Clean up! (Windows Program)

[LittleShorty]

I was searching Google. When I found this pretty neat program called "Clean Up!"

Windows CleanUp! is an easy to use privacy cleaner that can remove traces of your Internet activity as well as delete a variety of junk files that accumulate over time and litter your hard drive. It offers 4 levels of cleaning, the maximum level is designed for the case that you are selling your PC and want to thoroughly eliminate all personal references, including your IE Favorites. The program can also clean custom directory locations and optionally wipe the deleted files, so they cannot be recovered

Covers your tracks on the Internet. CleanUp! deletes traces of you Internet activity that get stored on your hard disk. These things include:

* Browser cache
* Browser History
* Cookies
* Bookmarks and Favorites. Deletion of these is optional and disabled by default.

Supports all popular browsers. CleanUp! provides full support for the three most popular browsers used under Windows: Internet Explorer (versions 1.x-6.x), Netscape Navigator/Communicator (versions 1.x-6.x) and Opera (versions 2.x-6.x).

Supports all popular newsreaders. Newsreaders including Microsoft Internet Mail and News, Outlook and Outlook Express, Netscape Communicator and Operas newsreader are all supported. CleanUp! empties the newsgroup caches for each of these and can, optionally, remove all subscriptions to newsgroups.

Removes Windows files tracking your use of the computer. This includes things such as removing "MRU lists" (storing a list of your Most Recently Used files) for various applications, emptying the Recent Documents folder, deleting entries from the Run and Find Computer dialogs, emptying Recycle Bins, emptying temporary folders, removing some unneeded registry entries, optionally resetting the high scores for Windows games, and more.

Supports other applications too. Almost all Windows applications store information on your hard disk about your use of the program - even if this is as minor as an MRU list. CleanUp! includes support for a variety of commonly used Windows applications.

Runs on 32-bit Windows. The same version of CleanUp! runs on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, Windows NT 4.0 Server, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows XP and Windows XP Professional.

Future proofed. What does this mean? By supporting user-defined (i.e. custom) directories and file specifications, CleanUp! 3.0 (and later) will be able to handle cleaning up of temporary files created by newer browsers and Windows applications.

Secure file deletion. You can optionally choose to "Wipe Clean" files as they are deleted. This takes a little longer but instructs CleanUp! to overwrite the files several times before deleting them. This makes it almost impossible to recover those files from the hard disk using even the most advanced data recovery techniques, ensuring you the greatest degree of privacy.

Free. That's right, you can keep on using this program and it won't expire. You are offered the chance to register CleanUp! and pay a price you think it is worth. Think of this payment as a tip - so please contribute something. This payment will help with the continued development of CleanUp! and allow me to make a living. This payment can be as low as $5 or as high as you wish. If you find CleanUp! useful and continue to use it, please register. See below for details.

Fast. Remove hundreds, even thousands of files and free up many megabytes, and sometimes gigabytes of disk space all in a matter of minutes.

Simplicity. A clean, simple interface - designed for novices, with an Options dialog allowing some flexibility for more experienced users.

Privacy information. There is no spy-ware contained in this program. We do not monitor your actions or e-mail. When you register this program, we will not give your e-mail address or personal details to anyone.

This program is so simple to use, you'll be cleaning up your hard drive and protecting your privacy all in a matter of minutes!

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Clean Up! Homepage

[Jadedgreeneyes]

I've had this program for a couple years it works great! If you don't have it is definately a *must* have

[stephesmybaby]

I just downloaded, It's pretty nice, Very simple to use.. I cleaned like around 500 mb of junk off. Thanks for the post

[The Dude]

THIS is another good util. for doing this...

[RabidKitten]

Jiminy, 1.07 GB off from my machine, 75MB from my mothers. Wow, that helped, thanks for the Inside Track, short stuff.

[tim776]

Small world - I just learned about it today while getting rid of some spyware.

[Brian]

I've been using Steve Gould's Windows CleanUP! for over a year now. It was mentioned by someone (I cannot remember who it was) here at BigBlueBall.

I look forward to Steve's release of CleanUP! 4.0 currently in beta stages.

[RabidKitten]

And that's why we love BBB, it keeps us on the up and up.