Disk CleanUp

System Cleaner is a tool for restoring hard-drive space, cleaning up the history of your activities on your computer and keeping your system running like new. The program allows you to clean your drives from unnecessary and temporary files, including your browser cache, cookies, history, recent document list, temporary files, errant uninstall entries and more. It targets more than 100 file extensions, which enable it to scan and recognize most of the unnecessary files on your computer. You can choose to delete the files to the recycle bin or to a specified backup folder. In addition, System Cleaner includes a Windows Startup manager and also allows you to remove invalid uninstaller information from the registry as well as a restore wizard to undo the changes if needed.

CleanCenter is a utility designed to free up disk space by deleting useless junk files. It can find over 60 types of potential junk files and allows you to get rid of them in 3 simple steps. Features include an option to scan without deleting, allowing you to preview the results as well as an option to select the drives and/or folders to be included in the scan. The list of filters, that determines which files should be considered as "junk" is editable by the user, and you can also add your custom filters. The files can optionally be deleted to the recycle bin, allowing you to recover them if needed.

Privacy Eraser Pro is a privacy cleaner to remove internet tracks and past computer activities. Even though, many of the tasks can be performed manually, Privacy Eraser Pro can automate this process for you and quickly erase the cache, cookies, history, visited URLs, typed URLs, auto-complete forms data, index.dat files, swap file, temp folders and more. The cookie cleaning feature allows you to specify which cookies to keep, so that you don`t erase your important login cookies. In addition, the program allows you to change the paths of several system folders (Cache, Cookies, History, Favorites etc.) and to customize the IE title bar text. Privacy Eraser Pro supports free plug-ins to extend cleaning features to support popular programs. Additional features include a secure file shredder, scheduled cleanups and support for Netscape, AOL, Opera and MSN Explorer.

SuperCleaner is an all in one disk cleaner for your computer. It features a variety of cleaning methods, in order to gain back your valuable hard disk space. It s garbage file scanner is able to locate unlimited megabytes of unneeded files. In addition, the Internet Privacy feature of SuperCleaner will let you erase your web browser s cache (temporary Internet files), history, cookies, typed URLs and more. You can also use SuperCleaner to find and clean broken entries in your start menu.

Time To Leave is a unique disk space manager and cleanup tool. Unlike other disk cleanup tools that only look for certain types of files, Time To Leave adds the capability to delete certain files only when disk space reaches a specified level. These files are called Sacrifices, and are only deleted when you are running low on disk space. In addition, the program also acts as a regular cleanup tool, and can delete files/folders (secure, regular or recycle) on a schedule or continuously. It allows you to fully control all files on your computer and set their lifetime. A convenient right-click option is added to Windows Explorer, allowing you to specify deletion options for any file. The interface allows you to see what files are categorized for deletion or sacrifice and you can optionally perform manual cleanups at any time. Time To Leave can run as an NT service allowing you to perform cleanups fully automatic and in the background.

Media Detective is a software tool for finding and removing pornographic media from your PC. It scans media files on the computer, such as pictures and movies, to check whether they contain adult content. The program does not simply scan for images or keywords, but actually opens and inspects the files for skin tone present. Any files found are then rated according to their potential for obscenity and are displayed. In addition, it can also flag files that have offensive keywords in the file name. Media Detective can also verify the extension of the files, so that for example an image that has been renamed to a different extension can still be detected. You can preview any files that were found with the built-in viewer and choose to delete them. Designed for use at home, schools, businesses etc.

Duplicate File Detective enables you to find all types of duplicate files on your computer, and process the found items by moving them, (zip) archiving them, or deleting them. It features a multi-threaded file system scanning engine with support for multiple local and network file system paths, as well as filter options to exclude/include specific files and file types. The results are presented in a list, , and you can use `Smart Marking` to mark the items to be processed, or manually check the files in the list. Additional features include command-line support, file hash calculator, duplicate file reports and more. Duplicate File Detective supports CRC32, Adler32, MD5 and SHA1 comparison hash types.

Moleskinsoft Clone Remover enables you to find duplicate files located in different folders or drives on your computer. You can select the locations to be included in the search, set an optional file mask to limit the search to certain file types. The program can find duplicate files, if if they have different names, but unfortunately it does not provide you with any control over the the criteria that it uses. The result screen shows you a list of the found files and their duplicates and allows you to move, copy or delete them. Unfortunately the results do not provide you with any information as to why a file was considered a duplicate, and even though all duplicates that we checked actually turned out to be duplicates, it can be rather time consuming to verify them - unless you are willing trust the results blindly.

WinClean is a simple program, that helps you clean up unnecessary files from your computer. It allows you to delete the content of the Temp folder, the browser cache and Recycle Bin, as well as BAK and ~ files. In addition, it scans the registry for broken shortcuts and lets you decide which applications will run on Windows startup. WinClean also includes a restore feature that can undo the latest registry changes if needed. The program is easy to use but offers only very basic functionality and no configuration or option to customize the cleaning process.

Keep your hard disk free from unwanted junk files. CleanDisk will help you automate the task of removing unwanted files from your computer. Using a very easy-to-use three-step process it will quickly scan your hard disk(s) for unwanted files and assist you in deleting them. Automatically removed files include IE cookies, IE history and cache files, temporary files, Netscape cache, Broken shell links, Zero size files and many others. The program allows you to select which file types to include and scans the selected drives.

WashAndGo is a PC clean-up tool that allows you to find and remove various types of junk files, clean your browser cache, Internet traces, cookies and more. The program can also find invalid links and uninstall entries, duplicate DLL files, zero byte files, old service pack files and other superfluous items. The simple interface organizes the cleanup actions into multiple tasks, and offers a preview and backup option before deleting any files. WashAndGo also comes with an EasyClean wizard that enables you to configure a set of cleaning options to executed with the click of a button or on a regular schedule. Other features include secure deletion, integrated backup, registry cleaning and more.

Delenda allows you to automatically delete or move files based on their date. You can transfer or remove files in the specified folder(s) if they are older than a certain number of days based on file creation, modification or last access date. Files can be deleted immediately or moved to the recycle bin. Delenda can optionally run as an NT service and offers additional command line support for batch processing.

ShadowSurfer allows you to Undo all changes made to your system during a ShadowSurfer session. Once ShadowSurfer is activated, you need to reboot your PC and whatever changes take place while the program is activated, can be completely undone, returning your system to the state it was before ShadowSurfer was activated. You can activate the session for as long as you wish, and deactivate it easily from the system tray. The session can include all or just selected drives, whichever drives are selected - all data that was created during the session will be completely eliminated. This includes any software installed, browser history, cookies etc, as well as any other changes. Beware that this also includes email and other documents that were received during the session (if they were saved to a ShadowMode drive). ShadowSurfer can be a very effective and easy to use way to temporarily use your system in a shadow mode, however you should be fully aware of the consequences, in order to avoid unwanted data loss. A bright desktop wallpaper clearly alerts you of the ShadowMode while it is activated.

Easy Spaceguard Personal Edition is a disk cleanup tool that can help you shred junk files and clean internet and application usage tracks to protect your privacy. It supports common browser tracks for IE, Firefox and Netscape as well as a few popular applications including RealPlayer, MS Office and Media Player. You can create personal clean-up tasks and run them automatically or on-demand. The program also includes several charts to visualize disk space usage. Overall, Easy Spaceguard offers mostly basic features, and little control over items to be cleaned.

Heatsoft Clone Cleaner enables you to find and copy, move or remove duplicate files with same name, same size, same content on your local PC or networked computers. It can search multiple paths or drives simultaneously and offers filtering by name, size, date, attributes and folder. A smart marking feature lets you keep files in specified folders and remove their duplicate versions from other locations.

Giant Disk Cleaner enables you to find junk and obsolete files, duplicate files and broken shortcuts on your computer. The program scans selected hard drives and finds files based on a pre-configured set of file extensions, which can be modified by the user as needed. It can also consider the date and size of the files, an look for specific text contained within the files. The duplicate file finder can locate files that are identical based on various criteria, including name, size, CRC checksum and other properties. Giant Disk Cleaner also includes secure file deletion using DoD, Gutmann and NSA guidelines.

Disk Medic (formerly MySpace) is a hard drive cleaning tool that can help you detect and remove obsolete files, internet traces, cookies, registry entries, unused Start Menu entries and more. It offers support for Internet Explorer, Netscape and Opera as well as AOL. In addition, Disk Medic can free memory by cleaning up your system RAM, and also provides statistics about your disk space usage. The program allows you to exclude folder, files or drives from the cleanup and can also be run automatically at system startup.