PrivaZer

Pros: Ease to use. Run it at the end of every day before shutting down my system. Once you have set it up, running it is a breeze.

Cons: Hard to understand the technology if you don't have a lot of computer experience.

Overall: I have been a computer technician for about 40 years. I think first system had 2MB of memory and a a 220MB hard drive. Everybody told me I would never need the my memory or hard drive space.

Pros: PrivaZer is an excellent piece of software - configurable and versatile. The customer service is great as well, quick friendly and professional. Really impressed!

Cons: Nothing springs to mind. PrivaZer does what it says, and is very straightforward to use.

Overall: Top notch! I was particularly impressed with the quick response and helpfulness of the customer support team.

Pros: My favorite feature of PrivaZer is the ability to sanitize remnants in the Master File Table. When the MFT free space is securely cleaned, nobody can even look at the names of things that used to be on your computer.
Other top points -
* Securely erase individual folders or files from the context menu, using preconfigured settings
* Smart cookie saving detection works very well, or choose them yourself and have all others removed
* Secure erasure options include differentiation between SSD and HDD with appropriate algorithms for each
* If you want Pro, you can choose how much to donate to get it (within a reasonable range that is)
* The developer is not only extremely responsive, but FAST in getting back to you. They will carefully consider feature requests (including adding your favorite program to PrivaZer's cleaning list).

Cons: * Some users may feel that the GUI is somewhat sparse. Personally, I like it the way it is--functionality and precise control, smooth and simple operation.
* Autonomously installed updates and running on a schedule are only available with the pro version, but the developer absolutely deserves the donation for their hard work.
* While there is a wide and ever-expanding number of supported programs and areas of cleaning, PrivaZer doesn't have everything ever written for a computer. That said, you can contact the developer and he will do his best to add your program. I know this because I recently did this, requesting the addition of Ditto to the working set.

Overall: For the sanitization of tracks, traces, remnants, Metadata, and/or behavioral histories of all kinds from a storage drive, there is no software or vendor I trust more than PrivaZer by Goversoft. Imagine all of your favorite storage drive cleanup tools rolled into one - Ccleaner, Wise, Glary Utilities, you name it - and then outfitted with a pneumatic steamroller driven by a team of forensic analysts drinking Monster Energy infused with Red Bull; this is what you can expect from PrivaZer. It scans for and gets rid of everything from everyday thumbnail caches to that one overlooked browser history item that would make grandma faint dead away. I have been using this program since I learned of its existence in 2013. The free version is functionally indistinguishable from Pro. You get the same power on the free tier. There are no bundled installers or hidden gotchas - Privazer is clean, well-written software from a skillful, trustworthy company. If you only have room for one PC cleaning tool in your life, this should be it.

My name is Michael, I am 1ofmanyacdcfans across socials, I am a real person, and I did not take any form of compensation for writing this!

Pros: Thoroughness in cleaning, user configuration from average to expert, clean only browsers or entire system plus connected drives, allows backup before cleaning and do/don't clean the registry, allows PC shutdown after cleaning (a good thing), a clear indication of what it's doing, donor's version costs as little/much as you choose, frequent free 'upgrades', experts' endorsements, years of using PrivaZer with no errors.

Cons: PrivaZer at the advanced user configuration level expects the user to understand some advanced terminology -- so the user looks them up and becomes more knowledgeable. No biggie.

Overall: Years of using PrivaZer with no errors make me confident in PrivaZer's robustness and safety. (You do make frequent backups, don't you?)