Bleachbit
Version: 2.0 Web: https://github.com/ bleachbit/bleachbit
Many people either stick with one Linux distro, or change things up from time to time, but use the same /home directory on a separate partition each time. These users will probably know what it’s like to have lots of fluff and temporary files inside their profile. Although you can always inspect and delete superfluous files by hand, there’s a simple GUI tool for this side-effect known as Bleachbit. The idea behind this program is similar to what CCleaner does for Windows. Bleachbit is a friendlylooking tool with a simple interface, and it’s practically fool-proof, too. By this, it means that it warns you about possible consequences when you activate certain levers and triggers on the left side of the window. Note that Bleachbit isn’t just limited to tidying up /home. It can also clean the Apt packages cache for the whole system and claw back some extra space on the root partition. The new version 2.0 release features much-improved support for cleaning your Chrome and Chromium profiles (which tend to accumulate huge volumes of data after weeks of active browsing), as well as a new feature for the secure deletion of SQLite databases. As before, Bleachbit is a perfect solution for cleaning up Firefox and Thunderbird caches, uninstalling unused localisation packages, and wiping out files such as Thumbs.db and .DS-Store. You can also securely delete files with the software.
Bleachbit can be directed to shred files and overwrite free disk space with blank data in one pass, ensuring that it’s impossible to recover data using well-known tools such as Photorec or Testdisk. Bleachbit’s developers insist that one pass is enough, and subsequent overwriting operations will achieve peace of mind, but little else. Nevertheless, Bleachbit should be the first choice for users who need to shred sensitive data securely, making them unrecoverable.