CCleaner Professional Plus
Version 6.41.0.2 · Piriform Software Ltd. · Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 · ranked #103 in the library
The maintenance bundle rather than the single cleaner, pairing junk file and registry cleanup with a defragmenter, a driver updater, a file recovery tool and a hardware inventory in one licence.
Read the installation section below before you start. The order of the steps matters on this release.
About this release
Overview
The plus bundle is four tools rather than one. The cleaner itself removes browser caches, temporary files, log files, thumbnail caches, installer leftovers and application specific junk, with a per-item checklist so you decide exactly what goes. The registry cleaner finds orphaned entries and broken references, and always offers to back up before it removes anything, which is the only responsible way to do it.
Alongside them sit Defraggler for drive defragmentation with per-file targeting rather than whole volume passes, Recuva for recovering files that were deleted and not yet overwritten, and Speccy for a full hardware and sensor inventory covering processor, memory, storage health, temperatures and installed component detail. Four separate maintenance jobs that would otherwise mean four separate installs.
The professional tier adds the automation. Scheduled cleaning that runs on a timer, real time monitoring that clears junk as it accumulates rather than in one large sweep, automatic browser cleaning when a browser closes, a smarter startup manager showing scheduled tasks and context menu entries as well as startup items, and a software updater that lists outdated applications on the machine and updates them in a batch.
What it does
Feature breakdown
Junk file cleaning with a per-item checklist
Browser caches, temporary files, logs, thumbnail caches and application leftovers, each one individually selectable rather than swept blindly.
Registry cleaner with backup
Find orphaned entries and broken references, with a mandatory backup offer before any removal so the change is reversible.
Scheduled and real time cleaning
Run cleanup on a timer or continuously in the background, plus automatic browser cleaning triggered when a browser closes.
Startup and scheduled task manager
Startup items, scheduled tasks, context menu entries and browser plugins listed together, each disableable rather than only removable.
Defraggler, Recuva and Speccy
Per-file defragmentation, recovery of deleted files that have not been overwritten, and a full hardware and sensor inventory.
Software updater
List every outdated application on the machine and update them together rather than opening a dozen separate updaters.
Changed in this build
Version 6.41.0.2
- Cleaning rules updated for the current browser versions and their new cache layouts.
- Health check consolidated into a single pass covering speed, privacy and space.
- Faster scan on systems with very large temporary folders.
- Driver and software updater catalogue expanded.
- Reduced background service memory use during real time monitoring.
Installation
Follow these in order
- Remove any previous version first from the control panel.
- Disconnect from the network.
- Extract the archive.
- Disable real time protection while the licence step runs.
- Run the installer as administrator, deselecting any bundled extras you do not want.
- Apply the licence component, launch the application and confirm the professional tier is shown.
Release notes
From whoever packed it
- Review the registry cleaner results before applying. Accepting everything blindly on a heavily customised machine can break a file association.
- Keep the automatic update off. A program update resets the licence state.
- Real time monitoring is off by default. Turn it on only if you want the background service running constantly.
System requirements
Minimum and recommended
| Operating system | Windows 7 service pack 1 through Windows 11, 32-bit or 64-bit |
|---|---|
| Processor | Any modern x86 or x64 processor |
| Memory | 1 GB minimum, 2 GB recommended |
| Graphics | No specific requirement |
| Storage | 400 MB for the full bundle |
Questions about this release
Answered before you ask
- Is the registry cleaner safe?
- It backs up before every removal, and restoring the backup undoes the change completely.
- Does the bundle install all four tools?
- Yes, though each can be deselected during setup if you only want the cleaner.
- Will it clean a browser that is running?
- It asks to close the browser first. Cleaning a running browser leaves the locked files behind.
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