Sweeper

One of the best cleaners on all of Linux is an app called Sweeper. The app is straightforward to use, and can deal with all kinds of junk from recent document files, to browser data, and more. Before we can go over how to use Sweeper to clean junk files on your Linux PC, you’ll need to set it up on your computer. Luckily, installing the Sweeper application on Linux is easy, given that it’s an application that sometimes comes with the KDE Plasma 5 desktop environment.

The Sweeper application is part of the KDE project. As a result, you’ll probably be able to find and install the package on most Linux distributions — even obscure ones, provided that they also have KDE Plasma 5 packages in their software repository. To install it, launch a terminal and search for the keyword “sweeper” and install it the way you’d typically install software.

Sweeper is a pretty straightforward program. Once it’s open, you can see a detailed list of all of the things that the application can erase and “sweep” from your Linux PC. By default, all options are checked. To run a clean “sweep” with the app, leave all boxes checked and locate the “Clean Up” button.

Once you click the “Clean Up” button, Sweeper won’t instantaneously delete all of your junk files. Instead, a warning box will appear. In this warning box, you’ll see a message that says “You are deleting data that is potentially valuable to you. Are you sure?” Acknowledge the warning by clicking the “Continue” button.

After clicking the continue button, you’ll see a prompt in the Sweeper application that narrates what the app is cleaning. When the “sweeping” is complete, the prompt will say “Clean up finished.”

Want only to clean your temporary system files and junk but don’t want to wipe out your cookies and other website information with Sweeper? You can! Here’s what to do. First, launch the app. Then, take a look at the prompt and find the “General” section and ensure that every box is checked. Then, move down to the “Web Browsing” section and uncheck every box.

When all the boxes under the “Web Browsing” section of Sweeper have been unchecked, click on the “Clean Up” button to start the cleaning process.

Sweeper can be configured to wipe just web browser and internet junk files. To do it, open up the app, locate the “General” section, and uncheck every box. After that, find “Web Browsing” and make sure that all boxes next to each of the options are checked. From there, close any open web browsers and select the “Clean Up” button to clean your internet junk files.

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