There are many different open source licenses but they all must comply with the Open Source Definition - in brief: the software can be freely used, modified and shared.

Programs released under this license can be used at no cost for both personal and commercial purposes. Open Source software is software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify or enhance. Freeware products can be used free of charge for both personal and professional (commercial use). However, those who are not satisfied with it can look into CCleaner, Wise Disk Cleaner or east-tec Eraser, to name some examples.Freeware programs can be downloaded used free of charge and without any time limitations. Taking everything into account, KCleaner provides users with a simple and effective method to securely deleting unnecessary files, backed by handy customization preferences.It carries out cleaning operations swiftly while remaining light on system resources. We have not come across any unpleasant surprises in our testing because KCleaner did not freeze, crash or display errors.What’s more, the computer can be set to immediately shut down or restart on task completion, or the app can just be closed. You can exclude any one of them from the actual removal procedure.

In expert mode it is possible to simulate a cleaning operation to find out the exact files that KCleaner wants to get rid of, along with their location on the disk.

The application can be asked to automatically run at system startup, minimize to the system tray area, log deletions to file to inspect them later, as well as to switch to expert mode by default.

KCleaner lets you scramble the file names and trim the objects before deletion to enhance security, pick the deletion method between standard, 1 or 3 passes, as well as choose the automatic cleaning frequency (in hours).

This selection can be reset to default.Ĭonfigure data security and general settings You can get started by selecting the kinds of data to identify and delete, such as Recycle Bin items, Windows installer duplicates, Apple installer cache, temporary and recent files, cookies, Firefox cache, MSN Messenger, Opera and Google Updater cache, together with hotfixes and service pack uninstallers.

The GUI is not necessarily attractive but it is easy to tinker with.

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