BleachBit
Close matchFreeFree. Clears browser caches, temporary files and logs, and shows you what it plans to delete first.
Does Disk Cleanup run on Linux?
Verdict: No
No. Disk Cleanup is a Windows tool and does not exist on Linux, but Linux fills up far more slowly and free tools cover the same tidying up when it does.
Microsoft's support page describes Disk Cleanup as the Windows tool for deleting temporary files and system files to free up space, and notes that Windows 11 replaces it with cleanup recommendations in Settings. Either way it is part of Windows and there is nothing to install elsewhere.
Linux accumulates less of this kind of rubbish. There are no Windows Update leftovers, no old restore points and no thumbnail caches growing without limit. The main things worth clearing are browser caches and old downloads, and the occasional pile of old app store downloads.
BleachBit does that job. It clears browser caches, temporary files and logs, with a preview of what it will remove before it removes it. Czkawka handles the other half of a clean-up by finding duplicate photos, empty folders and large files you forgot about.
To see where the space actually went in the first place, Disk Usage Analyzer is already installed on most systems and shows you the biggest folders as a list and a coloured map.
What to use instead of Disk Cleanup
Disk Usage Analyzer (Baobab)
Different way of workingFreeShows where the space went before you delete anything. Usually already installed.
Czkawka
Different way of workingFreeFinds duplicate photos, empty folders and forgotten large files, which is often the real culprit.
This doesn't have to stop you
One stubborn program doesn't have to decide the whole question. You can keep Windows on the same PC and restart into it only when you need Disk Cleanup. Everything else you do can move.
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