SYSTEM CLEANER
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What you need: Windows 7, 8.1, 10 or 11
We’ve previously recommended System Ninja as an alternative to CCleaner, but haven’t heard much about it for a while (or perhaps the ninja was just being particularly stealthy). Now this excellent free clean-up tool has returned with a brand new version, which has a smarter interface, several new features and full support for Windows 11.
Happily, System Ninja’s developer has resisted the urge to reinvent the program and has retained its simple design and powerful cleaning options. The Junk Scanner, which finds and deletes temporary files, cached data and other unnecessary clutter, now includes the option to empty your recycle bin, increasing the amount of drive space you can free up in one go. We reclaimed more than 3.5GB.
System Ninja’s Duplicate Finder, which detects and deletes copies of files on your hard drive (you can restrict this to just image or music files), has been updated to “warn against certain dangerous or silly actions” – namely removing essential system files.
Another welcome improvement is to the Startup Manager. This now lets you highlight unnecessary items and confirms that they’re safe to remove, so you don’t disable anything important. Strangely, we found that it didn’t recognise many of our startup programs – you may have more luck.
System Ninja’s PC Analysis feature will now detect the correct version number of Windows 10 and 11 that you’re using. It also lists all the user accounts on your computer, your Windows serial key – which is handy if you plan to reinstall or upgrade your operating system – and lots of other useful information.
There’s a Pro version of System Ninja, which offers a one-click system optimiser, automatic updates and a portable edition. This
