BleachBit is a free junk file cleaner that helps in removing junk data and cleaning up disk space on your system. It’s a handy and easy to use application that comes with a clean interface and let anyone perform disk cleaning operations on their system with ease. Apart from that, it also helps in shredding files and folders and performing deep scan to reduce size of backups. This not only helps in improving system performance but also helps in maintaining overall privacy. BleachBit is cross-platform compatible and works for both Windows as well as for Linux.
The software removes temporary and junk files, caches, cookies, history, chat logs, search indexes, debug logs, most recently used items, broken shortcuts, current sessions, and more from a number of supported applications. It wipes clean PDF Readers, Bash, APT, Beagle, Epiphany, Chromium, Firefox, GIMP, Flash, OpenOffice.org, KDE, RealPlayer SP, Opera, Safari, Google Chrome, Skype, Internet Explorer, Google Earth, Java, Yum, VIM, and more.
BleachBit is so easy to use and has so many powerful features. You can use the link given at the end of this this article to download this free junk file cleaner and then easily clean disk space on your system.
Using this free Junk File Cleaner on Windows:
As you open the program, you will see a pretty clean interface with a list of supported applications on the left pane and a blank area on the right to view the cleaning report.
Each of the apps display a sublist of cleaning options with a check mark against their entry. All you have to do is to mark the entry which you want to clean for the desired application. As you choose any entry, a description of the application and what is going to be removed will be shown on the right (as shown in the screenshot above).
Once you are done, simply click on the Delete icon present on the tools panel at the top. This free junk file cleaner will ask for your confirmation once and thereafter start the cleaning process. Side by side it displays the cleaning log as report on the right.
Once it finishes, a green-colored progress bar on top of the log report will show a Done message.
Here are Some Features of BleachBit:
- Free and open source junk file cleaner.
- Simple and clean interface.
- Removes all junk and temporary data and clean disk space.
- Option to preview files in the selected operation before deleting.
- Shred files and folders.
- Cross-platform support.
- Easy to use.
- Available in 27 languages.
- Adware, spyware, malware free.
Verdict:
BleachBit is quite a comprehensive cleaner, and easy to use software. Definitely a good junk file cleaner for Windows users. Other free cleaners that we covered earlier include CCleaner, and Glary Utilities.
