BleachBit full changelog

Highlights:
Speed up application startup, deep scan, file deletion, and file wiping
Add cleaners for the Helium browser and Docker Desktop (Windows, Linux, and macOS), including Docker's AI assistant
Clean more crash reports, GPU caches, and network state files in web browsers and VS Code-based editors, and more cache and session files in Claude Code
On Windows, fix a bug in versions 5.0.0 through 6.0.5 that prevented saving settings after first running BleachBit as administrator, and automatically repair affected configuration folders
On Windows, disable executable compression for fewer antivirus false positives, faster startup, and lower memory usage, at the cost of about 22 MB more disk space
On Linux, fix configuration file ownership when running with sudo, and fix "BleachBit as Administrator" on Fedora and other Red Hat-based distributions
On macOS, extend the cleaners for Adobe Acrobat, Devin, GIMP, Google Earth, TeamViewer, Visual Studio Code, VLC, Zen browser, and Zoom, and fix translations when launched from Finder
Refresh the application icon
Add a .deb package for Ubuntu 26.10 and an .rpm package for openSUSE Leap 16.1

Highlights of enhancements and features:
Major Performance Improvements: Significantly faster application startup through lazy-loading modules and optimized list sorting/processing, accelerated deep scans, and faster file wiping using 512 KiB blocks.
New and Expanded Cleaners: Adds a cleaner for the Helium browser, Docker Desktop support on macOS, Docker's AI assistant option, Claude Code support, and expanded cleaning across multiple web browsers, GIMP, Google Earth, VLC, Zoom, and Visual Studio Code.
macOS support continues to mature: while more work is needed for a smooth experience on macOS, the gap is quickly closing.

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).