I looked all over for a Drive Wiper in CCleaner 7. I couldn’t find it, so I re-installed the earlier version.
Both wipe disk and wipe freespace have been removed.
[personal opinion] With today’s large drives and SSDs a drive wipe is useless and drive life shortening. If selling a PC resetting without windows.old folder is just as effective as drive wiping.[/personal opinion]
[company line]
We understand that some users may notice certain features from CCleaner 6 are not currently available in CCleaner 7. This change is part of our ongoing effort to modernize and streamline the application, ensuring it remains fast, secure, and aligned with current user needs.
As we continue to evolve CCleaner, we carefully evaluate which features provide the most value. Some legacy features may have been removed or temporarily excluded to improve performance, simplify the interface, or make room for new capabilities. However, your feedback is incredibly important to us. If there’s a specific feature you miss, please let us know —through the Ideas portal in CCleaner 7. The Ideas portal is present on the located in the bottom-left
side of the CCleaner application. This helps us gauge interest and prioritize enhancements based on user feedback.
[/Company LIne] source: https://support.ccleaner.com/s/article/why-should-i-upgrade-to-ccleaner-7
I still have an HDD on an older computer, so I re-installed CCleaner 6.
Version 7 is a down grade, no new features. Just less features and a user interface where one has to click 1000 percent more than before to accomplish / find out the same. Better upgrade to version 6.xx and you will be happy again.
Please restore the functionality available in version 6. As a paid user, this feature plays a significant role in our company’s operations. We request that you restore it so users can choose whether to use the feature.
I have searched everywhere for Drive wiper, but this feature has evidently been removed. I need it for wiping USB sticks of sensitive information, when sharing them. In the end I used a windows utility, but then my usb became unreadable and would not format, without using some CMD code I found online. In my opinion, CCleaner 7 is a downgrade from 6, and email service inquiries no longer exist. I couldn’t verify my CCleaner community account multiple times, because I would receive the account activation email hours later, and nowhere to ask for help. This is the end of the line for me with CCleaner Pro; I have been a customer for several years.