About this release
CCleaner Professional Plus is the paid bundle built around the cleaner most people already recognise, joined to a small set of companion utilities that cover the rest of routine maintenance. The core tool sweeps out temporary files, browser caches, log files and the leftovers applications scatter around, and clears the registry entries that point at things no longer present.
The Plus bundle adds the sister utilities from the same maker. Defraggler handles drive defragmentation with more control than the built in tool, Recuva recovers deleted files when something is removed by accident, and Speccy produces a full hardware and software inventory of the machine, which is handy when you need to know exactly what is inside a box without opening it.
The professional tier is what turns the cleaner from a manual tool into a background one. Scheduled cleaning runs on a timetable you set, real time monitoring clears junk as it accumulates, and automatic browser cleaning keeps caches from growing between sessions. This build has those tiers active, so the scheduling and monitoring features are available rather than prompting to upgrade.
What it does
- Junk file cleaning across the system, applications and browsers
- Registry cleaning for entries pointing at removed items
- Scheduled cleaning on a timetable you set
- Real time monitoring that clears junk as it accumulates
- Automatic browser cache cleaning between sessions
- Defraggler for controlled drive defragmentation
- Recuva for recovering accidentally deleted files
- Speccy for a full hardware and software inventory
- Startup manager for trimming what launches with Windows
- Secure deletion with configurable overwrite passes
Changes in this version
- Updated cleaning definitions for current browser and application versions
- Faster analysis pass on machines with large caches
- Improved real time monitoring with lower background use
- Reworked startup manager interface
- Fixed a rare hang when cleaning a locked browser profile
What the package contains
- CCleaner Professional Plus offline installer
- Defraggler, Recuva and Speccy companion utilities
- All interface languages
- Silent install script for unattended setup
- Readme with the install order written out step by step
Installation notes
Follow these in order. Most reports of a failed install come from skipping a step rather than from the package itself.
- Disconnect from the network before you begin.
- Extract the archive to any folder.
- Run the installer and decline any bundled extras it offers.
- Apply the included licensing step so the professional tier activates.
- Open the application and confirm the professional state.
- Reconnect to the network if you want definition updates.
System requirements
| Operating system | Windows 7 or newer, 32-bit or 64-bit |
| Processor | 1 GHz or faster |
| Memory | 512 MB minimum |
| Graphics | No requirement |
| Storage | 200 MB free |
| Display | 1024 by 768 minimum |
Things worth knowing
- Review the registry cleaning list before applying, and take the backup it offers, aggressive registry cleaning rarely helps and occasionally hurts.
- Turn off automatic program updates if you want the activation state left exactly as installed.
- Recuva works best the sooner you run it, continued use of a drive overwrites deleted data.
Questions about this title
Does registry cleaning actually speed up a PC?
What does the Plus bundle add?
Should I defragment an SSD?
Can it recover a file I just deleted?
What people are saying
Scheduled cleaning keeps the caches from ballooning. Set it and forget it with the pro tier on.
Recuva got back a folder I deleted by accident. Ran it straight away like the notes say.
I skip the registry cleaner and just use the junk sweep. Never had it help speed, so why risk it.
Listing information
This entry is catalogued under Utilities & Tools and carries the tags below. Language coverage is Multilingual, 42 interface languages, and the supported platform list is Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11. Version 6.41.0.2 is the current catalogued build, last checked 3 days ago, and the entry has been in the index since it was added 3 years ago.