Can anyone tell me why my free edition of CCleaner isn't clearing history, cookies etc.. the boxes are checked with in the software but it's still not working?
We need a bit more information.
Which browser are you trying to clean?
You are ticking/unticking boxes in Custom Clean, but are you using Health Check or Custom Clean to do the actual cleaning?
TBH though I suspect that your issue is that CCleaner is cleaning your files, but they are then being put straight back by browser syncing.
Have a read of this which explains why some files will come straight back after cleaning, (syncing is one reason) and what you can do to stop that from happening:
It seems to be happening with google chrome, I do a custom clean and the history is still there when I check google chrome again?
Do you have sync turned on?
I'm not sure, where do I look?
See this for how to turn Chrome syncing on and off:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/185277?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en-GB
However if you are syncing between more than one device, and want to keep syncing, then you will need to clean/clear the synced data using Chrome itself.
CCleaner cannot delete things from Googles sync servers they are protected, CCleaner can only clean your own device.
https://www.howtogeek.com/408617/how-to-delete-synced-information-in-chrome/
Okay and thanks for your help, much appreciated...