Clean your cache, browser history, etc with CleanAfterMe

NirSoft has released an updated version of CleanAfterMe, a free Windows system cleaning utility. The program lets you select from a list of locations where Windows tends to store a ton of files. Cleaning these files out can both free up some disk space and protect your privacy, since you can delete things like your browser history, cookies, and recend documents folders.

Version 1.10 adds support for Firefox and Opera web browsers, meaning you can clear your browser history, cookies, cache, download history, and other files. The latest verison also features a resizable dialog box and support for cleaning the last logged-on user name.

The program is portable, which means you can throw it on a USB flash drive and run it on any Windows system. You can also show a cleaning report before actually running the cleaner, which lets you see if you're about to delete anything you might want to hang onto.

If you're looking for a cleaner with a few more features, we'd recommend checking out CCleaner. It does pretty much everything CleanAfterMe does and then some, and also runs a bit more quickly. But unlike CleanAfterMe, CCleaner is not portable, which means you have to install the application before you can use it.

Update: As several readers have kindly reminded us, CCleaner 2.0 has been portable since last year.

Tags: ccleaner, cleanafterme, cleaner, freeware