasions, I received an immediate message asking that I put in the os disk, because crucial files were altered. I corrected the problem, just by putting the disk in. And the system is so clean, it is well worth the effort.
-
Version: nCleaner 2.3.4
-
Version: nCleaner 2.3.4
"Very Comprehensive shredder / Cleaner suite"
Pros: Just try to find a feature that it DOESN'T have.
I've been using other cleaner like system mechanic and CCleaner, which are both good. This one takes a more comprehensive approach, though it may not be as deep as SM in some ways, it is arguably the best Free Cleaner anywhere.
Cons: I'll oome back if I find anything negative to say.
-
1 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: nCleaner 2.3.4
Pros: NOTHING
Cons: THIS WILL WIPEOUT EVERY THING YOUR ENTIRE SYSTEM.
YOU WERE WORNED
- See all 10 user reviews Write review
Submit your review
- See more CNET content tagged:
- Web browser,
- function,
- tweak
Previous Versions:
