CCleaner

CCleaner
Developer(s)Piriform Software
Initial release23 September 2003; 21 years ago (2003-09-23)
Stable release(s) [±]
Windows6.28.11297 / 19 September 2024; 17 days ago (2024-09-19)[1]
macOS2.09.187 / 19 October 2023; 11 months ago (2023-10-19)[2]
Android24.18.0 / 16 September 2024; 20 days ago (2024-09-16)[3]
Written inC++
Operating systemWindows 7 and later,
macOS Sierra and later,
Android Oreo and later
PlatformIA-32 and x64
Available in58 languages
List of languages
Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azeri (Latin), Belarusian, Bosnian, Brazilian Portuguese (Portugues do Brasil), Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan (Catala), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Corsican, Croatian (Hrvatski), Czech (Ceský), Danish, Dutch (Nederlands), English, Estonian (Eesti keel), Farsi, Finnish (Suomi), French (Français), Galician, Georgian, German (Deutsch), Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian (Magyar), Indonesian, Italian (Italiano), Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian (Lietuviu), Macedonian, Malaysian, Marathi, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish (Polski), Portuguese (Portugues), Romanian (Romana), Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Espanol), Swedish (Svenska), Tatar, Thai, Turkish (Türkçe), Turkmen, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.[4]
TypeUtility software
LicenseFreemium for home use; commercial for use in organisations and institutions[5]
Websitewww.ccleaner.com

CCleaner (/ˈsiːˌkliːnər/; originally Crap Cleaner),[6] developed by Piriform Software, is a utility used to clean potentially unwanted files and invalid Windows Registry entries from a computer. It is one of the longest-established system cleaners, first launched in 2004.[7] It was originally developed for Microsoft Windows only,[8] but in 2012, a macOS version was released. An Android version was released in 2014.

  1. ^ "CCleaner v6.28.11297". piriform.com. Piriform. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ^ "CCleaner for Mac v2.09.187". piriform.com. Piriform. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  3. ^ "CCleaner – Phone Cleaner". Google Play Store.
  4. ^ "Changing the language CCleaner uses". CCleaner Documentation. Piriform Ltd. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Why do I see a message that says 'CCleaner Free is for home use only' or 'CCleaner Free is not free for commercial use?'". Piriform. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  6. ^ "CCleaner". 6 June 2004. Archived from the original on 6 June 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  7. ^ Nakodari. "10 Lessons Software Developers Should Learn From CCleaner's Success". Addictive Tips. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  8. ^ "CCleaner – Optimization and Cleaning – Free Download". Ccleaner.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2011.