Open-source system-cleaning tool BleachBit 5.0 has been released for Windows and Linux users. The tool, which is used to clean up drive space and shred sensitive data, provides a way for users to ...

Windows 11 includes several built-in tools to help keep storage usage under control on your computer. Features like Storage Sense, the Temporary Files settings page, and Storage Recommendation can ...

For the first time in many years, the deletion specialist app Bleachbit released a new version. We take a closer look at Bleachbit 5.0 and show you how to use the tool—even from the command line! Your ...

On Windows, configuration options are stored in the registry, and are arcane enough that most people use a specialized editor, or cleaner, to remove unnecessary information. Recently, in a blog entry, ...

Linux/Windows: While Windows already has the immensely popular CCleaner, Linux users lack a good program to clean up their drive. Enter BleachBit, which frees disk space, shreds files, and overwrites ...

The open source cleaner BleachBit reached version 6.0.4 this week, erasing caches, browser traces, and files on Windows, Linux, and now macOS. If you shredded a sensitive file on Windows with an ...

Open-source cleaning tool BleachBit 2.0 has been released for Windows and Linux, along with BleachBit 2.0 Portable for Windows. The update -- the first in over two years -- introduces support for ...

Okay, I was an idiot. I ran Bleachbit, because an old friend who used to work as a tech. told me it was reliable and safe. I knew most "optmizing" or cleaner apps aren't safe, but this person was ...

Hillary Clinton used the secure deletion tool, BleachBit, to delete emails from her private server, giving the company some free advertising. BleachBit saw traffic spike after the news became public.

Users of utilities that reclaim disk space should think twice if someone tries to get them to download BleachBit. Cybercriminals have created a web page that purports to be the official website of the ...