CCleaner Portable | Advanced System Cleaner

CCleaner Portable is a free "Advanced System Cleaner". This PC cleanup, optimization and privacy tool can help you speed up your Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 and free up valuable disk space. First, and foremost it can be used to remove unused files from your system to free up drive space. It can further be used to clean all traces of your personal online activities like your Internet browsing history, typed urls, cookies, index, dat files and much more. And finally, it can also be used to perform a health check, reduce clutter and help optimize system performance, to allow your computer to perform at its peak potential.

Advanced System Cleaner | CCleaner Portable

CCleaner Portable
Shown optimizing and cleaning up a drive to improve system performance. Free up and recover storage space.

CCleaner Portable is a utility software program developed by Piriform. Its primary function is to clean and optimize the Windows operating system, as well as remove temporary files and unnecessary data from various applications. CCleaner stands for "Crap Cleaner," indicating its focus on cleaning out unnecessary and temporary files that accumulate on a computer over time.

Key features include:

  • Junk File Removal: Helps to clean up temporary files, cache files, cookies, and other unnecessary data that can accumulate on your computer and take up disk space.
  • Registry Cleaner: It includes a registry cleaner that scans for and removes unnecessary entries in the Windows registry. The registry is a database that stores configuration settings for the operating system and installed applications.
  • Browser Cleaning: Can clear browsing history, cookies, and temporary internet files from web browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and others.
  • Software Uninstall: Allows you to uninstall programs and applications from your computer, including removing leftover files and registry entries.
  • Startup Manager: It helps you manage the programs that start automatically when your computer boots up, allowing you to disable unnecessary startup items and potentially improve system boot times.
  • Drive Wiper: Includes a drive wiping feature that allows you to securely erase the contents of a drive, making it useful when you want to permanently delete sensitive data.

Best of all, this system cleaning tool is portable software, so you can bring it with you on a USB flash drive or other external device and use it at any Windows computer.

Specifications | Official Website | Where to Download

  • Extracted Size: 3 MB
  • Authors Website: Project Page
  • Developer: Created by Piriform, a software company founded by Guy Saner and Lindsey Whelan.
  • Release Date: CCleaner was first released on September 23, 2003
  • License: Freeware
  • Downloading: You can get this Advanced System Cleaner here:
    CCleaner Portable Download