Is there a good FOSS alternative to ccleaner?

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  1. StrangeWorld

    StrangeWorld MDL Novice

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    #1 StrangeWorld, Jul 16, 2024
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    Is there a good alternative to ccleaner, just for clearing up temp files/pending telemetary/junk files etc? I know people say ccleaner is bloatware at best these days. Is there a good FOSS alternative?
     
  2. kaljukass

    kaljukass MDL Guru

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    Personally, I've been using CCleaner since its early years and haven't come across anything bad. Also have not been able to find anything else, which is even close to it in all that time. Also, have no idea, what's the bloatware you're talking about.
     
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  3. StrangeWorld

    StrangeWorld MDL Novice

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    It's something I've heard people saying a lot over the past few years, but I was unsure what exactly people considered the problem to be. I suppose such terms can be used pretty loosely, especially depending on peoples opinions/opsec/sometimes even elitism etc etc.

    Personally I just firewall al the exe files and always considered it good to go. I am surprised nobody made a mydigitalife alternative though! Will continue using ccleaner, thanks.
     
  4. billmcct

    billmcct MDL Member

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    To me it's bloatware since I only use the cleaning function.
    No way in hell would I use the registry cleaner.
     
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  5. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream
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  6. Super Spartan

    Super Spartan MDL Expert

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    I just HiBit Uninstaller because its the best Uninstaller that has 0 false positives and it also has a built in junk files cleaner and is free with 0 bloatware:


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  7. Walcott

    Walcott MDL Novice

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    "CCleaner" from LRRepack.
    (Bloatware & Telemetry off)
     
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  8. pm67310

    pm67310 MDL Guru

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    Cleanmgr+ and dism++
     
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  9. shhnedo

    shhnedo MDL Expert

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    Not exactly FOSS, though...