Is Ccleaner safe to use with SSD drive?

Delly10 said:

....Ccleaner simply deletes them and is therefore safe, correct?

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.

@Delly10

I went with the free version 5.78, and stopped updating there.
Haven't had any problems with it.

Delly10 said:

Thank you, although I probably should have specified that what I have is the free version of it which doesn't seem to include a Settings option. I think it's safe to assume that the type of deletions it does would be the most basic kind. My version is 5.46

5.46 is very old, it dates back to August 2018. You really should update yours, apart from anything else it won't know how to clean up the current version of Edge's browser cache. It only knows how to clean up Legacy Edge, the only version of Edge at that time. But I have run up an old copy of 5.46 CCleaner Free and can confirm that it does have the 'normal file deletion' option in its settings.

Normal file deletion (one overwrite) is the default setting so unless you change it - it doesn't matter.

However if you change any settings then you should save to .ini file so that they load next time.

As for Edge - it's possible to update rules without updating Ccleaner.

You'd need winapp2ool for that.

Latest CCleaner Version Released

Delly10 said:

From what I've been reading, the newer versions are different (as in no good) because the company that made Ccleaner in the days I downloaded mine is now owned by Avast, and now Ccleaner isn't what it used to be. But is even the latest free version still better than what I have?

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.

FYI: You can get any previous build by modifying the download link. I always use Slim build. for older versions:

Code:

https://download.ccleaner.com/slim/ccsetup565_slim.exe

Just change the build number to the one you require.

Version History

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 forgot to mention that if using an old build:

Delete the updater

Delete the updater scheduled task

Block in firewall

Add these to hosts file:

Code:

0.0.0.0 ncc.avast.com
0.0.0.0 ncc.avast.com.edgesuite.net
0.0.0.0 license.piriform.com
0.0.0.0 ipm-provider.ff.avast.com
0.0.0.0 shepherd.ff.avast.com
0.0.0.0 ip-info.ff.avast.com
0.0.0.0 analytics.ff.avast.com
0.0.0.0 uib.ff.avast.com
0.0.0.0 analytics.ns1.ff.avast.com