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Downloads:

8,445,675

Downloads of v 6.38.11537:

27,424

Last Update:

23 Jul 2025

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Piriform

Tags:

CCleaner

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6.38.11537 | Updated: 23 Jul 2025

Downloads:

8,445,675

Downloads of v 6.38.11537:

27,424

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Piriform

CCleaner 6.38.11537

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by Piriform. The inclusion of Piriform trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify Piriform goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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All Checks are Passing

3 Passing Tests


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Passed

Details

Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

Details
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install CCleaner, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade CCleaner, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall CCleaner, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade ccleaner -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade ccleaner -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install ccleaner
  win_chocolatey:
    name: ccleaner
    version: '6.38.11537'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'ccleaner' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '6.38.11537'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller ccleaner
{
    Name     = "ccleaner"
    Version  = "6.38.11537"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'ccleaner':
  ensure   => '6.38.11537',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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Notes


tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

# This adds a registry keys which prevent Google Chrome from getting installed together with Piriform software products.
$regDirChrome = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Google\No Chrome Offer Until'
$regDirToolbar = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Google\No Toolbar Offer Until'
if (Get-OSArchitectureWidth 64) {
  $regDirChrome = $regDirChrome -replace 'SOFTWARE', 'SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node'
  $regDirToolbar = $regDirChrome -replace 'SOFTWARE', 'SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node'
}
& {
  New-Item $regDirChrome -ItemType directory -Force
  New-ItemProperty -Name "Piriform Ltd" -Path $regDirChrome -PropertyType DWORD -Value 20991231 -Force
  New-Item $regDirToolbar -ItemType directory -Force
  New-ItemProperty -Name "Piriform Ltd" -Path $regDirToolbar -PropertyType DWORD -Value 20991231 -Force
} | Out-Null

if ($Env:ChocolateyPackageParameters -match '/UseSystemLocale') {
  Write-Host "Using system locale"
  $locale = "/L=" + (Get-Culture).LCID
}

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName    = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
  fileType       = 'EXE'
  url            = 'https://download.ccleaner.com/ccsetup638.exe'
  checksum       = '6CAD0CA0F606090B219D1CC84DC93DF74AB0CEAF494E7F7D79B515AA2C74C310'
  checksumType   = 'sha256'
  silentArgs     = "/S $locale"
  validExitCodes = @(0)
}
Install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs

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In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

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