Free Space

CCleaner for Windows
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I have the newest version of CCleaner installed on 2 PCs running Windows 10. The Wipe Free Space feature no longer works for either PC. Is there a fix for this? Thank you.

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Wipe Free Space was temporarily disabled due to a safety concern but is now enabled again.

You say 'newest version' but could you tell us what version number it says at the top left of the CCleaner screen.

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34 minutes ago, nukecad said: 
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		Wipe Free Space was temporarily disabled due to a safety concern but is now enabled again.
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		You say 'newest version' but could you tell us what version number it says at the top left of the CCleaner screen.
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5.82.8950 is the version. It is still disabled for me. I went to tools instead to wipe the free space. But, it doesn't give the same options.

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Do you have a ssd or a traditional hard drive

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Hard drive

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Odd, both look OK on my laptop (but I've not run them) can you screenshot what you are seeing?

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There is nothing to show. The cleaner runs but instead of continuing on to wipe the free space, it closes the program.

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I meant show those settings like I have posted above, but I did forget one:

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As I said before, I went into Tools and chose the Drive Wiper. This utilty is currently wiping the free space on my C drives. Choosing Settings/Wipe Free Space Drives does not work. It cleans normally but fails to go on to wipe the free space. Instead, the program just closes. I learned to go to Tools instead from a post in the forum. So, this does not appear to be a new issue or just happening to me.

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Are you using Health Check or Custom Clean?

Health Check will not wipe free space, WFS can take a long time and isn't needed unless you are selling/passing on your hard drive or computer.

To use WFS you have to use Custom Clean, with the correct things ticked, or use the seperate Drive Wiper Tool.

Are you aware what Wipe Free Space does? 

It overwrites deleted files so that they cannot later be recovered by recovery software.


As said a general user would not need to do that unless they were moving their hard drive on or selling it.


It won't save any space, it won't speed up your computer - there is no need to use it unless someone else is going to get the drive.