Just closing down for the night and running CCleaner to clean up day's browsing etc as usual and an apparently strange thing once again springs to mind so this time round I will take the time to report it to the experts in this Forum.
Since Google Chrome was added as a CCleaner application I have been using it as a default browser on account of faster speed over IE.
But I notice that even after immediately using CCleaner the "browsing data" as defined by Google Chrome does not seem to be deleted.
The reason I notice this is that the "suggested sites" feature still works even immediately after cleaning by CCleaner.
Try it for yourselves - Under Options for managing Default Search in Google Chrome tools tick the box to enable the feature called "Use a suggestion service etc etc "
Then browse a little under Google Chrome mentally remembering a couple of the sites you visited. Then run CCleaner. Immediately go back to the address bar of Google Chrome and type in the first one or two letters of a site you have just visited. Google Chrome will then suggest the name of the site.
The only way it doesn't do this is when, after running CCleaner you also immediately use Google Chrome's own "Clear browsing data" tool.
It therefore appears to me that CCleaner is not deleting Google Chrome's browsing data. Otherwise how could Google Chrome "remember" the sites visited in order to make suggestions based on one or two letters.
I wonder if I'm correct - or am I completely missing something and now appearing rather foolish !!
A few other users are reporting similar non-address cleaning and related to Google(not specifically related to Google Chrome as far as I can get data).
Your data is needed also.
1. What OS, version, and edition are you using ?
2. 32-bit or 64-bit ?
3. If you are using Vista, did you do a fresh install or did you "upgrade?" from XP ?
Thanks for your report,
davey
P.S. 4. What version of IE are you using ?
5. Any other browsers ?
6. Are these addresses being cleaned if you use IE instead of Google Chrome ?
davey, glad to know that I'm not going completely senile in my old age !!
My o/s is Vista Home Premium SP1 32bit which was pre-installed in my new laptop when I bought it.
My CCleaner version is 2.13.720 which I believe is the latest version.
Google Chrome is 0.3.154.9
I also occasionally use IE 8 (beta) but the problem does not appear to exist here and cleaning appears to take place properly as site suggestions do not work in the way I described in my original post.
hazelnut, thanks for advising me that others have noticed the same problem. I had not spotted this thread.
davey, glad to know that I'm not going completely senile in my old age !!
My o/s is Vista Home Premium SP1 32bit which was pre-installed in my new laptop when I bought it.
My CCleaner version is 2.13.720 which I believe is the latest version.
Google Chrome is 0.3.154.9
I also occasionally use IE 8 (beta) but the problem does not appear to exist here and cleaning appears to take place properly as site suggestions do not work in the way I described in my original post.
hazelnut, thanks for advising me that others have noticed the same problem. I had not spotted this thread.
Just downloaded and tried CC version 2.14.750.
It seems to sort the problem with Google Chrome !!