⚡ Quick Start

npx windows-cleaner-cli

That's it! No installation needed. The CLI will:

1. 🔍 Scan your PC for cleanable files
2. 📋 Show you what was found with sizes
3. ✅ Let you select exactly what to clean
4. 🗑️ Clean the selected items safely

🎬 See It In Action

$ npx windows-cleaner-cli

🧹 Windows Cleaner CLI
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Scanning your PC for cleanable files...

Found 32.5 GB that can be cleaned:

? Select categories to clean (space to toggle, enter to confirm):
  ◉ 🟢 Recycle Bin                        2.1 GB (45 items)
  ◉ 🟢 Browser Cache                      1.5 GB (4 items)
  ◉ 🟢 Temporary Files                  549.2 MB (622 items)
  ◉ 🟡 User Cache Files                  12.5 GB (118 items)
  ◉ 🟡 Development Cache                 15.9 GB (14 items)

Summary:
  Items to delete: 803
  Space to free: 32.5 GB

? Proceed with cleaning? (Y/n)

✓ Cleaning Complete!
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  Recycle Bin                      ✓ 2.1 GB freed
  Browser Cache                    ✓ 1.5 GB freed
  Temporary Files                  ✓ 549.2 MB freed
  User Cache Files                 ✓ 12.5 GB freed
  Development Cache                ✓ 15.9 GB freed

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
🎉 Freed 32.5 GB of disk space!
   Cleaned 803 items

✨ Features

| Feature | Description | |---------|-------------| | 🚀 One Command | Just run npx windows-cleaner-cli — no complex flags | | 🎯 Interactive | Select exactly what you want to clean with checkboxes | | 🛡️ Safe by Default | Risky items hidden unless you use --risky | | 🔍 Smart Scanning | Finds caches, logs, dev files, browser data, and more | | 📱 App Remover | Remove apps and their associated files | | 🔧 Maintenance | Flush DNS cache, run Disk Cleanup, clear caches | | 🔒 Privacy First | 100% offline — no data ever leaves your machine | | 📦 Minimal Dependencies | Only 5 runtime deps, all from trusted maintainers |

🎯 What It Cleans

🟢 Safe (always safe to delete)

| Category | What it cleans | |----------|---------------| | recycle-bin | Files in the Recycle Bin | | temp-files | Temporary files in TEMP and Windows\Temp | | browser-cache | Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave cache | | chocolatey | Chocolatey/Scoop package manager cache | | docker | Unused Docker images, containers, volumes |

🟡 Moderate (generally safe)

| Category | What it cleans | |----------|---------------| | system-cache | Application caches in AppData\Local | | system-logs | System and application logs | | dev-cache | npm, yarn, pip, NuGet, Gradle cache | | node-modules | Orphaned node_modules in old projects | | windows-update | Old Windows Update files | | prefetch | Windows Prefetch data |

🔴 Risky (use --risky flag)

| Category | What it cleans | |----------|---------------| | downloads | Downloads older than 30 days | | itunes-backups | iPhone and iPad backup files from iTunes | | duplicates | Duplicate files (keeps newest) | | large-files | Files larger than 500MB |

📖 Usage

Basic Usage

# Interactive mode — scan, select, and clean
npx windows-cleaner-cli

# Include risky categories
npx windows-cleaner-cli --risky

Remove Apps

Remove applications with their preferences, caches, and support files:

npx windows-cleaner-cli uninstall

Maintenance Tasks

# Flush DNS cache
npx windows-cleaner-cli maintenance --dns

# Run Windows Disk Cleanup
npx windows-cleaner-cli maintenance --disk

# Clear thumbnail cache
npx windows-cleaner-cli maintenance --thumbnails

# Clear font cache (requires admin)
npx windows-cleaner-cli maintenance --fonts

Other Commands

# List all available categories
npx windows-cleaner-cli categories

# Manage configuration
npx windows-cleaner-cli config --init
npx windows-cleaner-cli config --show

# Manage backups
npx windows-cleaner-cli backup --list
npx windows-cleaner-cli backup --clean

💻 Global Installation

If you use this tool frequently:

npm install -g windows-cleaner-cli
windows-cleaner-cli

🔒 Security

| | | |---|---| | ✅ Open Source | All code publicly available for audit | | ✅ No Network | Operates 100% offline | | ✅ Minimal Deps | Only 5 runtime dependencies | | ✅ CI/CD | Every release tested with TypeScript, ESLint, and automated tests | | ✅ Socket.dev | Dependencies monitored for supply chain attacks |

Found a vulnerability? Report it via GitHub Security Advisories.

🛠️ Development

git clone https://github.com/guhcostan/windows-cleaner-cli.git
cd windows-cleaner-cli
npm install
npm run dev      # Run in dev mode
npm test         # Run tests
npm run lint     # Run linter
npm run build    # Build for production

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

💚 Support

If this tool saved you time or disk space, consider supporting the project!

Your support helps maintain and improve this tool. Thank you! 🙏

📄 License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.