Description

Avast Cleanup Premium
Clean up, speed up, and tune up your PC to get rid of junk, claim back storage space, and enjoy faster performance.

Get your PC back to running like new:

• Clean out junk for more storage space.
• Enjoy faster performance from your PC.
• Set up automatic maintenance.

Speed up, tune up, and optimize your Windows PC
Your PC isn’t getting any younger. Fix what’s slowing you down with Avast Cleanup Premium’s patented breakthrough technology.

What’s slowing me down?
The more programs you install and use, the slower your PC becomes for three main reasons.

Startup items
Many programs run automatically when you turn your PC on, significantly slowing its startup time.
Background processes
Programs could be running in the background even when you’re not using them, hogging your PC’s memory and CPU.
Scheduled tasks
Your software often sets its own schedule and can suddenly come alive, using up resources and slowing down your PC.

Speed up with Sleep Mode
Our PC tune-up process detects performance drains and stops them for you, without making you uninstall programs or interfering with your PC.

• Time to sleep
  Switch on Sleep Mode to freeze any program that’s slowing you down. While asleep, it won’t use up any resources.
• Wake up
  Launch the program you put to sleep, and let our smart algorithm automatically enable all of its background activity.
• …and back to bed
  Once you’re done using the program, we automatically put it back to sleep to stop it from slowing you down.

The more programs you put to sleep, the fewer you’ll have running in the background, and the faster your PC will be.

Remove junk programs and bloatware

• Identifies bloatware and long-forgotten programs
  Your PC could be slowed down by programs you haven’t used in ages or never wanted in the first place — trial versions, unwanted toolbars, or preinstalled software. These are a waste of space and speed, and may even be a security risk. Our new Software Cleanup feature gets rid of them once and for all.
• Clean it all up
  Take the guesswork out of figuring out which programs you no longer need with our cloud-based reputation and unneeded-program detection systems. If you’re afraid to uninstall, we can temporarily put files in quarantine until you decide.

Defrag & care for your hard disk

• The ultimate boost for your HDD
  Defragmenting is a key factor in PC performance: It’s the process of re-arranging files on a hard disk for faster access. You’ll enjoy faster startup times, less loading, and snappier performance overall.
• Cares for your SSD
  Newer PCs come with ultrafast flash-based storage (Solid State Drives, SSDs) that don’t need to be defragged. Our Defrag detects SSDs and prolongs their health.

Give your PC a proper clean up
Running out of disk space? Not anymore. Avast Cleanup scans your PC from top to bottom to remove gigabytes worth of leftover junk files from more than 200 applications, browsers, and even Windows.

Get rid of the daily clutter
Every day you use your PC, it becomes cluttered with leftover files from Windows, your programs, or just from browsing the web. We’ve got the cure.

• Browser Cleaner
  Clean up online traces and temporary data from over 25 browsers, including Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox. Get rid of leftover data that browsers can’t delete by themselves, such as Adobe Flash cookies, and optimize the browser database to troubleshoot and speed up your browser.
• Search, plugin, and toolbar cleanup
  Is your default search engine constantly changing to one you didn’t pick? Had enough of toolbars crashing on your browser? Our cloud-based reputation system, with ratings from millions of users, helps you decide which search extensions, plugins, and toolbars you really need.

Disk Cleaner
Run a deep scan for application leftovers that take up valuable storage space.

• Installer files
  Installations are messy. They leave behind temporary files that clog up your hard disk.
• Cache
  Temporary files left on your disk by programs and Windows.
• Temporary system files
  Your operating system and programs create temporary files to cache their current operations.
• Old backups
  Restore points that the operating system creates to revert back to previous states.

Fix your PC problems
The quick fix for a tired PC, Avast Cleanup comes packed with tools for both novices and pros to fix some of the most annoying issues, crashes and freezes.

Automatic Maintenance
Your PC accumulates a ton of wasteful data every day but we’ve got your back. Our automatic maintenance regularly and automatically removes these junk files for you.
Clean up your browser and disk
We remove the leftover cache files and traces from your browser, programs, and Windows.
Removes broken shortcuts
Clean up your desktop in seconds by deleting all those “dead” shortcuts you never use.
Cleans up your registry
The registry plays a critical role in any Windows operating system, so issues here can result in program crashes and error messages. We fix your registry automatically as part of Avast Cleanup’s regular maintenance.

Disk Doctor
Over time, your hard disk file and folder structure could become damaged, leading to data loss and crashes. Our Disk Doctor prevents errors and cures your disk 24/7. Here’s what we check and fix:

• File system errors
  Your hard disk is structured like a book: An index pointing to chapters and pages. If this index is broken, your PC suddenly can’t find files or folders anymore. This can lead to missing files, applications no longer working or even Windows crashing. Our Disk Doctor checks for such structural errors and fixes them in no time.
• Data integrity
  Files on your disk can become corrupt for various reasons, such as sudden power losses. Our Disk Doctor detects such errors and helps to fix them.
• Access rights
  If you’re getting “You don’t have the privileges to access this file” (or similar) messages, then the access rights of files and folders got messed up. This can happen after an update, the installation of an application or even after a virus attack. Disk Doctor checks for such errors and tries to cure them.

Update your programs automatically
Outdated programs can leave your PC vulnerable to bugs, crashes, and security risks. Our new Automatic Software Updater regularly updates your most critical programs for you.

Why do I need software updates?
Software updates can be critical to keeping your PC running smoothly and safely. Here’s why you shouldn’t ignore them.

• To avoid security risks
  According to our data, over 55% of all installed applications worldwide are outdated, leading to potentially critical security issues. Our Software Updater helps patch security holes for you silently, saving you the hassle of finding, downloading, and installing the updates yourself.
• To fix bugs
  Bug fixes are part of many updates, so Software Updater helps you enjoy your software with fewer annoying crashes and error messages. We support the most popular applications, such as Adobe Reader, Skype, VLC Player, and WinRAR.
• To get the latest features
  New updates often bring new features. For example, VLC Player 3 added support for up to 8K and HDR video — something you’d miss if you never updated. Software Updater installs the updates for you automatically, so the next time you open your favorite app, any new features will be ready to go.

The most comprehensive PC optimizer and tune-up toolkit
Avast Cleanup includes everything you need to tune up your PC:
Sleep Mode
Puts all resource-draining applications in hibernation to make your PC feel like new again.
Shortcut Cleaner
Removes dead shortcuts from your desktop and history lists across Windows and other applications.
Automatic Maintenance
Regularly cleans and tunes your PC for you — without you lifting a finger.
Disk Cleaner
Safely deletes leftover files from Windows and over 200 of the most popular PC programs.
Registry Cleaner
Removes hidden junk from the Windows registry and fixes problems.
Browser Cleaner
Removes leftover browsing traces and cookies from 20+ browsers, including Avast Secure Browser, MS Edge, Opera, and Yandex.
Tuning Dashboard and Action Center
Offers a quick overview of your PC’s health.
Bloatware Removal
Detects and removes 3rd-party trials, ads, and toolbars you never wanted.
Automatic updates
Finds and installs the latest updates for your most important apps — automatically.
Disk Defrag and Optimize
Restructures your hard disk for faster file access.
Disk Doctor
Checks, fixes, and prevents errors on your hard disk.

System requirements:
Windows 10 and Windows 11 compatible.
PC with Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8 or 7 (both the 32 and 64-bit versions, excluding Mixed Reality, Mobile, IoT, Starter, and RT editions), 1 GB RAM and 2 GB of hard disk space
Mac running Apple Mac OS X 10.11.x (El Capitan) or later
Android phone or tablet running operating system Google Android 6.0 (Marshmallow, API 23) or higher

Now includes tools to boost your PC & Android
Avast Cleanup Premium for Mac
Think Macs are clean? Think again. Our clean up tool for Mac helps you detect hidden junk files, large files, and even blurry or duplicate photos. Our app uninstaller gets rid of apps & leftovers in a few clicks.
Avast Cleanup Premium for Android
Detects leftover data, hidden battery drainers, and helps you organize your phone. We also detect blurry and poor photos for you to delete! Get more speed, space, and order in a few taps.

FAQ:
What makes Avast Cleanup Premium the best cleaner for PC?
Built by one of the oldest, most reliable software companies in the world, Avast Cleanup Premium has the performance to match our experience. Our advanced bloatware removal tool will scan your entire PC to detect and remove unneeded apps, files, and other junk data that’s taking up space and slowing things down. The easy-to-use design lets you quickly and easily give your PC a tuneup whenever Avast Cleanup Premium detects that there’s something to remove.

How will Avast Cleanup Premium speed up my computer?
Avast Cleanup Premium lets you improve PC performance and speed up your PC in several ways:

• Detect and remove junk files that take up space on your PC to make your hard drive more efficient.
• Put background processes to sleep so they don’t steal your PC’s resources from the apps you’re actually using. This can improve your PC’s speed.
• Defrag your hard drive to prevent crashes and freezing.
• Improve your PC’s boot speed so you can get started faster.
• Delete browser cookies and caches with the built-in browser cleaner.

If you’re looking for other ways to speed up your PC, we can help with that too.

Is Avast Cleanup Premium an antivirus?
Avast Cleanup Premium does not protect your device from viruses, ransomware or other types of malware. Rather, Avast Cleanup Premium finds bloatware and other non-harmful files that are wasting your PC’s storage space and removes them. While this can improve your PC’s performance, these junk files aren’t actively malicious, and thus aren’t considered malware.
To defend against malware, phishing, and other threats, try Avast Free Antivirus — it’s a powerful, lightweight security tool that will keep you safe without slowing your PC down.

Why is Avast Cleanup Premium so safe to use?
Avast Cleanup Premium is entirely safe to use on your PC, Mac, and Android devices because it’s built and maintained by one of the most trusted names in cybersecurity. Our dedicated team of security and performance experts designed Avast Cleanup Premium so that you can rely on it to safely clean out your PC and remove only unneeded programs and files. We also update it constantly to ensure that it runs smoothly and keeps your PC in top shape.

Avast Cleanup Premium for Mac
Every Mac needs a clean up. Every day

Get your Mac back to running like new:

• Clean out junk for more storage space.
• Enjoy faster performance from your Mac.
• Clean your browser for more privacy.

Running low on space?
Take out the digital trash
When disk space gets tight, don’t start deleting your precious files. Avast Cleanup Premium for Mac scans your hard disk for hidden junk files, finds duplicates you never knew about, and keeps your Mac running smooth.

Thorough deletion
Even after you uninstall an app, it can leave behind data. Our App Uninstaller safely removes all wasteful app data, including:
Preferences: Files that include settings of your unwanted apps.
Temporary data: Files the apps needed when running.
Saved states: Data required for your macOSs “Resume” feature.
Containers: The core files of your aps.

Large & old
Unused apps can cause wasteful processor cycles, consume memory, and fill up your hard drive. Our App Uninstaller scans your MacBook or iMac for both old apps and apps taking up significant space – and lets you delete them safely and without leftovers!

Disk Cleaner:
Thousands of junk files. Gone in just a click
In the hidden depths of your hard disk, macOS and your apps create thousands of temporary files and cache data they need to work — and then forget to delete. This is where Avast Cleanup Premium for Mac jumps in. We deep-scan your Mac and delete what’s no longer needed.

What we clean:

• Crash reports and junk files
  MacOS and 3rd party applications automatically create temporary files, which aren’t critical but waste lot of drive space. They include leftover data from applications you may have uninstalled ages ago or programs like Xcode or Safari.
• Browser caches
  Safari®, Chrome®, and Firefox® browsers store non-critical temporary files and cookies in a cache folder. Deleting this cache not only frees up drive space, but can help protect your privacy.
• Log files
  Applications create logs to record normal operation or how they crashed. In most cases you won’t need them, so why keep them?
• Trash
  Trashing files doesn’t delete them. Get rid of the forgotten files in your macOS recycle bin.
• Downloads
  Remember that one photo of yourself in highschool with the bad haircut you downloaded from someone else’s Facebook 4 years back? Yeah, it’s still there…
• External Drives Junk
  System files that macOS adds to external files formatted for other operating systems. These files can be safely deleted to free up space.

Declutter your photo library
Scan your entire photo gallery to find and clean:
Similar photos
We find all the photos that look exactly (or nearly) the same, pick out the one we think looks best, and make getting rid of the rest easy.
Bad photos
We’ll find any photos in your gallery that are under (or over) exposed and blurry, so you can delete them all in a fraction of the time it would take to look for them manually.

You always have the final say of what to keep and what to delete.

Fight the clone wars and win every time
Working with lots of documents, photos, videos or downloads? Then you know all about hard-to-find duplicate files scattered across your disk. Bring order to your Mac: find all your duplicate files and delete the ones you don’t need.
TECH CORNER
It happens to the tidiest of us: You download a file twice, you forget about a copy of a photo you’re editing, you back up that huge video project… Duplicates creep onto your Mac every day and before you know it, you’re wasting gigabytes of disk space on clones you no longer need.
Our Duplicate Finder deep-scans your disk to find duplicate documents, pictures, songs, videos, folders, and other files. Use file size, date, and our preview to decide which clone you need — and which you can get rid of forever.

Browser Cleaner
Your browser can record details of your online activity and personal data found in cookies, browsing history, logins, or caches. Set automatic cleaning of your Mac’s browsing history to run as often as you choose and remember — the more you clean your browser, the more private and secure your data will be.

FAQ:
Do Macs need disk cleanup software?
Macs and PCs are very different in some regards, but in others, they are surprisingly similar: for example, both Apple and Window devices create “junk files” over time, which crowd the device’s memory and prevent you from saving the apps or files that you care about. In that respect, both Macs and PCs need help removing junkware from their system, which is why, yes, Macs do need disk cleanup software.
If you’re uncertain whether your Mac specifically needs cleanup software, we can tell you how to check your Mac storage.

How do I optimize my Mac’s hard drive?
If you are looking for ways to clean up your Mac, empty out its hard drive, or improve its performance, there are a few things you can do.

• You can defrag your Mac’s hard drive
• You could upgrade to an SSD from an HDD
• Empty your trash
• Delete apps, photos, and videos you no longer use or enjoy

Or, of course, you can use an optimization tool like Avast Cleanup Premium for Mac, which is the easiest and fastest way to make your Mac’s hard drive as optimized as it can be.

What makes Avast Cleanup Premium one of the best cleaner apps for Mac?
Avast Cleanup Premium for Mac could be called the best Mac cleaning software for a number of reasons. For one, we make it easy to find and get rid of bloatware with a few simple clicks. We’re lightweight and fast-performing, so we’ll do our job quickly and we won’t slow down your Mac even while we’re mid-scan. And of course, this cleanup tool is designed by the experts at Avast, who have over 30 years of experience creating secure, powerful software.

Will Avast Cleanup Premium speed up my Mac?
It is possible that Avast Cleanup Premium for Mac will give your Mac a speed boost. It was designed to improve Mac speed and performance by removing junk and unwanted files. If you’re unsure whether your Mac’s performance can be improved, then we recommend you test if your Mac is running slowly.

Avast Cleanup for Android
The ultimate cleaner app to free up storage space, speed up performance, find poor photos, and increase your phone’s battery life.

Get your device back to running like new:

• Clean out junk for more storage space.
• Hibernate apps for faster phone and tablet performance.
• Prolong battery life by automatically turning off bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and mobile data when power is low.

Free up storage space
Clean up space-wasting junk files, such as:

• Invisible cache files, temporary files, thumbnails, or old APKs.
• Unused data, such as forgotten Spotify songs, saved YouTube videos, and other files you never touch.
• Advertising caches, empty folders and clipboard leftovers

Optimize your photo library
Automatically find and review your worst photos so you can trim your gallery and free up space.

• Get rid of duplicate, similar, old, and poor quality photos
• Optimize photo size and move originals to the cloud
• Pick either low compression for better print quality, or high compression to save space
• Identify the ‘best photo’ out of a group

Tune up performance
Stop demanding apps from stealing all your phone’s resources so your phone can work its best.

• Hibernate apps to extend battery life and speed up your phone
• Stop CPU, battery, memory, and traffic draining apps
• Remove pre-installed bloatware and other apps you never use

Boost battery life
Get the most out of your phone’s battery so you can stay on the go longer.

• Turn off phone features, such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, mobile data, and background sync when you don’t need them
• Optimize battery usage depending on where you are (home, work, car, etc) or when running low on battery

FAQ:
Do Android cleaners really work?
Yes, Android cleaner apps work.
When you run an Android cleaner, either on your Android phone or tablet, it scans your device for programs, apps, and software that you either don’t use or are “junk”: that is to say, apps that steal processing power and memory from your device without performing any real service in return. Cleaner apps will then remove these unwanted files from your system, both freeing up space in the device’s memory and possibly improving performance.

What makes Avast Cleanup the best cleaner for Android?
Avast Cleanup for Android is one of the best Android cleaner apps by far: and the best way to see that is to download it for yourself!
As for why it’s the best Android cleaner software, it’s because we offer what other cleaning apps don’t. Avast Cleanup for Android includes unique benefits such as our bloatware scanning and removal tool, which finds and erases unneeded junk files. We also have a hibernation mode, which lets us put apps you’re not using to “sleep”, so they can’t steal any processing power. We’ve also got a built-in battery saver, that can keep your Android running better for longer. Finally, our app can scan your photo library for duplicate or unclear photos, ensuring your gallery is picture-perfect.

Is Avast Cleanup for Android safe to use?
Avast Cleanup for Android is safe, as it was designed by one of the most foremost names in the cybersecurity world, Avast, with a 30+ year history of keeping devices safe both online and off.
Plus, Avast Cleanup for Android can easily identify the apps, programs, and data that are important to both you and your device, and won’t delete anything in that vein. Finally, you can always customize your Cleanup experience, to ensure you’re getting exactly the level of cleaning and tuning you desire.

Will Avast Cleanup speed up my Android device?
Avast Cleanup for Android can improve your Android’s speed and performance, but it’s incidental.
See, Avast Cleanup’s purpose is to delete bloatware and hibernate apps you’re not using, which will always improve your device’s performance and battery life. In fact, internal testing has shown that Avast Cleanup can make your Android up to 20% faster. However, it’s possible that the improvement will be functionally negligible, meaning you won’t notice a difference.
If you’re interested in improving the speed of your Android, we’ve got other suggestions for you.

How else can I free up storage on my Android?
If you’re really looking to optimize your storage space and Android memory, there are other options at your disposal.
For example, you could check your phone and tablet for apps that you could stand to get rid of. Avast Cleanup for Android won’t get rid of any apps you use routinely, which means it’s up to you to identify which you could live without. Or, you can check your photos and videos for media you either no longer enjoy or don’t think you’ll miss, and delete them.
If you want a full list of methods for cleaning up your Android device, we’ve got you covered.