It is cross-platform and open source on the other hand which CCleaner is not. Whether that is a problem or not depends on your use of the program.īleachBit, all in all, is a powerful program that takes the backseat (a bit) in the interface department and some cleaning options when compared to CCleaner. There are better programs out there such as Autoruns that handle this better.ĬCleaner comes with options to schedule cleanup jobs or keep some cookies which BleachBit does not support. The same goes for CCleaner's other tools like the startup manager or program uninstaller. I'm not a fan of the Registry cleaning tool that CCleaner ships with and don't think it is a problem that BleachBit does not include one. You can add these manually by editing the ini file but it is not overly comfortable. This is a plus when compared to the popular CCleaner application.ĬCleaner's interface is more streamlined in my opinion but both programs get the job done when it comes to the removal of temporary files on supported computer systems.īleachBit supports adding folders to the application for removal, but the interface lacks options to do the same for Registry keys. The developer of BleachBit created a video that visualizes the development of the program from its humble beginnings in 2008 to 2018.īleachBit is open source software that is available for Linux, Mac and Windows devices. The file menu holds options to shred files or folders, and to wipe free disk space to prevent recovery of deleted files. There is also a whitelist to exclude files or locations from deletion,Â and an option to overwrite locations to prevent recovery. Note that you need to select the custom option as an item for it to be included. The preferences give you options to add custom locations to the cleaning. You can rerun scans to include more items, or check out the the disk space that each item occupies as well. BleachBit displays the total amount of disk space that will be freed when you run the program, and all files and locations that will be cleaned if you do on top of that.

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