System Cleanup - Keep your PC clean, fast and secure

System Cleanup
Keep your PC clean, fast and secure

Summary
Find and remove temporary, cache, history, and backup files on all your local and network drives. System Cleanup protects recently used files. Drives and folders can be manually added to an exclusion list to protect files and improve disk read speed. System Cleanup has been renewed for Windows 10 and 11, with new cleanup actions for web browser caches, crash dumps, developer tools (Visual Studio, NuGet, npm, pip, Yarn) and apps such as Microsoft Teams, Visual Studio Code, Slack and Discord.

Usage
The visible cleanup actions depend on the applications installed on your computer. An icon provides information about each cleanup action (folder with a green check mark: no files found to clean; folder without green check mark: one or more files found to clean; Registry Editor icon: registry cleaner or system function). Each action has an information window with additional cleanup information, for example, found files to clean. Files are deleted permanently (not moved to the recycle bin). OneDrive, Program Files and ProgramData are protected against the cleanup actions that search all drives. Some actions require administrator rights; they are only available when you run System Cleanup as administrator. Use the startup parameter /Auto to clean up automatically and close.

Available cleanups:

  • Clean up Windows component store (DISM)
  • Clear Delphi / RAD Studio history
  • Clear Internet Explorer (WinINet) cache
  • Clear Office recently used files lists
  • Clear Run dialog (Win+R) recently used commands list
  • Clear Windows accessories recently used files lists
  • Clear Windows Media Player history
  • Clear Windows recently used documents list
  • Clear WinRar history
  • Clear WinZip history
  • Delete backup files (*.bak, *.old, *.000)
  • Delete CHKDSK saved lost clusters (*.chk)
  • Delete crash dumps and error reports
  • Delete old System Restore points (keep the newest)
  • Delete Oracle client log files (sqlnet.log)
  • Delete previous Windows installation (Windows.old)
  • Delete temporary Delphi / RAD Studio files
  • Delete temporary files (*.tmp, *.$$$, *.~mp)
  • Delete temporary Word files
  • Delete thumbnails cache files (Thumbs.db)
  • Delete Visual Studio build output (bin and obj folders)
  • Delete Windows debug memory dump files
  • Delete Windows error reports
  • Delete Windows log files
  • Delete Windows Update temporary files
  • Empty Delivery Optimization cache
  • Empty DirectX shader cache
  • Empty Discord cache
  • Empty Google Chrome cache
  • Empty Java runtime cache
  • Empty Microsoft Edge cache
  • Empty Microsoft Teams cache
  • Empty Mozilla Firefox cache
  • Empty npm cache
  • Empty NuGet global packages folder
  • Empty NuGet HTTP cache
  • Empty Outlook "Deleted Items" folder
  • Empty Outlook Secure Temporary File folder
  • Empty pip cache (Python)
  • Empty prefetch applications cache
  • Empty Slack cache
  • Empty user temporary directory
  • Empty Visual Studio caches (solution index, component cache)
  • Empty Visual Studio Code cache
  • Empty Windows event logs
  • Empty Windows recycle bin
  • Empty Windows temporary directory
  • Empty Yarn cache
  • Execute Windows disk cleanup
Installation
If necessary, you will be prompted to install the required .NET Desktop Runtime when you launch the app. When you launch a newly released version, Windows may display a warning. If you see the message "Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting." you can click "More info" and then "Run anyway". Alternatively, open the properties of the .exe file and select the "Unblock" checkbox. Read more...

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Product:
System Cleanup
Version:
2026-10-12
Package:
531 KB, zip-file
Platform:
Windows 10 and 11
Release notes:
2026-10-12
Renewed for Windows 10 and 11 (.NET 10)
New cleanup actions (e.g. Edge, Chrome and Firefox cache, crash dumps, Teams, Visual Studio, NuGet and npm caches, DISM)
Outdated cleanup actions removed, icons per cleanup action and support for administrator rights
2020-11-04
Update contact information
2008-01-07
Support for network drives
2006-06-26
Empty Outlook Secure Temporary File folder
Use Application Data location for settings file
Improved Java cache and Windows uninstall cleanup
2005-07-27
Windows XP themes support
Cleanup Borland Developer Studio history
Cleanup temporary Borland Developer Studio files
2005-03-01
Mozilla Firefox cleanup actions
2004-11-05
Exclude directories option
Startup switch "-auto" for automatic mode
New cleanup actions (e.g. Outlook)
Application detection (only relevant items are visible)
Some small other changes
2004-08-01
Some small GUI changes
2004-06-21
Internet Explorer history and MS Office history cleanup actions added
2004-05-18
Scan mode setting, cleanup Java cache and legend added
2004-05-06
Problem with MS Office solved
2004-05-02
First public release
2004-04-22
New GUI and action info windows
2004-04-05
New setup window and store settings
2004-03-25
Some small fixes
2004-03-21
First beta release