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While CCleaner may occasionally find some large files that free up significant amounts space (like NVIDIA’s installation files, for example), much of what it cleans up are cache files, like the ones above, that will already be deleted automatically by the system anyway-and re-created as you build up the cache again.Īs a result, using CCleaner to free up space isn’t really a long-term solution-if you’re so low on space that you’re looking for solutions like CCleaner, you either need to upgrade your hard drive or delete personal files, like music, videos, or games. But these days, you don’t need that much free space on your computer- just enough that your computer can create new files as it needs them. Once upon a time, when hard drives were small and computers were slow, clearing out your hard drive might have made more of a difference in your computer’s speed.

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CCleaner Isn’t a Great Solution for Cleaning Out Full Hard Drives But in general, if someone has access to your computer, you have far worse problems than them looking at your cache files.

This is why browsers don’t save cache files when you browse in private browsing mode. Someone with access to your computer could inspect your browser’s cache files to see what websites you’ve been visiting, just as they could look at your browser history. Of course, the cache can also be a privacy concern. That means that clearing your browser’s cache constantly is a bad idea for performance reasons-constantly emptying the cache means you lose the benefits of having one. However, if you were to constantly clear your browser’s cache, it would have to re-download the same files over and over.

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Your web browser is constantly doing this with bits of different web pages, and it speeds up web page loading because your browser doesn’t have to download the same files over and over. When you navigate to a different page on our website, your browser doesn’t have to download the logo image all over again-it just loads the image from the browser’s local cache. For example, when you visit How-To Geek, your browser downloads the How-To Geek logo that we display at the top of the page. RELATED: Why Is My Browser Storing So Much Private Data?Ĭache files are bits of web pages-images, scripts, stylesheets, HTML files, and more-that your browser holds onto. This is because CCleaner is set up to delete your browser’s cache files by default. However, this would actually slow your computer down in real use. You could use CCleaner constantly, running it every day with the default settings. It will even wipe out other potentially privacy-risking data, such as the list of recently opened file names in Microsoft Word, Adobe Reader, Windows Media Player, VLC media player, and other common Windows applications.ĭeleting Cache Files will Slow Down Your Browsing, and They’ll Just Come Back Later It will go beyond that, erasing the cookie data stored by the Flash Player. For example, CCleaner will erase your browser history, cookies, and cache files for any browsers you have installed - Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, even Opera. CCleaner will remember your choices for next time, so you can just open it and click the Run Cleaner button in the future.ĬCleaner has another purpose: it will also delete private usage data. If you’re happy, click the Run Cleaner button to actually delete the selected files. Just select the types of data you want to delete, click the Analyze button, and look over the data CCleaner will delete.

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For example, it will erase cache files for other browsers like Chrome and Firefox, or delete the useless setup folders NVIDIA’s graphics driver installers create when you update your graphics drivers, which can consume hundreds of megabytes each. It takes the Disk Cleanup concept and runs with it, extending it to more data in Windows and third-party programs that the Windows Disk Cleanup tool won’t touch. You can run this tool at any time to free up disk space.ĬCleaner does do these things and more. In a way, it’s kind of like Windows’ built-in Disk Cleanup tool, which frees up space on your hard drive by deleting useless files-old temporary files created by programs, temporary Internet files for Internet Explorer, Windows error report logs, and more. RELATED: 7 Ways To Free Up Hard Disk Space On Windows Two, it erases private data like your browsing history and list of most recently opened files in various programs. One, it scans for and deletes useless files, freeing up space. The real question we should be asking is: do you really need CCleaner in the first place? CCleaner Is Disk Cleanup On SteroidsĬCleaner has two main uses. It’s widely recommended, online and offline-but this week, it acted as a piggyback for malware. These days, it seems like every Windows user has heard about CCleaner.

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