ccleaner Alternatives to CCleaner?

[gal-m]

I've been using CCleaner for.. I honestly don't know how long for cleaning up temp files - I like it for that, never used the registry cleaner.

 

I've been reading about it on the forums and have found some conflicting reports regarding it's safety, so this is why I am wondering if there are any better alternatives out there?

[Chris Pratt]

Yeah. None. Those apps are universally garbage and don't actually do anything worthwhile. If you just want to clean up temps files and such, you can do that much from the Storage settings in Windows.

[LogicalDrm]

For registry cleaning? Don't do it. At all. I think that's the common concensus.

[gal-m]

3 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

Yeah. None. Those apps are universally garbage and don't actually do anything worthwhile. If you just want to clean up temps files and such, you can do that much from the Storage settings in Windows

Thanks for the reply @Chris Pratt, what about clearing cache from websites, last open files or whatever it's called in Windows, searches, etc.? I always liked that feature about CCleaner as it got me sort of a "fresh start" if you know what I mean?
 

 

4 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

For registry cleaning? Don't do it. At all. I think that's the common concensus.

Thanks @LogicalDrm I never touch the registry, only want to clear cache, temp files, history, searches and such.

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, gal-m said:

Thanks for the reply @Chris Pratt, what about clearing cache from websites, last open files or whatever it's called in Windows, searches, etc.? I always liked that feature about CCleaner as it got me sort of a "fresh start" if you know what I mean?
 

 

Thanks @LogicalDrm I never touch the registry, only want to clear cache, temp files, history, searches and such.

Windows has a little program to delete temp files, but you don't really need to touch anything unless there is a issue or there using too much space.

[Chris Pratt]

7 minutes ago, gal-m said:

Thanks for the reply @Chris Pratt, what about clearing cache from websites, last open files or whatever it's called in Windows, searches, etc.? I always liked that feature about CCleaner as it got me sort of a "fresh start" if you know what I mean?

Storage settings takes care of that too.

[LogicalDrm]

7 minutes ago, gal-m said:

Thanks @LogicalDrm I never touch the registry, only want to clear cache, temp files, history, searches and such.

Yet that was something you did specify in OP. AFAIK there is some other software, but I fail to recall what it's called.

[The_russian]

If a program’s (or window’s) temp files are taking up so much storage that you need to clear them out, there’s a problem. You shouldn’t need any “cleaner” program.

[Master Disaster]

Open Computer, right click the C drive, properties, tools, disk cleanup.

 

This offers everything you ever need.

[gal-m]

2 hours ago, Chris Pratt said:

Storage settings takes care of that too

Thanks @Chris Pratt I'll tinker with them to see what they do.

 

2 hours ago, Grand Admiral Thrawn said:

If it is just for cleaning files you can try BleachBit

I've heard about that. I'll have a look at it! Thanks @Grand Admiral Thrawn

1 hour ago, Master Disaster said:

Open Computer, right click the C drive, properties, tools, disk cleanup.

 

This offers everything you ever need

Thanks @Master Disaster I saw a lot of people mention that

 

 

May sound silly but the reason I liked CCleaner is because it is always just a click away if you know what I'm trying to say - it's convenient and e.g. logs me out of every single account on my browsers (apart from Gmail) with one click.

I will look into everybody's suggestions and try to sort it out! Thanks everyone