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CCleaner 5.74 enables Automatic Updates in Free version, how to disable?
Piriform has launched Automatic Updates for CCleaner Free with version 5.74. What this means is, CCleaner will update to the next versions automatically without you needing to visit the website and download the update manually. What... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.70 addresses Firefox Extensions Settings deleting Bug
Piriform released a new version for CCleaner with a fix to issue that caused the application to delete Firefox Extension Settings data, you should manually update to version 5.70 before cleaning Firefox internet cache. Here is what... More of this article »
CCleaner is wiping Firefox Extensions Settings, how to fix
Recently Microsoft Defender has started flagging CCleaner as Potentially Unwanted Application, CCleaner users using Firefox are now facing a new issue. If you run CCleaner, behind the scenes, it is now clearing Firefox extensions Settings... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.66 adds cleaning support for Brave browser
Popular PC cleaning tool from Piriform has got an update, new version CCleaner 5.66 has been released and available for download with full cleaning support for Brave and Vivaldi browsers, what this means is CCleaner will now treat... More of this article »
CCleaner Browser released, comes with UBlock Origin Built-in
CCleaner Browser based on Chromium for Windows is now out of Preview and available to download with strong privacy, security and performance features. Piriform boasts its CCleaner Browser 80.0 “lets you enjoy faster browsing,... More of this article »
CCleaner gets Health Check & Edge Chromium support, removes Windows XP’s
Piriform’s CCleaner has got a major update, a new version 5.64 has been released and available for download with new Health Check and Chromium Edge support. CCleaner will no longer receive feature updates on Windows XP and Vista,... More of this article »
Piriform Auto Updates CCleaner v5.62 and Previous versions to v5.63
If you’re using CCleaner 5.62 on Windows, your CCleaner will be automatically updated to the latest v5.63 which was released a few hours back by Piriform, this could be because it contains a security update. The version changelog... More of this article »
Anyone can enable and test Health Check feature in CCleaner, here is how
Like it or not, CCleaner is the most popular junk cleaning tool available for Windows, we’ve recently covered the Health Check feature which is available to few users for testing with CCleaner v5.62. If you want to test it, you... More of this article »
Exclusive: First look at CCleaner’s Health Check feature
Piriform to say goodbye to CCleaner’s Easy Clean mode and to replace it with an “even friendlier face” and to offer “more tools to boost your PC speed and security” in the coming weeks. Meet new “Health... More of this article »
Piriform tests CCleaner beta with Chromium Edge support
Piriform has already added Microsoft Edge Chromium cleaning support to CCleaner in beta version and made it available to the public for testing. Almost a year back, Piriform has launched Public beta for CCleaner. Seems no one is... More of this article »
CCleaner can now Clean Windows 10 Clipboard history
Piriform has released a new version for CCleaner –CCleaner v5.61- with the ability to detect and clear clipboard history in Windows 10. In case you don’t know, Windows 10 October 2018 Update version 1809 has a new clipboard... More of this article »
Piriform now bundles CCleaner with CCleaner Browser
This is something we’ve not expected Piriform to do, they’re now bundling CCleaner Browser which is still in Preview with CCleaner. If you don’t notice and uncheck the boxes after launching the CCleaner setup, CCleaner... More of this article »
Piriform launches CCleaner browser, available for download
Piriform quietly introduced CCleaner browser based on Chromium for Windows without any announcement and is available for download right now on their website. CCleaner Browser With the existing CCleaner, Defraggler, Recuva, Speccy,... More of this article »
CCleaner Bug causes Easy Clean mode to disappear and re-appear for some users
Recently, Piriform introduced Easy Clean feature in CCleaner 5.57 for beginners to easily clean junk files and remove trackers from their computers. Some users who installed version 5.5.7 noticed they don’t have Easy Clean mode,... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.57 adds “Easy Clean” interface for Non-Technical users
CCleaner made a radical change to its cleaning interface after 15 years, the new version 5.57 released yesterday introduced “Easy Clean” feature and makes it as default cleaning screen in the Application UI. Want more customization?... More of this article »
Exclusive: Piriform tests Quick Clean feature for CCleaner
We’re lucky to be one of the random users to get a hands-on Quick Clean feature which Piriform is testing for CCleaner on Windows. Quick Clean function integrated into CCleaner UI, appears by default in the interface when you... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.50 offers new Settings to control CCleaner Updates
Avast-owned Piriform has released CCleaner 5.50 with new Update Settings that give more control to users over how CCleaner Updates are installed and update notifications are shown. In the recent and past, there are reports CCleaner... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.48 adds Feature Previews Support
CCleaner 5.48 is now out of beta and available for download with improved cleaning for Edge and Firefox browsers. After launching Public beta program for CCleaner, Piriform has now added ‘Feature Previews’ support to version... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.48 beta fixes Firefox Profile corrupt issue
Piriform has released CCleaner 5.48 beta version and is now available for download and testing. The 5.48 version beta comes with a fix to cleaning rules that corrupts Firefox profile for some people when CCleaner was run. The beta... More of this article »
Piriform re-releases CCleaner 5.47 after fixing Privacy Issue
Seems Piriform hasn’t learned the lessons from their experience, after testing CCleaner 5.47 beta you produce this? Unacceptable at this level. Piriform has released CCleaner 5.47 yesterday, this doesn’t honor when you... More of this article »
Piriform Launches Public beta for CCleaner
The folks over at Piriform, for the first time, launched a beta program for CCleaner and the beta for the next CCleaner version 5.47 is now available to download for testing and feedback purposes. FYI, from now onwards, new CCleaner... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.46: Smart Cleaning, Data Factsheet, disable Usage data collection option
After CCleaner 5.45 version that has not allowed users to disable active monitoring that sent usage data to Avast, Piriform has released CCleaner 5.46 and is available with the ability to turn off active monitoring, which has now been... More of this article »
Avast: Next CCleaner version will be released Soon with more user control options
After covering post on Avast’s official statement over active monitoring and heartbeat (anonymous analytics) features, a lot of media sites picked up the story and suggested users to uninstall CCleaner, the news has gone viral,... More of this article »
Avast to Separate CCleaner Active Monitoring and heartbeat, promises control to user over these
Avast/Piriform has finally responded to CCleaner 5.45 active monitoring issue and said they’re working to separate Active Monitoring and heartbeat in CCleaner UI in upcoming weeks and control will be given to users in configuring... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.45: How to disable Active Monitoring
After pop up ads shown by CCleaner previous version, we’ve now a new version of CCleaner 5.45 available with changes that may irritate and annoy you even more. Piriform has taken away the data collection opt-out setting from... More of this article »
CCleaner Free: be ready! More popup Ads incoming
Avast is not following best advertising practices for their products as far as CCleaner users are concerned, recently, CCleaner came bundled with Avast antivirus, now even worse, the latest CCleaner Free 5.44 version after upgrading... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.43 Free: How to Opt out of Data Sharing
To comply with GPDR, Avast’s Piriform has updated their privacy policy and provided new privacy settings in CCleaner 5.43 free version letting you know they collect usage data and share with third-parties. But initially when... More of this article »
Beware! Avast Auto Updates CCleaner Old Versions
If you’re using an old version of CCleaner free on Windows, know this, with Avast or AVG antivirus installed on your computer Avast auto updates it to the latest version. Why? Avast does this without your permission? Find out... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.41: Disable Cleaning Summary Screen
The newly released CCleaner version 5.41 has changed the way it displays the cleaning results, till this version before, they were displayed in a single, fixed screen, now will be shown as a cleaning summary. The new CCleaner’s... More of this article »
Careful, CCleaner may install Avast
Recently, CCleaner 5.37 has been released with improved cleaning for Firefox and Microsoft Edge browsers. The surprise here is that Piriform has bundled Avast with this CCleaner update and made its installation as an opt-out (instead... More of this article »
How to disable CCleaner’s Scheduled tasks and Startup Item
If you use CCleaner, the popular PC optimization tool on your computer, you may want to disable the scheduled tasks it has added to Windows and it’s startup item as well. Disable CCleaner’ scheduled tasks CCleaner can function... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.36 adds Emergency Updater and changes Cleaning rules
CCleaner 5.36 is a significant update for CCleaner as Piriform not only changed its cleaning rules for browsers and other applications, but also has added an emergency updater to push emergency security update if needed. Seeing Firefox... More of this article »
Security Alert : CCleaner 5.33 compromised with malware, remove it immediately
CCleaner 5.33 version released on August 15th has been compromised and contains a malicious backdoor, this was discovered on September 12 by Avast, new parent company of Piriform and released CCleaner 5.34 on the same day. Piriform... More of this article »
Piriform asks to use latest version of CCleaner to avoid Windows 10 compatibility issues
Some users using older versions of CCleaner have received ‘CCleaner is not compatible with this version of Windows‘ warning on Windows 10 build 14393.576. Piriform is recommending affected users to fix the issue by downloading... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.25 adds support for Firefox Web Extensions
Piriform has released a new CCleaner version — CCleaner 5.25 — by adding support for Firefox Web Extensions. What this means is when you launch latest version of CCleaner and visit Tools > Browser Plugins> Firefox,... More of this article »
Piriform releases an update for CCleaner 5.24 to fix an Issue
Two days back, Piriform has released CCleaner 5.24.5839 that has improved Windows Explorer cleaning. Today, another update is available for CCleaner — CCleaner 5.24.5841 — without any change log. Though the company... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.20 adds Vivaldi browser Support
Till now Piriform’s CCleaner supports cleaning history of popular browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera and Microsoft Edge, but the popular Crap cleaning tool doesn’t support Vivaldi browser,... More of this article »
CCleaner v5.17 Improves Firefox Cleaning and Chrome Extension Management
Piriform has released CCleaner version 5.17 and is available to download with new improvements and bug fixes. CCleaner 5.17 has improved Firefox 45 cleaning (FYI, Firefox 46 has been released today) and Google Chrome browser extension... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.15 improves Google Chrome Cleaning
New version of CCleaner– CCleaner v5.15 — has been released and is available to download with improvements and bug fixes. Piriform has updated the cleaning rules for latest Firefox and Google Chrome releases, and has added... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.14 introduces a new Browser Plugins section to manage browser startup Items
Piriform has released CCleaner v5.14 and is available to download from its website. With this version, Piriform has separated all supported browsers –Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera–it has shown till... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.13 improves the Registry Cleaning In Windows 10
Piriform has released CCleaner v5.13 and is available to download from their website. If you use registry Cleaner tool included in the CCleaner or not! This update has improved the registry cleaning it performs in Windows 10. This... More of this article »
CCleaner Now Uninstalls Windows Store Apps in Windows 8 & 10
Don’t forget the fact the CCleaner also has uninstall tool, which is an alternative to Windows Add/Remove Programs applet, this has now got better in CCleaner v5.11 with addition of support for uninstall of Windows Store Apps... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.10 improves Cookie Management and Cleaning
Piriform has released CCleaner 5.10 and is available to download for Windows. This version improves Cookie management and cleaning for Firefox, Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers. CCleaner now launches even faster than before thanks... More of this article »CCleaner 5.07 refines Cleaning for Windows 10
Piriform has released CCleaner version 5.07 and is available to download for Windows. This version has added Firefox web apps to Startup (open CCleaner >Tools > Startup) for management. If you install any apps in Firefox, they’ll... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.06 adds Microsoft Edge Browser Cleaning Support
You can clear browsing data of new Microsoft Edge or Project Spartan browser in Windows 10 by visiting the Settings within that browser. If you use CCleaner to clean browsers data and temporary files in Windows, then you’ve got... More of this article »
Fix Windows 10’s "PC status: Potentially unprotected" Warning
On Windows 10, if you’ve ran CCleaner, then you’ll notice an icon in the notification area alerting you on hover over with a message: ‘PC status: Potentially unprotected’, when you click on it, Windows Defender... More of this article »CCleaner 5.02 Improves Firefox Cleaning
Version 5.02 is the first update for CCleaner in the new year 2015, it has been released and available to download. CCleaner 5.02 improves Firefox’s download history, local storage and Cookies cleaning. Other changes are: scanning... More of this article »
CCleaner 5.01 adds useful Disk Analyzer Tool
CCleaner 5.01 version has been released and available for download with new Disk Analyzer tool, you can find this in the Tools section. This tool after running shows which types of files taking the most disk space on your hard drive,... More of this article »