Going from 6MB in February 2016 to around 15MB around its v5.41.x release in March this year.

Nevertheless, to be fair, this has happened to many other developers, big and small.

But does that make CCleaner a bad app that should be frowned upon?

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All of the software was tested on a Windows 10 virtual machine that was reset to its default state.

and “Advanced” (scans your drive for specific file types).

Combined, they found the most files out of the scanners tested.

Although Wise Disk Cleaner has a built-in disk defragmenter, scanning for junk files is the core feature.

Found 1.4GB- Interface is easy to navigate.

Found 229MB- Has more of an interface than Bleachbit but is extremely dated.

You must click expert mode to analyze and not clean.

Shred files and disk health buttons launch to other utilities that must be downloaded and installed separately.