Free open-source system cleaning tool BleachBit 4.0.0 was released a few days ago. Now it’s running on Python 3 instead of Python 2.
Changes in BleachBit 4.0.0 include:
- Add cleaner for Discord.
- Clean more of Google Chrome: IndexDB.
- Clean more of Firefox: cookies, history.
- Clean much more of Opera.
- Clean much more of gPodder.
- Improve responsiveness of application window while cleaning.
- Fix cleaning VLC.
- Support for Python 3.
- Clean dnf autoremove
- Other improvements and many bug-fixes.
Install BleachBit 4.0.0 in Ubuntu:
While BleachBit in Ubuntu universe repositories is old. You can download the latest version from the link below:
Grab the .deb for your Ubuntu edition, Ubuntu 20.04 is not supported at the moment, then click install via Ubuntu Software or Gdebi.
I use Bleachbit for removing clutter from my drive, but you need something better to securely wipe your hard drive.
Bleachbit only wipes once. Multiple wipes are needed for security. You can run Bleach bit multiple times to wipe free space once you delete or wipe a file or folder, but be prepared for it to tell you you have no disk space left each time. That doesn’t hurt anything, as soon as you close Bleachbit your free desk space is open again.
Hillary Clinton found this out the hard way!