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It's 2018. Not sure if it's really necessary to use something like CCleaner on Windows 10. The built in disk cleanup and defrag tools have been perfectly suffic

It's 2018. Not sure if it's really necessary to use something like CCleaner on Windows 10. The built in disk cleanup and defrag tools have been perfectly sufficient.

saintPirelli 8y ago
I agree, and so is the built in data collection.
AdmiralAsshat 8y ago
I've had one running as a nightly scheduled task on my Windows 7 laptop for about ten years. Its primary purpose was to securely erase all the stuff in my Recycle Bin as well as wipe search history, application history, etc. More of a privacy thing than a space-saving thing, really.
accrual 8y ago
I've found CCleaner convenient for clearing multiple browser histories and other caches all in one place, even if individually there is a native way to do so. I also don't usually find a pressing need to upgrade based on the change log. [0] Perhaps the negative response will encourage the developers to add a working option to disable the telemetry. For now, the previous version without data collection (v5.44) is still available on the file hosting site FileHippo. [1] [0] https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/version-history https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/version-history [1] https://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/85770 https://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/85770
- binomialxenon 8y ago
  Bleachbit can do the same things, and is free software with no spying.
Yizahi 8y ago
There was no need for this malware since Win2k. Windows installer manages pretty well and 3rd party ones too. On win7 I uninstalled amd video driver, installed nvidia driver using their own intallers and stuff simply worked, without any "cleaning". Same with other big applications, e.g. MSVS, MSOffice etc. Yes, Windows (7, 8, 10) have some curious folders that tend to fill up with something, like winsxs and Installers, but you can't just delete stuff there anyway, it is needed by OS, so malware like CCleaner won't help there.

It's 2018. Not sure if it's really necessary to use something like CCleaner on Windows 10. The built in disk cleanup and defrag tools have been perfectly sufficient.

saintPirelli 8y ago

I agree, and so is the built in data collection.

AdmiralAsshat 8y ago

I've had one running as a nightly scheduled task on my Windows 7 laptop for about ten years. Its primary purpose was to securely erase all the stuff in my Recycle Bin as well as wipe search history, application history, etc. More of a privacy thing than a space-saving thing, really.

accrual 8y ago

I've found CCleaner convenient for clearing multiple browser histories and other caches all in one place, even if individually there is a native way to do so. I also don't usually find a pressing need to upgrade based on the change log. [0] Perhaps the negative response will encourage the developers to add a working option to disable the telemetry. For now, the previous version without data collection (v5.44) is still available on the file hosting site FileHippo. [1] [0] https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/version-history https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/version-history [1] https://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/85770 https://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/85770

binomialxenon 8y ago
Bleachbit can do the same things, and is free software with no spying.

Yizahi 8y ago

There was no need for this malware since Win2k. Windows installer manages pretty well and 3rd party ones too. On win7 I uninstalled amd video driver, installed nvidia driver using their own intallers and stuff simply worked, without any "cleaning". Same with other big applications, e.g. MSVS, MSOffice etc. Yes, Windows (7, 8, 10) have some curious folders that tend to fill up with something, like winsxs and Installers, but you can't just delete stuff there anyway, it is needed by OS, so malware like CCleaner won't help there.