What's the adjustable *.* thing that appears when I try to custom delete a folder ?

CCleaner for Windows
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I'm able to add folders for deletion (options-include) but I have noticed an " *.* " icon in a type-able box that appears at the bottom left part of the "add folder" dialogue box. Does adding more asterisks mean the folder contents get deleted more securely ?

Thanks

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Hi carljohnson, and welcome to Piriform.

If you select a folder and the file mask is (*.*) then all subfolders will be included (The technical term is 'recursive'). If the file mask is changed to something else (*.tmp), then any subfolders within that folder will not be included. (The technical term is 'non-recursive.')

Taken from the Piriform Documents site.

Link to relevant section.

For different methods of deletion see this section:

http://docs.piriform.com/ccleaner/ccleaner...leaner-settings