Update: CCleaner 2.15.815 with Secure File Deletion
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008Piriform’s CCleaner software has reached a new version: 2.15.815.
Beside minor bug fixes and a few changes, there’s a new and very interesting feature. CCleaner now has a command-line switch which enables secure deletion of certain files or folders. To use it, open a command prompt window in CCleaner’s install directory and run:
(1) ccleaner.exe /delete FILENAME.EXT - to secure delete a single file
(2) ccleaner.exe /delete FOLDER - to secure delete a folder
(3) use wildcards such as * and ? to delete multiple files or folders: ccleaner.exe /delete *.txt - to delete all txt files in the current folder
After the command is ran, CCleaner will ask for confirmation that you really wish to remove the files or folders then proceed to securely deleting them.
Note: file or folder names that contain spaces should be enclosed in double quotes (eg: “file name with spaces.txt”)
Update: I have created a simple script that enables secure delete via drag and drop with CCleaner.
EXE installer, no toolbar, 900KB, MD5 sum: 3BA70A80DA5F6A2C1D80C057E746453C
Portable version (extract to USB stick): Download CCleaner 2.15.815 Portable
ZIP, 892KB, MD5 sum: A1D241180C57CC9E200604E2D8E2A2B5
- Added Google Chrome thumbnail cleaning.
- Moved language files to /lang folder.
- Improved options cookie list browser detection.
- Fixed minor bug in XP prefetch cleaning.
- Fixed bug in IE History Index.dat cleaning.
- Fixed two minor compatibility bugs with Win98.
- Installer engine updates.
- Minor architecture improvements.









