CCleaner 5 Review: Remove PC junk files and clear disk space in Windows 10

CCleaner review

While the built-in Disk Cleanup utility does a good-enough job, this utility cleans more and is safe to use! It removes unused files from your system and free’s up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it’s fast!

The Junk File Cleaner Tool lets you clean out Windows junk as well as junk files generated by installed software.


It cleans the following:
Windows: Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files, etc.
Internet Explorer: Temporary files, history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat, etc.
Firefox: Temporary files, history, cookies, download history, form history, etc.
Google Chrome: Temporary files, history, cookies, download history, form history, etc.
Opera: Temporary files, history, cookies, etc.
Safari: Temporary files, history, cookies, form history, etc.
Third-party applications: Removes temp files and recent file lists (MRUs) from many apps including Media Player,eMule, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Microsoft Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and more.
Registry Cleaner: CCleaner also includes a free registry cleaner. Advanced features to remove unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more. It also comes with a comprehensive registry backup feature.

The Registry Cleaning Tool is quite a safe tool to use. It also allows you to backup the registry before deleting entries.


Features in a nutshell
Improved internal architecture for better performance
New improved GUI
Improved internal architecture for better performance
Google Chrome plugin management
Improved Google Chrome Startup item detection
Improved system restore detection routine
Updated exception handling and reporting architecture
Optimized 64-bit builds on Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
Duplicate File Finder
Many performance improvements and bug fixes
New improved graphics and icon.
Optimized and improved Registry Cleaning.
Improved Drive Wiper performance.
Optimized Startup item detection algorithm.

In the Tools section, you will see sections that will let you Uninstall programs, Manage Startups of Windows, Browsers, Context Menu as well as Scheduled Tasks.


Quite useful is the Context Menu management tool which allows you to manage third-party context menu items in the program interface. Here you see a list of third party Windows Explorer context menu items that you can Disable or Delete. Disabling basically just deactivate and hides the item from the menu list, it will be helpful in cases where you are uncertain about the future requirement of that particular item. Deleting will permanently remove the item from the Context Menu list and can never bring back to use.

The Options section lets you change the program settings, manage Cookies and its exceptions, and more.