Alternatives to Sweeper
A KDE utility that clears traces of user activity such as cookies, caches and history. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Sweeper
A KDE utility that clears traces of user activity such as cookies, caches and history.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Sweeper.
CCleaner
A PC and Mac cleaner that removes junk files, browser traces and unused startup items.
CCleaner runs on Windows and macOS instead of KDE Linux desktops, adds startup item management, and is closed-source freemium software with some features outside the free version.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Eraser
An open-source Windows tool that securely erases files and wipes free disk space.
ShredOS
A small bootable environment for 64-bit PCs that securely wipes disks using nwipe.
MAT2
Strips metadata from images, documents, audio and video.
ExifCleaner
Drag-and-drop batch metadata removal for images, videos and PDFs.
