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How to Stop CCleaner Popups on Windows 10
Learn how to disable notifications for good
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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CCleaneris a greatsystem optimization applicationthat can save you a lot of hard drive space. You can erase Windows and third-party software junk files withCCleaner‘s cleaner tool.
CCleaner even provides alerts, or notifications, that tell you when thesoftwarecan free up more than 500 megabytes of hard drive space.
Those alerts pop up just above the system tray and include aClick here to clean(or download) button.
CCleaner‘s system and active monitoring are both enabled by default. However, the alerts are hardly essential as you can always initiate a file scan manually.
Furthermore, active and system monitoring also requires some extra system resources.
If you don’t needCCleaner‘s alerts, this is how you can stop them from popping up.
How can I turn off CCleaner notifications on my Windows 10 PC?
1. Adjust the Monitoring Settings in CCleaner Pro
CCleaner PRO includes extra system monitoring options and a browser monitoring setting, which are grayed out in the freeware version. PRO users can further configure the notifications with those settings.
For instance, you can enter a higher value in theIf cleaning saves more thantext box to reduce the number of alerts.
Alternatively, selectAutomatically clean on closing without notificationfrom the then drop-down menu to remove the alerts but keep system monitoring on.
Enable browser monitoringis an extra option that can expand thesoftware‘s notifications. PRO users might need to uncheck that check box if it’s selected.
However, you can also configure that setting by selectingAutomatically clean on closing without notificationfrom one of the browser drop-down menus.CCleanerwill then automatically erase temporary browser files without any notifications.
2. With Windows Settings
Alternatively, you can also stopCCleaner‘s, and other app’s notifications by configuring Windows settings.
3. Close CCleaner’s Notification Area Icon
Alternatively, you could closeCCleaner‘s notification area icon when you need to stop thesoftware‘s alerts. Then you can keep the monitoring on and temporarily turn it off when required.
TheCCleanericon will be on theWindows 10system tray unless you’ve switched theAlways show all icons in the notification areaoption off.
To temporarily stopCCleaner‘s alerts, right-click its notification area icon and selectExit. That will turnCCleaner‘s monitoring off until you restart thesoftware.
If theAlways show all iconsoption is off, click the small arrow to open the icons that would otherwise be on the system tray as shown directly below.
4. Via Settings
- Launch Ccleaner.
2.SelectOptionsfrom the menu to open further settings.
3.Then click onMonitoringto open the options shown directly below.
- Now uncheck theEnable system monitoringcheck box.
5.In addition, deselect theEnable Active Monitoringoption to switch off program update notifications.
- A dialog box window will open requesting further confirmation to turn off active monitoring. Press theYesbutton to further confirm you don’t need the notifications.
Thefreeware CCleaner version has two built-in monitoring settings that you can turn the popup notifications off with. By disabling system monitoring and active monitoring, you can stop CCleaner from sending any more notifications in the future.
So, there are a few ways that you can stopCCleaner‘s alerts. You can switch them off entirely, configure the alerts in the PRO version so that they pop up with less regularity, or temporarily switch offCCleaner‘s monitoring via the notification area or Task Manager in Windows.
We hope that our article helped you disable CCleaner popup alerts on your device. If you have any questions, let us know in the comments section below.
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Matthew Adams
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Matthew is a freelancer who has produced a variety of articles on various topics related to technology. His main focus is the Windows OS and all the things surrounding it.
He is passionate about the tech world, always staying up-to-date with the latest and greatest. With an analytical view, he likes problem-solving, focusing on errors and their causes.
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