Web User - UK (2019-11-27)

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Get morepractical adviceatwww.facebook.com/webusermagazine 27 Nov-10Dec 2019^57

Keep yourPCclean and your data private

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leachBitis theultimatePC-cleaning tool,since

CCleaner’sfall fromgrace.Free andopen source,it’s

been designedtoremoveclutter andpersonal data

from your PC,so no one can snooponyour actions or look at

anyfiles you createdanddeleted.

Thelatestversionintroduces lots of

newtoolswhich we’llexplorebelow,

afteraquickrecapofthebasics.

BleachBit3.0:www.bleachbit.org | 10 mins | Windows7,8, 10

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Inthe left-hand column, choosethe type of clean-upyou

want toperform.^1 You can selectaheading orchoose

individual elements.Click thePreviewbutton^2 to see

which files willbecleaned^3 and howmuchspace you’ll gain.

(^4) When you’rehappy to proceed, click theClean button. 5
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Youget afinal chancetocancel thecleaning process
justbefor eits tarts. However,eagle-eyedveterans
will noticeanew button onthetoolbar.This Abort
button^1 lets youcancelaclean-up operation, even if it’s
alreadystarted.
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Youcan also use BleachBitto shred files. Click theMenu
button^1 and choose one of the Shred options.^2
Youcan also Wipe Free Space,^3 which letsyou
completelyremove anyfiles thatyou maynot have deleted
as thoroughly in the past.
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BleachBit hasanew tool forcreating‘chaff ’–hundreds
of nonsensefilesfor hiding important documents. Click
the Menubutton, choose MakeChaff^1 and select the
Inspiration (atech magazine or,bizarrely, Hillary Clinton’s
leakedemail archives)^2 and the number of filesto crea te.^3
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Selectafolderforthe chaff^1 or create anew one.
Youcan chooseto immediately delete the files(tohide
anysensitivedeletedfile samong the chaff)orkeep
them.^2 Click ‘Makefiles’.^3 Thefirst time youdothis, it
downloads some small files it usesto crea te the chaff from.
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Thenew version of BleachBit hasadark mode which,
if you’reinstall ing it from scratch, it launchesin
automatically.Ify ou’drather have atraditional white
background, openthemenu and choose Preferences.
Select the General tab^1 and untick ‘Dark mode’.^2
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