CCleaner 2.26.1050 Fileforum Pick

4.6 out of 5 stars 4.6 (1891 votes)

(November 30, 2009)

Windows (All) / Freeware / 439,154 downloads

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. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware.

  • Publisher

    Piriform Ltd.

  • Homepage

    CCleaner

  • Uninstaller

    Yes

  • Latest Changes

    - Added support to clean Windows DNS cache

    - Added vacuum SQLite databases for Firefox and Google Chrome

    - Added publisher and version to Uninstall tool

    - Added Taskbar jump list tasks for Windows 7

    - Added Taskbar Progress for Windows 7

    - Improved Exclude list registry keys addition functionality in 64bit Windows 7

Reviews of CCleaner

  1. 4 out of 5 stars
    ballyhairs

    Reviewing 2.26.1050 (Dec 2, 2009)

    A must have..
    But I wish the developer would make a section for (Wipe empty space) and not keep it as another hidden feature.

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    TC17

    Reviewing 2.26.1050 (Nov 30, 2009)

    Its free, works great, and gets updated often. Something the pay versions never do.

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    oompoop

    Reviewing 2.25.1025 (Nov 17, 2009)

    Yep!

  4. 4 out of 5 stars
    carlvui

    Reviewing 2.25.1025 (Oct 28, 2009)

    Need to refine my previous post.

    Installing and having/using CCleaner won't slow your machine, as it is not a heavy program and won't change or take control over important windows settings.

    Certainly deleting some files might have systemwide effect even if they are safe to delete and will be re-created.

  5. 4 out of 5 stars
    anomoly

    Reviewing 2.25.1025 (Oct 26, 2009)

    Yeah but it's a cleaner remember?

Discuss CCleaner

  1. May 8, 2009 - 9:07 AM
    Jtaylor83

    I haven't used this product in a while and when my PC gets full, I'll use it to clean clean it out.

    CCleaner doesn't install ask.com but Yahoo! toolbar. It's recommended that you should install the Slim version.

  2. Apr 30, 2009 - 9:16 AM
    bobad

    Not only that, but it tries to install ask.com on your computer! :-O

  3. Apr 29, 2009 - 3:39 PM
    jenngood

    I hear you! I had to reinstall my OS because I used the registry cleaner! With such small files being installed into the registry, just leave it alone. There is NO WAY that any registry cleaner could possibly know all of the file names that program writers make up and install. BAD IDEA!

  4. Feb 1, 2009 - 11:46 PM
    ibm360

    Everyone here seems to have lots of love for this program, but today it killed my wife's laptops registry. I think it would of great help if the registry list of "problems" had a collumn with the origin of the file, so you can see if it is a valid entry, or something that really should be deleted. because lets face it, does anyone really know exactly what every dll file does- by name?
    How do we make an informed choice on which to delete or not delete?