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CCleaner Browser

CCleaner Browser Reviews

By Daniel C.Daniel C. Verified by Inês P.Inês P. Last updated: July 11, 2024User Reviews (12)
Overall
4/5
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Features
(3.5)
Customer Service
Pros
  • Great security features
  • Built-in ad blocker
  • Low resource usage
  • User-friendly
  • Compatible with Chrome extensions
Cons
  • Only available for Windows
  • No themes
  • No synchronization
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In 2019, the popular cleaning and optimization software, CCleaner, made the move of building its own browser service. Owned by Avast, CCleaner offers a handful of neat security and privacy features, fast speeds, and does not use too much memory or CPU resources. Moreover, it also comes with an intuitive, built-in ad blocker, as well as a video downloader that lets you download any video on the internet, YouTube included. On top of that, CCleaner Browser is still developing some of its features, and we can expect it to come with built-in CCleaner shortly. If that is not enough, since it’s based on Chromium, you can always install your favorite Chrome extensions. Unfortunately, it’s only available for Windows from 7 onwards.

Features and extensions

Main features
Syncing
Translator
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Being a Chromium browser, CCleaner Browser is compatible with most Chrome extensions. Due to security, CCleaner will block most of the extensions by default, but you do have the option to unblock the extension you want to use. However, you can’t do this without reading how the extension compromises your security or privacy first, which is a great way to make users aware of what they are giving up in exchange for the benefit. Sadly, not the same can be said about themes, as all the ones we’ve tried to install gave an error.

If you have used Avast Secure Browser before, you will quickly recognize the built-in features CCleaner Browser brings with it. It comes with an ad blocker that is enabled by default, as well as a video downloader that lets you download videos from any website you are visiting, YouTube included. On top of that, it also comes with a bunch of add-ons to secure your browsing.

However, since CCleaner Browser came out in 2019, it’s still perfecting its offer which explains why CCleaner’s website shows more features than you actually get with the browser. Hopefully, this means we can expect to have more features added in the near future.

Privacy and security

Privacy and security
Adblocker
Private browsing
Antitracking
Antiphishing
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CCleaner Browser claims to be fast, secure, ad-free, tracking-free, and junk-free. Considering that Avast owns Piriform and the browser comes with all the neat built-in features related to protection and privacy from Avast Secure Browser, we believe CCleaner’s claim.

With that being said, you just need to visit the security & privacy center, which is on the right side of the address bar, to see the excellent protection CCleaner provides. By default, you will find the anti-phishing and anti-tracking enabled, but more than that, CCleaner also throws a flash blocker and a webcam guard into the mix. Moreover, although you need to enable it yourself, you can also make use of the anti-fingerprinting feature, which prevents websites from identifying and tracking you without your consent.

It’s unsettling that CCleaner’s privacy policy does not mention its browser service since we can’t understand what type of information it gathers from its users. However, CCleaner’s privacy policy is basically the same as Avast’s, which means the data collection will be similar or even equal to that of Avast Secure Browser. Since the latter collects cookies, the number assigned to the browser’s installation, IP addresses, and browser extension data, it makes sense that CCleaner will also gather this type of data. Although that does not sound great, you can easily bypass this problem by opening a private window.

Platforms

Platform support
Web app
Mobile optimized
macOS
Linux
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CCleaner Browser is new to the game and is still a little rough around the edges, for example with the CCleaner platform’s reach. While the popular cleaning and optimization software is available on Windows, macOS, and Android, CCleaner Browser is only compatible with Windows 7 and later versions.

CCleaner Browser’s interface is unsurprisingly similar to other popular browsers such as Google Chrome and Opera, but more than that, it’s painfully similar to Avast Secure Browser. In many ways, CCleaner seems to be a copy of Avast Secure Browser. However, the resemblance is even more noticeable when it comes to the interface, especially when you enter the privacy & security center, which seems to be the same menu as Avast Secure Browser with identical writing, icons, and even organization. That’s not necessarily a bad thing though, since the interface from Avast Secure Browser is great, meaning CCleaner Browser’s interface is nice and user-friendly as well. However, it would be nice to see some changes here and there to distinguish the two browsers from one another.

When it comes to performance, CCleaner also copied Avast’s lightness factor. Not only does it open pages faster compared to Chrome, but it also consumes fewer system resources while doing so.

Customer service

Customer support
24/7
Live chat
Email
Phone
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Since CCleaner Browser is part of a company that provides more products than just the browser, it’s no surprise that the customer support is not explicitly built to respond to problems about this service. Nevertheless, Piriform has an FAQ specifically intended to answer questions about its browser, and you can also find a dedicated thread on CCleaner’s community forum. On top of that, there are also different channels for getting in touch with the company. One of them is through social media where it’s usual to see CCleaner and Piriform’s customer support answering consumers’ questions on Twitter and via Facebook messages in about a day. Nevertheless, if you still can’t find the answer to your question, you can always get in touch through email.

Bottom line

Overall, the CCleaner Browser is fast, reliable, and secure. However, it’s a shame that it is almost an exact copy of the Avast Security Browser, making us wonder if there is actually a need for it on the market. Moreover, since its development started a year later than Avast, it still lacks features to make it stand out, such as having a built-in CCleaner as Avast Secure Browser has its other products available in the privacy and security center. However, since both CCleaner and Avast can be installed as extensions, this just leaves us with the same product with different names. Are they both good? Certainly. But, do we really need the same product twice? We don’t think so.

 

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User Reviews
  1. Jerry Braun

    As a private user(not for business) I am so grateful for the CCleaner browser.  Recently my Edge browser did an update and revised all my preferences to the point I could not figure out how to attach a file to an e-mail I was sending.  I was so frustrated I downloaded the CCleaner browser and set it up in a few minutes.  I was back to doing my tasks as easy as I used to.  Thank you CCleaner!

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    1. Daniel (Best Reviews Team)

      Hello Jerry, and thank you for your comment!
      We’re happy to hear that you’re so satisfied with CCleaner Browser! We also enjoyed testing it, as can be seen by our review. Have a nice day!

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  2. I have run CCleaner Browser for about one year now. Fast, secure and very easy to use. 
    No problems to date so I intend to keep using it.

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    1. Daniel (Best Reviews Team)

      I have run CCleaner Browser for about one year now. Fast, secure and very easy to use. 
      No problems to date so I intend to keep using it.

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  3. I used “Ccleaner Browser” for over a year before I noticed that in task manager it leaves loads of processes running in the background , even when the actual browser is supposedly closed! Also quite often “Ccleaner” itself asks if you want to perform “force closure” of the browser. I do not think that many good browsers leave processes running in this way, even after you have closed the browser.. so, I would think that this makes a bit of a mockery of its privacy claims!

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  4. inonozodne

    have tried this. its light & easy and browse faster than the popular browser. so far, so good and hope for more, to become the best

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  5. Larry Woelfel

    Not impressed by their privacy/tracking. I used the privacy mode for half an hour, then closed the browser and used ccleaner free version. It showed there were over 2200 tracked recorded. if this browser is as secure as they say it is, it should have caught 90% less than what it did. I can do without it, Firefox and Microsoft edge appear to be a much better browser.

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  6. Peter Favager

    Have used Ccleaner (Free) for a number of years. Welcomed their browser against likes of google. Just started to use browser and seems very good

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  7. MR Geoffrey Taylor

    In addition to the excellent review above I would like to add that my bookmarks (no input from me} were fully imported from my Chrome browser, and my “Just Dark” theme from same was mostly imported. I did not have “sync” turned on for Chrome at the time.
    Browser shows promise and I am making it my default over my Chrome and IE.11 browsers for the time being at least.

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  8. WAS the best quick scan and clean product out there!!!! Now the free version doesn’t do anything but pimp the paid version and tell you that your PC is not well… So it’s a useless hype for their product… Rumor has it that they were recently bought out by one of the “digital garbage dump and run” companies. And that looks like what happened when you try to use the free version…

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  9. Peter Lord

    Great idea but it crashes continually.

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  10. Tom Flowers

    Why would anyone want to let another company have access to their personal data is beyond me.   Do you really trust any company with your data?

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