Is Ccleaner safe to use with SSD drive?

Delly10 · 13 Jan 2022

Bree said:

I'm happy to continue using the latest version, but I download the portable version from www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/builds as it comes without any of the 'optional' unwanted extras that the standard installer tries to sneak past you. I find it to be little changed from the purely Piriform-owned days.

But if you want to stick with the pre-Avast builds, then you should at least use Callender's winapp2ool tip from post #6 to update its capabilities to include being able to clean the new Edge.

I just went ahead now and downloaded the latest portable version. It's probably sufficient for me since I don't do anything fancy with it anyway. Just like to do a "cleanup" of extra stuff that builds up over time such as cookies, browser history, system files, etc.

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Bree said:

By default CCleaner just deletes files, so is safe to use on an SSD. It does have an option in Options > Settings to perform a secure delete, but that is not selected by default. Just check that it's turned off and that 'normal deletion' is selected before you run the clean up.

With that in mind, do you think using Bleachbit is just as safe to use on an SSD as Ccleaner is if it's set up to only delete files rather than doing multiple overwrites, or shredding, or whatever BB normally does to securely erase files? I already have BB and wouldn't mind continuing to use it provided that it doesn't put excessive wear on my SSD the way I heard BB does when set to "securely delete" files.

Bree · 13 Jan 2022

Callender said:

I always use Slim build. .. I always import reg files to customise it, remove the unwanted features, disable update checks and launch from an elevated shortcut to a batch file.

I prefer the portable version, because all the settings are in a .ini file instead of the registry and easier to edit. The is in fact no difference between the Portable and the installed version, you can turn any installed version into the Portable version just by creating a file named portable.dat in the same folder as the .exe.

Callender · 14 Jan 2022

Bree said:

I prefer the portable version, because all the settings are in a .ini file instead of the registry and easier to edit. The is in fact no difference between the Portable and the installed version, you can turn any installed version into the Portable version just by creating a file named portable.dat in the same folder as the .exe.

The thing is that I use the installed version to clean extra stuff but separately use the portable version with only browser cleanup options checked. That way I can run only a browser cleanup on demand or choose a full cleanup for the extras without needing to reconfigure anything.

Bree · 14 Jan 2022

Callender said:

The thing is that I use the installed version to clean extra stuff but separately use the portable version with only browser cleanup options checked. That way I can run only a browser cleanup on demand or choose a full cleanup for the extras without needing to reconfigure anything.

Fair enough. I do it the other way round, but with two portable versions. The one on the PC does the browser cleanup, with its whitelist of cookies to keep, while another on a USB is used if I want to do the full cleanup.