BleachBit 1.8 – CCleaner for Linux Ubuntu. Install BleachBit disk space and file cleaner on Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 14.04. BleachBit is a cleanup program. equivalent to the CCleaner for Windows OS. The software can get rid of the temporary files or useless files and can increase the free space and the overall Linux system performance.
With BleachBit you can free up disk space and guard your privacy. You can free up space in the cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, shred temporary files and delete logs files.
The app has support for cleaning numerous applications including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Adobe Flash, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari and Skype.
Key Features Include:
- Easy to navigate user interface: read the description, check the box you want, click preview and click delete.
- Command line interface for scripting and automation.
- Overwrite free disk space to hide previously deleted files.
- CleanerML allows anyone to write a new cleaner using XML.
- BleachBit allows you to shred any file.
- Support for multiple languages.
BleachBit has an ever increasing list of cleaners for apps such as Firefox or Skype. Within each cleaner, BleachBit will give you options that cover components, which can be cleaned such as cache, cookies and log files.
Install BleachBit 1.8 on Ubuntu 15.04 Via PPA
BleachBit 1.8 can be installed on Ubuntu 15.04 “Vivid Vervet” via third party PPA. Run the following commands in Terminal to install BleachBit:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/programs-ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install bleachbit
If you wish to uninstall and remove the BleachBit, run the below given command:
$ sudo apt-get remove bleachbit