BleachBit 6.0.6 is released with over 300 changes to speed up the application, add cleaners for Helium and Docker, clean more in existing browsers including Google Chrome, fix dozens of bugs, improve macOS support, and update 61 translations. Highlights: Faster startup, deep scan, file deletion, and file wiping New cleaners for the Helium browser and Docker Desktop on Windows, Linux, and macOS Mor…
wxPython GUI based on BleachBit v6.0.4
WIP: TUI adjustments
Help us test BleachBit 6.0.5 beta, a release focused on stability, reliability, speed, and conservative feature enhancements. This release makes BleachBit noticeably faster, especially at startup, during deep scans, and when wiping files. It also introduces a cleaner for the Helium browser; expands cleaning across web browsers, Docker, and Claude Code; and resolves various crashes, freezes, and pr…
⬇️ Download BleachBit 6.0.4 What's new BleachBit 6.0.4 is a maintenance release Massive security, bug fix, and code cleanup Improve startup speed and scanning speed Add cleaners for Android Studio, Gradle Cache, fish, Zsh shell, and Python command line Improve cleaners for Claude and browser supercookies Shrink the Windows installer and installation footprint Add early support for macOS: new Safar…
It's 2026, and for historical purposes, I am retroactively posting the first archive release of BleachBit made 2008-12-24: posted to SourceForge announced on blogspot In 2008: BleachBit used SVN (instead of Git) for VCS. BleachBit hosted code and files on SourceForge. GitHub was brand new and not popular until a few years later. Stack Overflow was not yet popular. Generative AI for coding was more…
⬇️ Download BleachBit 6.0.2 What's new BleachBit 6.0.2 is a maintenance release Fixes a Windows security issue (CVE-2026-55567) where malicious actors could delete arbitrary files during elevated-privilege cleaning Adds cleaners for VS Code, Codium, Cursor, Windsurf, Devin, Claude Code, Antigravity, Profanity, and DNS cache Adds multi-profile support for Chrome/Edge + AppImage binary for Linux Shr…
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BleachBit 6.0.3 beta is a maintenance release that includes important security fixes, hardening, bug fixes, performance improvements, and minor enhancements. Highlights of enhancements and features: Early support for macOS. DNF5 interpretation (for Fedora and similar) Delete top-level log files in the Claude cleaner Remember GUI zoom level New cleaners for Python history, fish shell, Zsh shell Red…
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We invite you to test BleachBit 6.0.1 beta. The focus is maintenance with bug fixes, translation updates, and safe enhancements. This release fixes a Windows security issue that could allow arbitrary file deletion during privileged cleaning (reported by Zeze with TeamT5). It also adds new cleaners (including a DNS cache cleaner, Claude Code, and Visual Studio Code forks), support for multiple Chro…
⬇️ Download BleachBit 6.0.0 What's new BleachBit 6.0.0 is our biggest release in years, featuring significant new features, deeper browser cleaning, and many usability improvements. Key highlights include a new cookie manager, improved browser cleaning for Chromium and Firefox, new Vivaldi and Zen browser cleaners, and numerous interface enhancements. This release represents months of development…
🎉 BleachBit 4.7.0 released! This is a special release for Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8. Highlights: Cleaners on par with BleachBit 6.0.1 New cleaner for the Supermium web browser Critical fix: no longer follows symlinks/junctions in the recycle bin 24 languages with complete translations Dual-signed installers (SHA-1 for XP, SHA-256 for newer) Windows 10/11 and Linux users, BleachBit 6.0 is your ve…
This release adds font size adjustment, full screen mode, new Linux cleaners, and reliability improvements. Read the full release notes.
Added: Cookie manager Safety, usability improvements Clean more Chromium, Opera, Zen browser Sleeker UI CLI features Major Windows and Linux fixes See BleachBit 5.1.0 release notes
📋 Paste paths via CTRL+V: Accept newline-separated file/folder paths from clipboard in the main window ⚡ Chaff overhaul: Faster generation, flexible stop conditions (file count, size, free space %), stop button, and completion notification 🔒 Anonymize system info: New button strips username, home dir, and Linux env vars (LOGNAME, USER) before sharing 🎨 UI polish: Improved preferences dialog, dark…
BleachBit 5.1.2 Beta Release Notes Enhanced cleaning for Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera) including caches, databases, site data, and session files Improved Firefox, LibreWolf, and Waterfox cleaning with better handling of storage, permissions, favicons, and snap/Flatpak installations Added Vivaldi browser cleaner Fixed GUI issues including deadlock with malformed XML cleaners,…
BleachBit 5.0.1 beta ready for testing! 🚀 ✨ New: Zoomable fonts F11 full-screen mode Clean snap, pacman 🐧 ✅ Fixes: Firefox vacuum Windows Update cleaning --debug--log Error messages For more information or to download binaries, see BleachBit 5.0.1 release notes
4.9.2 beta