BleachBit full changelog

All platforms:
New Features:
Cookie manager: A new cookie manager lets you choose which cookies to keep when cleaning Chromium- and Firefox-based browsers.
New browser support: Added cleaners for the Vivaldi and Zen web browsers.
Deeper browser cleaning (Chromium-based, including Google Chrome): Now cleans component cache, extension cache, Graphite Dawn cache, shader cache, DIPS, crash reports, code cache, media device salts, reporting data, IndexedDB, network state, and search suggestions. Additional databases are vacuumed and cache handling is improved for snap and Flatpak installations.
Deeper browser cleaning (Firefox, LibreWolf, Waterfox): Now cleans storage, permissions, bounce tracking protection, site security state, alternate services, favicons, and session backups. Cache handling is also improved for snap and Flatpak installations.
Major improvements to Opera cleaning.
Reorganized browser options: Firefox and Chromium-based browser options have been reorganized under a clearer "Site data" category.
Improved session option descriptions for web browsers.
Expert mode: A new expert mode option adds guardrails for less experienced users by restricting advanced operations. Users upgrading from versions older than 5.1.0 may need to enable expert mode to access all features that previously did not have guardrails.
CLI negation support: The command-line interface now supports negation. See the CLI documentation for details.
Paste paths from clipboard: Press Ctrl+V in the main window to paste files for shredding. Previously, only files copied from a file manager were accepted; now plain text paths (e.g., copied from Notepad) are also supported.
Chaff improvements: Faster chaff generation, flexible stop conditions (file count, total size, free space percentage), a stop button, and a completion message. The UI no longer freezes while downloading chaff data.
User Interface:
Remember warning choices: You can now opt out of future confirmations directly from th

We are pleased to announce BleachBit 4.4.0 with a cleaner for Brave, faster startup, Google Chrome enhancements, a new command line option, many fixes, and more..

The application was updated to run on Python 3 instead of Python 2 (thanks mainly to Max Khon).
Add cleaner for Discord (thanks in part to MarC0).
Clean more of Google Chrome: IndexDB.
Clean more of Firefox: cookies, history.
Clean much more of Opera.
Clean much more of gPodder (reported by velcroskids3).
Improve responsiveness of application window while cleaning (reported by gitthepie).
Fix cleaning custom folders when overwrite open was enabled (reported by Hyde233).
Fix cleaning VLC (reported by BrendonIrwan; fixed thanks to Max Kohn).
Fix the application window not appearing or disappearing (fix reported by notonymous; fixed thanks to Max Kohn).
Fix pop-up notification when cleaning is finished (reported by muessli; fixed thanks in part to Max Kohn).
Fix copy button in diagnostics window (reported by ediowar).
Add optional Window 10 light and dark themes (thanks to TraistaRafael and Max Kohn).
Fix: files were leftover after wiping a drive

The application was updated to run on Python 3 instead of Python 2 (thanks mainly to Max Khon).
Add cleaner for Discord (thanks in part to MarC0).
Clean more of Google Chrome: IndexDB.
Clean more of Firefox: cookies, history.
Clean much more of Opera.
Clean much more of gPodder (reported by velcroskids3).
Improve responsiveness of application window while cleaning (reported by gitthepie).
Fix cleaning custom folders when overwrite open was enabled (reported by Hyde233).
Fix cleaning VLC (reported by BrendonIrwan; fixed thanks to Max Kohn).
Fix the application window not appearing or disappearing (fix reported by notonymous; fixed thanks to Max Kohn).
Fix pop-up notification when cleaning is finished (reported by muessli; fixed thanks in part to Max Kohn).
Fix copy button in diagnostics window (reported by ediowar).
Add optional Window 10 light and dark themes (thanks to TraistaRafael and Max Kohn).
Fix: files were leftover after wiping a drive

Show a four-part version number like 3.2.0.1509 instead of a two-part version number like 3.0 (suggested by Tobias-B-Besemer).
Show a better executable description, as seen in Windows Task Manager (suggested by Tobias-B-Besemer).
Add icon to context menu (thanks to Tobias-B-Besemer).
Improve the installer: add logo, add ability to uninstall components (thanks to Tobias-B-Besemer).
Add warning to shellbags option that it will reset the position of desktop icons (reported by David N.).
Fix the error "there is no disk in the drive" (first reported by Mark).
Fix: the maximize button moved the application window off the screen (thanks to Max Khon).
Fix: when cleaning Internet Explorer, do not delete volume mixer settings (reported by tonedev).
Fix: do not follow junctions in Recycle Bin (reported by SenpaiSharp, fixed by Max Khon).
Fix the ability to close the application after cleaning memory (reported by ediowar, fixed by Max Khon).

Add ability to make chaff, an anti-forensics system. It generates novel documents inspired by 2600 Magazine or messages inspired by Hillary Clinton's publicly-released emails.
Add the command line option --wipe-free-space to wipe the free space in a path.
Add a new option to enable debug logging. Find it in the Preferences dialog or as the new command line option --debug.
Improve scanning speed. This could be most noticable in preview, deep scan, when deleting many small files, and during startup. In some cases, the improvement is greater than 10x. (Thanks to Paweł Polewicz.)
Avoid crash on startup when configuration is corrupt. (Reported by notdexterslab.)
Improve actual speed of application startup.
Improve cleaners: aMule, FileZilla, Midnight Commander, VLC, and Vuze. (Thanks to Tobias-B-Besemer.)
Overhaul cleaner for Thunderbird. (Bug reported by pitsi.)
Fix the error NameError: global name '_' is not defined.

Clean Google - Thumbnails and verify there is not an error like Error in execution of
Clean Chromium - Thumbnails and verify there is not an error like Error in execution of
Enable Overwrite files to hide contents, and clean Firefox history. Make sure there is not an error like UNIQUE constraint failed: moz_hosts.host.