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Bleachbit is a free and open source system cleaning tool.

Belachbit is a free and open source system cleaning tool similar to CCleaner. A quote from the project's Sourceforge page:

BleachBit quickly frees disk space and tirelessly guards your privacy. Free cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, shred temporary files, delete logs, and discard junk you didn't know was there.

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Can't delete file from trash as root

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 and deleted a file as root to trash. Then I couldn't delete it because root nautilus won't view trash, and I installed bleachbit and used it as root but it won't clean it either.
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BleachBit Command Line To Clean All Options

Related to this question: Clearing Firefox History via Command Line In my last question (link above), I asked if there is a way to clean all in the Firefox options of BleachBit. I'm writing a script that will clean my computer before I reinstall or…
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Is there a way to add shred to right-click menu?

BleachBit lets you shred either folders or files if you use the menu from within the program but is it possible to add a shred option to the menu when you right click on a file or folder that you may want to delete? I didn't see anything from within…
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Clearing Firefox History via Command Line

Possibly related to this question: Can I view Firefox history with the terminal? I want to create a shell script that clears everything in my Firefox's history (this includes the other histories such as cache) in order to have a clean copy to backup…
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Bleachbit error when cleaning firefox on Ubuntu 16.04

After doing a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 a couple of days ago Bleachbit reports the following errors when cleaning Firefox: Error in execution of Traceback (most recent call last): File…
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How to use BleachBit to remove completely any selected file or folder?

The BleachBit website states that the program can "Overwrite specific files found anywhere on the hard drive". Can I select a file and shred it with BB or do I have to delete it first the normal way and then wipe the empty space to avoid recovery? I…
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Bleachbit - free space filled up

I installed Bleachbit (downloaded from official Ubuntu Software store) and I started free space wipe but when it ended all my free space was filled (0 bytes remain) so I reinstalled Ubuntu and now I want to wipe free space but I'm afraid that the…
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Is there a way to make sure my system will boot before I reboot? I just ran bleachbit

I just ran bleachbit as a regular user (not as root) and the progress bar at the top is stuck at "Please wait. Wiping free disk space. About 0 minutes remaining" and the entire bleachbit screen has been grey for about 5-10 minutes. I checked APT…
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Lost 5GB of free space after using BleachBit

i've been using BleachBit to clean up free space on my laptops HDD, and also on my encrypted portable HDD. and i've got same problem on both devices. Bleachbit was running very long, i left it overnight, but in the morning i decided to kill process.…
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How to run Bleachbit as root?

I have installed BleachBit 0.8.7. Would it be possible to kindly let me know if BleachBit can be run as administrator of my account?
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Bleach Bit - How to Wipe Free Space via Command Line?

I'm trying to figure out how to run the "wipe free disk space" via the command line on Ubuntu 16.04 with Bleach Bit. It looks like the bleachbit command utility can only wipe specific caches. Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this?
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Can't delete empty directories with strange names

I am going through a hard time trying to delete three empty directories that were created after an aborted process of "wiping free disk space" of bleachbit, I've used every suggested method and none seem to work, I tried shredding them with…
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Ubuntu 16.04 Some program windows open top left and off screen

My OS has developed a fault where some windows open top left so the title bar with the min, max and close buttons are just off screen. It doesn't happen with every program. Firefox, gedit, Tuxguitar and the Onboard keyboard preference window seem…
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Excessive amounts of errors Ubuntu 16.04 (Solved)

I have been using Ubuntu 16.04 for about 9 months now. I have noticed an excessive amount of system errors and program errors pop up. Does this mean I have a virus? I use BleachBit to clean my system, I have no idea if this serves as an anti-virus…
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Can I restore my files I deleted using BleachBit?

I have deleted files from two disks using BlechBit 1.10 on Ubuntu 16.04. Is there a possibility to restore all files?
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