PersonalCleaner
The facts below are what the maker publishes about PersonalCleaner, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From PersonalCleaner's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free features include junk cleaning, RAM freeing, startup management, stuck app closing, and Explorer restart |
| Pro | $15 a year | Background automation · weekly idle restart · Defender exclusions · service tuning · per year, per PC |
The facts
Each one read from PersonalCleaner's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Device limit
- 1checked 22 Sep 2026
- Frozen apps
- It detects programs marked Not Responding and offers to close them safely.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Platform requirement
- The maker documents building from source with Python 3.11 or later on Windows.checked 8 Oct 2026
What it does
- Disclaimer
- The project is provided as is without warranty and warns that closing apps or restarting can lose unsaved work.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Download
- The project provides a ZIP release containing PersonalCleaner.exe and describes it as portable with no installer.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Junk cleanup
- It cleans temporary and Windows Error Reporting files and the Recycle Bin, with a default minimum file age of 24 hours.checked 8 Oct 2026
- License
- The current version is MIT licensed; the maker says future feature releases may use a different license.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Local operation
- The maker says the app has no telemetry, account, or network calls, and that user data stays on the PC.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Opt-in and reversible
- The README says a fresh install does nothing until the user chooses actions, and that changes are reversible or cancellable.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 15checked 22 Sep 2026
- Pro features
- Pro adds background automation, weekly idle restart, Defender exclusions, and Windows service tuning.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- PersonalCleaner is a Windows optimizer for catching frozen apps, freeing RAM, cleaning junk, and managing startup programs.checked 8 Oct 2026
- RAM
- It purges the Windows standby list to reclaim cached memory.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Safety
- Critical Windows processes are blocklisted, and files in use are skipped during cleanup.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Scheduled maintenance
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- SmartScreen
- The app is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen displays a prompt on first launch.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Startup
- The startup manager can enable or disable programs by their real names.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Startup manager
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker invites users to support development through Gumroad, where the product can be obtained free or paid what you want.checked 8 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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