CCleaner 5.46 was released yesterday to fix its problems previous version CCleaner 5.45 withdrew from the company.
In the new version, Piriform added the settings that allow you to disable the process monitorings but also disable the sending of anonymous usage statistics.
In the previous version of CCleaner 5.45, users found that they could not permanently disable the application's Active Monitoring feature. The function started automatically on the next rebootmovement of the application or of computer. With the new version you can disable the sending of anonymous usage data to Piriform, something you couldn't do in version 5.45 which the company retired.
It is worth mentioning that in the previous version you could not just disable the function, but you could not close the application too! You could minimize CCleaner, there was no obvious way to shut down the program, which required users to end the process from Task Manager to shut down the program.
So Piriform has decided to withdraw the 5.45 version until it can develop the 5.46 version, which was released yesterday.
The Piriform he says:
Privacy Settings
- Added separate control for reporting anonymous usage data
- Added a link to a data factsheet (https://www.ccleaner.com/about/data-factsheet), which explains the data reported by CCleaner, why it is reported and what it is used for.
Smart Cleaning
- Renamed the "Monitoring" feature to "Smart Cleaning", to better describe its function (smart cleaning alerts)
- Reworded the checkboxes for clarity
- Αν το Smart Cleaning είναι απενεργοποιημένο, η διεργασία στο background of CCleaner will close and not run again on startup
General information
- Restore previous System Tray and minimize
- Fixed various stability issues
CCleaner 5.46 gives you control over your data
With the release of CCleaner 5.46, users seem to be able to decide how their data them, anonymously or not, to Piriform.
Those who wish to disable the sending of anonymous usage data can do so from the path: Options - Privacy and disable the option "Help improve CCleaner by sending anonymous usage data".
In the new version, you can now also disable Smart Cleaning from Options - Smart Cleaning.
If you want to use the application again, you should be careful during the installation as it still shows installation offers for other applications as well, for example you have to untick it to avoid installing Google Chrome or Avast.
Piriform also offers a slim version that does not contain such offers. You can download it from here.
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