How often do you use CCleaner

On the same machine?


I use it few times a year only and never on my own machines.

 

"Never on my own machines"

 

Yes, on the same machine.

 

Why never on your machines?

 

I used to use it once in a while when I took my laptop around/ out of the house and used encryption. Wiping free space feature etc are useful for that. I use it as an uninstaller as well just because I prefer the interface. For messing with the registry I prefer to do it manually.

 

it runs automatically everyday at computer startup. some times more than once a day as well.

 

Like once every two weeks or every 4 weeks.

 

I fail to see why you want want to CClenaer this more than occasionally.

What's the big deal about deleting all your usage history?

I can understand if there are others using the same computer under the user account, and for example you don't want them to see what websites you've visited. But, for the average user I see no need to clear usage data.

Perhpas someone here can explain, as it's a complete mystery to me.

 

Because it's fun.

 

and pointless too maybe?

 

Fun is never pointless. People having them could be.

 

On a second thought, I just installed it yesterday .

 

Multiple times a day. I also use the Winapp2.ini file from the Piriform forums to enhance the cleaning options.

 

well to put that in perspective,its to keep the computer clean more than anything else.

Its like giving the computer a bath everyday when it wakes up

So if bathing is mystery to you then .. well this might be too

 

Temporary internet files can contain malware.
Recommended browser settings always call for deleting them.
CCleaner also performs other cleaning... DNS flushing, for example, to ensure that a user is always viewing the most current version of a web page.
Overall, it is generally advisable to discard unnecessary files as soon as possible. Why let them accumulate?

 

Daily and multiple times some days.

 

My vote was for 3 or 4 times a week (geared more towards 4, and only because 5 or 6 wasn't an option).

I wouldn't say I use it "daily", although as others have mentioned, there have been days I have used it multiple times. There are also days where I don't use it at all. Usually, I'd say that there are a couple of days out of the week where I had relatively light PC use and didn't feel the need to run it. Only unless I feel that it is going to clean up generally a couple hundred MB of data do I bother running it.

 

Malware which is only harmful if executed. If the mwlare didn't infect your computer when you visited the webpage that contained the malware, and it just sitting in the browser cache it is harmless.

I didn't know that.

Why not? Most people have plenty of free hard drive space these days, so strage space usually isn't an issue. It's good to do a clean up every now and then, certainly. But doing it daily or even multiple times a day seems like a waste of time, as having a small amount of junk files does not matter. Sometimes junk files can make Windows slower. But this generally only happens when there a lot of junk files accumulated over time.

What I really don't understand is not the cleaning of junk, but the cleaning of history data. I like to be able to open a program and then open a data file from the recent files list. Or to open up a webbrowser and not have to type in a full url because I visited the site previously. Cleaning this data seems counterproductive.

 

You can fine tune what to clean and what not, like choosing to keep history data.

 

I am well aware of that - I make sure that absolutely no history data or cookies are cleaned. I occasionally run Expired Cookies Cleaner to delete expired cookies, but all the other cookies remain.

However I'm curious as to why so many people seemingly choose to delete history data.

 

Again,

 

That doesn't answer my question.

 

I'm afraid it's the answer unless of course if you like the bath one.

 

Windows history (open files...) - I don't need it. I always open files by doubleclicking on them and I always disable and delete history lists (privacy concern).

Online history - Sandboxie deletes that every time I close the browser. I really don't need it because I use bookmarks for quick access. There are also privacy and security benefits from deleting that data.

I use hotkey combination to run CCleaner minimized. The cleaning usually takes up to 5 seconds. So there is no waste of time for me