CCleaner
by CCleaner
What is CCleaner?
CCleaner is the number-one tool for cleaning your PC. It protects your privacy and makes your computer faster and more secure!
Trusted by millions and critically acclaimed. There’s a reason why CCleaner is the world’s favorite PC optimization tool! Easy to use, one click cleaning so beginners can optimize their computers in seconds and packed with advanced features for power users.
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Overview
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. CCleaner removes unneeded entries in the Windows Registry, helps you uninstall software and select which programs start with Windows.
CCleaner is published by CCleaner. You can find out more about CCleaner at its official website or at CCleaner's website.
Users on average believe that CCleaner's quality is good. Most users give it a rating of four stars.
How do I clean CCleaner?
CCleaner may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.
If you want to clean CCleaner manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are three locations in the file system where CCleaner stores data that can be cleaned.
Files
To clean your file system from files stored by CCleaner and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations. First of all, open a command prompt window:
- Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
- Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
- Type cmd
- Hit Enter
Now list all the files stored by CCleaner that can be cleaned:
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Type dir %ProgramFiles%/CCleaner/*.log
- On 64-Bit also: Type dir %ProgramFiles(x86)%/CCleaner/*.log
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Type dir %ProgramFiles%/CCleaner/CCleaner_log*.txt
- On 64-Bit also: Type dir %ProgramFiles(x86)%/CCleaner/CCleaner_log*.txt
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Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/Program Files*
- Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/Program Files*
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For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
Type dir {folder}\CCleaner/*.log where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step. -
Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/Program Files*
- Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/Program Files*
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For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
Type dir {folder}\CCleaner/CCleaner_log*.txt where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step. - Type dir %UserProfile%/CCleaner_log*.txt
Once you have identified the files stored by CCleaner that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.