CCleaner Free Version 5.86.9258 Not Closing in Windows 11

Even though Smart Cleaning is not enabled, CCleaner does not exit when the CCleaner window is closed on Windows 11. Instead it remains in the task notification area.

As well as Smart Cleaning:

If you have "Keep CCleaner updated automatically" selected in Options>Updates then you will also get an icon in the System Tray area of the taskbar.

That's because the update checker runs as a scheduled task, so Windows gives it an icon in the tray.

If you have neither Smart Cleaning or Automatic updates enabled then it may be a different issue with Win 11.

Automatic update was the issue. Thanks for the prompt reply. ?