I’ve been using CCleaner for more than 15 years. It used to be one of my go-to tools on every system I own.
Fast, lightweight, and reliable.
But the past two years have been extremely disappointing.
The software has become noticeably slow, especially when it comes to scanning browsers. It first spends a long time scanning all browser-related folders, then forces me to close my browsers, and then continues scanning again. This happens on all three of my systems, so it’s absolutely not a hardware or Windows issue it’s CCleaner itself.
On top of that, the registry cleaner one of the features CCleaner originally became popular for has been removed.
A core function that many long-time users relied on just… gone, without offering a solid alternative.
All combined, CCleaner has become slower, more cumbersome, and less useful than it used to be. The “quick clean-up” experience that once made it great has completely disappeared.
After 15 years, I’m done with CCleaner.