Suite of utilities for cleaning disk and operating system environment
CCleaner
CCleaner 5.6 running on Microsoft Windows 7
Developer(s)
Piriform Software
Initial release
23 September 2003; 20 years ago (2003-09-23)
Stable release(s) [±]
Windows
6.24.11060 / 23 May 2024; 28 days ago (2024-05-23)[1]
macOS
2.09.187 / 19 October 2023; 8 months ago (2023-10-19)[2]
Android
24.11.0 / 3 June 2024; 17 days ago (2024-06-03)[3]
Written in
C++
Operating system
Windows 7 and later, macOS Sierra and later, Android Oreo and later
Platform
IA-32 and x64
Available in
58 languages
List of languages
Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azeri (Latin), Belarusian, Bosnian, Brazilian Portuguese (Portugues do Brasil), Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan (Catala), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Corsican, Croatian (Hrvatski), Czech (Ceský), Danish, Dutch (Nederlands), English, Estonian (Eesti keel), Farsi, Finnish (Suomi), French (Français), Galician, Georgian, German (Deutsch), Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian (Magyar), Indonesian, Italian (Italiano), Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian (Lietuviu), Macedonian, Malaysian, Marathi, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish (Polski), Portuguese (Portugues), Romanian (Romana), Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Espanol), Swedish (Svenska), Tatar, Thai, Turkish (Türkçe), Turkmen, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.[4]
Type
Utility software
License
Freemium for home use; commercial for use in organisations and institutions[5]
Website
www.ccleaner.com
CCleaner (/ˈsiːˌkliːnər/; originally Crap Cleaner),[6] developed by Piriform Software, is a utility used to clean potentially unwanted files and invalid Windows Registry entries from a computer. It is one of the longest-established system cleaners, first launched in 2004.[7] It was originally developed for Microsoft Windows only,[8] but in 2012, a macOS version was released. An Android version was released in 2014.
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^"CCleaner for Mac v2.09.187". piriform.com. Piriform. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^"CCleaner – Phone Cleaner". Google Play Store.
^"Changing the language CCleaner uses". CCleaner Documentation. Piriform Ltd. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
^"Why do I see a message that says 'CCleaner Free is for home use only' or 'CCleaner Free is not free for commercial use?'". Piriform. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^"CCleaner". 6 June 2004. Archived from the original on 6 June 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
^Nakodari. "10 Lessons Software Developers Should Learn From CCleaner's Success". Addictive Tips. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^"CCleaner – Optimization and Cleaning – Free Download". Ccleaner.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
CCleaner (/ˈsiːˌkliːnər/; originally Crap Cleaner), developed by Piriform Software, is a utility used to clean potentially unwanted files and invalid Windows...
operating systems, including CCleaner, CCleaner Browser, Defraggler, Recuva and Speccy. On 22 September 2015, Piriform launched CCleaner Cloud, a tool to maintain...
September 2017, the installation binary of CCleaner distributed by the vendor's download servers included malware. CCleaner is a popular tool used to clean potentially...
new data over a deleted file then recovery will often not be possible. CCleaner Data remanence List of data recovery software "Download Recuva". FileHippo...
was the developer of CCleaner. Shortly afterwards it was disclosed that someone may have created a malicious version of CCleaner with a backdoor for hackers...
"Speccy is a handy, portable system information tool from the makers of CCleaner". Download Squad. Huffington Post. Archived from the original on December...
2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017. "Avast Buys Piriform, the Company Behind CCleaner and Recuva". BleepingComputer. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017...
2017 AVG acquired Piriform Software, a UK-based company that developed CCleaner, a cleanup utility with 130 million installations. AVG develops and markets...
includes Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner. On October 9, 2014, Symantec declared it would split into two independent...
with an educational license. (See: Microsoft Imagine.) Some apps, like CCleaner, are free for personal use only. Limited use time: Most free-to-play games...
Hive Five for Best Disk Defragmenter, Defraggler received first place. CCleaner Recuva Comparison of defragmentation software "Download Defraggler". FileHippo...
the VPNFilter wireless router malware attack in 2018 and the widespread CCleaner supply chain attack In 2017. Sourcefire was founded in 2001 by Martin Roesch...
cyber safety with brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, CCleaner, and ReputationDefender. Pilette previously had management roles at Logitech...
the code for Uninstaller version 2, which became a best-selling program. CCleaner IObit Uninstaller Revo Uninstaller Should I Remove It? ZSoft Uninstaller...
Ilascu, Ionut. "Hackers push malware via Google search ads for VLC, 7-Zip, CCleaner". bleepingcomputer. Retrieved February 13, 2023. "Google ads lead to major...
shared objects either manually or using third-party software. For instance, CCleaner, a standalone computer program for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, allows...
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