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Original Title: I do my own take on a free, open-source junk remover tool for Windows to help you squeeze more Gigabytes from your drives, since the current consumer market for storage related hardware has become expensive.
Hello everyone,
All of us who can’t stand having our drives filled with junk have our own ways and tools to identify and manage this problem. I enjoy building small utilities that solve everyday PC problems like this (even though sometimes others might exist already), so I’ve been working on my own take on a cleaner — something fast, safe, and lightweight that anyone can use.
It’s called Cleanse, and it’s a free, open-source tool for Windows, focused on clearing leftover files from the directories that tend to silently bloat over time. Cleanse also includes detailed stats and graphs so you can see exactly what was cleaned and how your disk usage changes over time. I’m building it as a minimal, ad-free, bloat-free alternative driven entirely by community feedback. Anyone can suggest features, report issues, or even modify the code themselves — the project is licensed under GNU GPLv3, so the whole thing stays open and transparent.
Right now, Cleanse is in a working but bare-bones state. It can already:
- estimate junk on your system
- clean it instantly
- run scheduled automatic cleanups
- update itself automatically.
Planned features include:
- emergency file restore (a safe rollback)
- deeper-clean (filter by file size/type/folder)
- advanced logs
- and possibly a system for detecting leftover files from uninstalled apps
I’d love for people to try it out, break it, give feedback, and help shape where it goes. The idea of a small community improving this tool together is the part that motivates me most!
Thanks in advance to anyone who checks it out! Code: github.com/Drimiteros/Cleanse