Guides on disk space, storage, and keeping a Windows PC running smoothly. RSS feed.
Same app, same features, same free-forever approach, same download. Just a new name.
Read more → AnnouncementA standard XML description software directories can use to list PurgeCore automatically, kept current with each release.
Read more →Shows a breakdown of your storage by category: photos, videos, and everything else, right on the Storage screen.
Read more → MobileChecks for updates on launch and shows a banner when one is ready, plus more color across the app matching PurgeCore for Windows.
Read more → MobileThe APK had no signing configuration at all, so real Android devices refused to install it. Fixed, and updates now install cleanly too.
Read more → MobileClearly marked as Beta everywhere, and a native ad card added alongside the existing banner.
Read more → MobileA free Android companion app with a storage overview and a duplicate photo and video finder.
Read more → MobileFree, funded by a single banner ad and nothing else. No paywall, no data sold.
Read more →The Dashboard's storage ring now shows one colored arc per category, matching the category list below it.
Read the release notes → Release notesBrowser cleanup wrongly reporting a browser as open, and the startup manager showing a stale disabled state, both fixed.
Read the release notes → Release notesThe website's download button and the app's own update checker were both silently broken since PurgeCore Mobile joined this repository.
Read the release notes → Release notesThe drive dropdown styling and a duplicate "C:\ - C:\" display bug fixed, Battery Health added to the documentation.
Read the release notes → Release notesThe Cleanup and Explore sub-tabs were rendering as white text on a white background, confirmed by a screenshot and fixed.
Read the release notes → Release notesA known .NET deadlock pitfall in Battery Health and Flush DNS, found during a code audit, fixed before it ever caused a problem.
Read the release notes → Release notesA new Battery tab generates Windows' own battery diagnostic report in one click, hidden automatically on desktops.
Read the release notes → Release notesA native Windows dialog could interrupt cleanup on locked files, plus icon contrast, ~15 unstyled buttons, a Supporters button, and NordVPN moved up on the Dashboard.
Read the release notes → Release notesButtons and links that were plain text now have an icon, matching the ones that already did.
Read the release notes → Release notesA one-click DNS cache flush in the Performance tab, plus the website and README catching up on the Uninstall feature.
Read the release notes → Release notesA Startup Manager desync bug and a naming leftover from the PurgeCore rename, both found and fixed.
Read the release notes → Release notesToggling a startup item twice in a row could silently fail, and cookie whitelist entries pasted as full URLs protected nothing. Both fixed.
Read the release notes → Release notesA new Uninstall tab lists installed programs, largest first, and removes them using each program's own official uninstaller.
Read the release notes → Release notesThe app now embeds Inter, matching the website's typeface, instead of the default Windows system font.
Read the release notes → Release notesA real System cleanup bug fixed, a bold new colorful design, a separate Blog tab, and clickable drivers with plain explanations.
Read the release notes → Release notesA Report a bug button, colored category bars on the Dashboard, and a bouncier button-press animation.
Read the release notes → Release notesSmooth animated buttons, an animated sidebar, and a fade-in transition when switching tabs.
Read the release notes → Release notesProgress indicators for browser cleanup, accurate freed-space reporting, and a fix for a misleading confirmation message.
Read the release notes → Release notesA Startup Manager to speed up boot time and reduce clutter at login.
Read the release notes → Release notesSafe deletion for duplicates and empty folders, browser cleanup for Chrome/Edge/Firefox, a cookie whitelist, PC cleanup, RAM check, and risk indicators everywhere.
Read the release notes → Release notesA banner appears when a newer version is out, with one-click download and install, no more checking GitHub manually.
Read the release notes → Release notesA new Cleanup tab (duplicates, old files, empty folders, RAM optimizer) and CSV export, on top of everything in v1.0.0.
Read the release notes →An honest look at PurgeCore, BleachBit, and WinDirStat, what each does best, and which fits your situation.
Read the guide → ComparisonAn honest comparison: what CCleaner still does well, and where no registry cleaner and no paid tier change the picture.
Read the comparison → ComparisonOpen-source privacy cleaning versus disk-space analysis first, and where each one is the better fit.
Read the comparison → ComparisonTreemap visualization versus a broader cleanup toolkit built around the same starting question.
Read the comparison → GuideEvery place Windows actually hides reclaimable space, from Storage Sense to WinSxS, in the order that gives you the most space back for the least risk.
Read the guide → GuideWhy File Explorer's folder sizes lie to you, and the fastest ways to find the real source of a full drive.
Read the guide → GuideWhy duplicates pile up without you noticing, how they're actually detected, and how to remove them safely.
Read the guide → GuideWhat Storage Sense actually automates, where it falls short, and when a dedicated tool is worth using instead.
Read the guide →Free forever, no account, no trial. Installs in seconds.
Download for WindowsNo commercial code-signing certificate yet, so Windows may show a brief "unknown publisher" warning on first run. The source is public on GitHub, and each release is published with a SHA-256 checksum you can verify.