4.0 Hand-authored Portable Application Description, or PAD for short, is a data set that is used by shareware authors to disseminate information to anyone interested in their software products. To find out more go to https://pad.asp-software.org Jeremy Jury France https://getpurgecore.com/ Jeremy Jury juryjeremy@gmail.com Jeremy Jury juryjeremy@gmail.com https://github.com/jeremstyke/purgecore/issues juryjeremy@gmail.com PurgeCore 1.11.7 09 15 2026 0 Freeware Major Update Install and Uninstall Y Y Y Utilities System Utilities::Disk & File Management Windows 10 or later, 64-bit (x64) ML The Dashboard's storage ring now shows one colored arc per category (photos, videos, and so on), matching the category list below it, instead of a single accent-colored arc. 52368693 51141 49.95 N disk analyzer, disk cleaner, PC cleaner, duplicate finder, browser cleaner, free up disk space, CCleaner alternative, Windows cleanup, RAM optimizer, startup manager, program uninstaller, battery health Free disk analyzer and PC cleaner for Windows PurgeCore: a complete, 100% free PC cleaner and disk analyzer for Windows. PurgeCore is a complete, 100% free PC cleaner for Windows: disk space analysis, duplicate finder, browser cleanup (Chrome/Edge/Firefox), startup manager, RAM check, and safe deletion with a green/orange/red risk indicator on everything. Nothing is ever sent anywhere. PurgeCore is a complete, 100% free PC cleaner for Windows. It starts with disk space analysis (largest files and folders, storage breakdown by category), then adds duplicate detection, browser cleanup for Chrome/Edge/Firefox with a cookie whitelist, program uninstaller, a startup program manager, a RAM check, DNS cache flush, battery health reporting on laptops, and Temp/Recycle Bin cleanup. Every deletion goes to the Recycle Bin and shows a green/orange/red risk level before anything happens. No registry cleaner, no paid tier, no telemetry of any kind. A privacy-first alternative to CCleaner and similar tools. PurgeCore is a complete, 100% free PC cleaner for Windows, built around one idea: show people what's actually using their storage first, then let them clean it up safely. The Dashboard gives a quick overview of drive usage and storage by category. The Explore section covers large files and folders, old files, and driver info that explains itself in plain language when clicked (with links to Windows Update and manufacturer sites, nothing downloaded automatically). PurgeCore also has a dedicated Battery Health tab that generates Windows' own battery diagnostic report in one click, shown only on devices that report having a battery. The Cleanup section is where things actually change: a duplicate finder that matches files by content (not just name or size) and always keeps at least one copy, an empty folder finder, browser cleanup for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox (cache, cookies, history, with a cookie whitelist to stay signed in to chosen sites, bookmarks and passwords never touched), a program uninstaller that lists installed software largest first and removes it using each program's own official uninstaller, a Temp files and Recycle Bin cleaner, a DNS cache flush, a RAM check that reports real before/after numbers instead of a promised gain, and a startup program manager that disables (reversibly) or removes items from Windows startup. Every deletion in the app goes to the Recycle Bin, never permanent, and every deletable item shows a green/orange/red risk indicator plus a confirmation with the exact size before anything happens. There is deliberately no registry cleaner: on modern Windows it has little measurable benefit and a real risk of breaking something a program still needs. PurgeCore has one tier: everything, free, forever. No premium upgrade, no ads inside the app, no telemetry of any kind. The source code is public on GitHub. It's built as an alternative to CCleaner, BleachBit, and WinDirStat for people who want disk analysis and cleanup in one place without a registry cleaner or upsell prompts. https://getpurgecore.com/about.html https://getpurgecore.com/assets/og-image-icon.png https://getpurgecore.com/pad_file.xml https://github.com/jeremstyke/purgecore/releases/download/v1.11.7/PurgeCore-Setup.exe https://github.com/jeremstyke/purgecore/releases/download/v1.11.7/PurgeCore-Portable.zip Y Free to redistribute unmodified. Source available on GitHub under an all-rights-reserved license, redistribution of the compiled app itself is permitted.