CCleaner 7 – Feels Like the Park Gates Just Opened

Hi Team,

Long-time user here — and I have to say, the new CCleaner 7 release feels like a moment straight out of Jurassic Park.

Someone in the control room might’ve accidentally pulled a Dennis Nedry move. The systems went down, the security fences dropped, and now the T-Rex (the big UI overhaul) is stomping through what used to be a stable ecosystem.

The visuals are flashy, but the old balance — quick responsiveness, reliable cleaning, smooth license continuity — seems to have escaped containment. Power users are running for cover, while those of us still inside the park are hoping the systems reboot soon.

This isn’t meant as an accusation — I know major rewrites are complex and often messy behind the scenes. But from the user side, it feels like version 7 was deployed before the park was ready for visitors.

If there’s a hotfix or roadmap update ahead, that’d help reassure us that the cleanup crew (devs) are back at the control center restoring order before the next storm hits.

Appreciate the work you all do — sometimes even the best engineers need a bit of “spared no expense” debugging time. :wink:

Best regards,
A visitor currently hiding behind the kitchen counter

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I agree! This new version is awful! From no longer having the right-click on the Windows Recycle Bin, no longer being in the System Tray, CCleaner actually failing to clean temp files, and so much more. OK, the new look is fine, but give us back the performance and reliability of the old CCleaners!

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I also agree. There are so many bugs and moving the registry cleaner into custom clean makes no sense. Eliminating the ability to approve changes to the registry is a major design flaw.

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I can’t even use it on my laptop, because of bigass update popup that is out of my screen resolution, you cant move it, you can’t resize it. but to use the program clicking “OK” button wich is hidden out of my screen is mandatory. Ridiculous. I’m litteraly forced out of userbase

I found that right-clicking the CC icon in the system tray seems to get rid of it. Flakey as hell