BleachBit 5.1.2 beta

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We invite you to test BleachBit 5.1.2 beta, preparing for our biggest release in years. This release stands out for the scale and importance of recent changes. Users can selectively choose cookies to keep using the new cookie manager feature. This released fixes an important bug for Windows Recycle Bin handling, along with adding broader safety improvements and stronger guardrails. Your testing and feedback will help us confirm these changes are solid before the final release.

Since version 5.1.1 beta:

All Platforms

  • b5411c6c - Clean more data from Chromium-based browsers including component cache, extension cache, Graphite Dawn cache, shader cache, DIPS, and crash reports. Also vacuum additional databases and improve cache handling for snap installations.
    Clean Chrome-based browsers
  • cd1d848a - Add cleaner for Vivaldi web browser
    Clean Vivaldi browser
  • 5d18cac4 - Clean more data from Firefox, LibreWolf, and Waterfox including storage, permissions, bounce tracking protection, site security state, alternate services, favicons, and session backups. Also improve cache handling for snap and Flatpak installations.
    Clean Firefox, LibreWolf, Waterfox
  • bc6dc5b6 - Clean more data from Chromium-based browsers including code cache, media device salts, reporting data, sessions, IndexedDB, network state, search suggestions, and saved files. Also improve cache handling for Flatpak installations.
    Clean Chromium-based browsers
  • 0d674ee2 - Reorganize options in Firefox for what is now Site data.
    Clean Site data in Firefox.
  • ea98abf7 - Reorganize options in Chromium-based browsers for what is now Site data.
    Clean Site data in Chromium-based browsers.
  • e980d12e - Improve tree view for expert mode.
    Enable expert mode. Click the parent of deep scan. It should show a warning, but none of the deep scan options (including parent) should be enabled.
  • ac6e8ec0 - Fix UnicodeEncodeError when displaying filenames with invalid surrogate characters.
    Create a file with invalid surrogate characters. Preview the file in the GUI or terminal and verify it can be displayed without error.
  • 3b584ada - Explain the scope of the cookie manager's keep list.
    Open the cookie manager and verify the notice is displayed.
  • 151e69e4 - Add tooltip to locked preferences.
    Open the preferences. Enable expert mode. Hover over the disable options, and verify the tooltip is displayed.
  • 98d8eedc - Enable shredding of file paths stored as text from Windows clipboard.
    From a text editor, copy a file path to the clipboard. On the main window, paste with CTRL+V. Try also using the application menu.
  • 1a7e331a - Fix GUI deadlock when loading malformed XML cleaners.
    See https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/issues/2034 for instructions.
  • b99e8a3d - Vacuum the file WebStorage/QuotaManager for Brave, Microsoft Edge, and Opera
    Vacuum Brave, Edge, and Opera
  • 83bba658 - Improve the description of session options for web browsers, and reorganize the site data actions.
    N/A

Windows

  • 4a751e27 - Fix font check dialog
    Open application to see the font check dialog. If it does not show, delete or rename bleachbit.ini. Select text is blurry or unrecognizable.
  • 6c36d623 - Add support in Winapp2.ini for exclusion of registry keys (ExcludeKey#=REG).
    Add a cleaner to Winapp2.ini that uses ExcludeKey#=REG and verify it works.
  • 62eaf2f2 - Fix launch of application when user's language is Chinese, Japanese, or Korean.
    Set the language to CJK. Restart application. Verify it launches without an error. Tip: in bleachbit.ini, set font_check_completed=False, auto_detect_lang=False, forced_lang=ja_JP.

For more info, see also commit log (since 5.1.2), list of closed issues (fixed in 5.1.x).

Downloads

Downloads are mirrored at download.bleachbit.org and at SourceForge. The former website has an enhanced directory layout with easy access to checksums and detached signatures.

Linux users can download .deb or .rpm packages, while Windows users can download a digitally signed installer or a portable package.

After testing

If something is broken, please file a bug report.

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