Sweeper is a graphical privacy and cleaning utility from KDE. It removes traces of desktop activity, helping users clear information about documents they have opened, applications they have used, and commands they have entered.
Its cleaning options are divided into general desktop information and web browsing data. The web-related functions target KDE components and Konqueror, rather than providing a universal cleaner for every installed browser. Some desktop options depend on the corresponding KDE service being available.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Clears saved clipboard history through KDE’s Klipper service when it is running.
- Removes recent-document records without deleting the documents themselves.
- Clears recent-application records maintained by KDE’s activity service.
- Removes command history stored by KRunner.
- Deletes cached thumbnail images, including normal, large, and failed thumbnail entries.
- Clears cookies and stored cookie policies managed by KDE’s cookie service.
- Removes Konqueror browsing history and saved information about closed items.
- Clears supported web caches and saved form-completion data.
- Removes cached website icons while retaining those associated with Konqueror bookmarks.
- Provides individual cleaning checkboxes, together with controls to select or deselect every category.
- Remembers selected cleaning categories between sessions.
- Requests confirmation before an interactive cleanup and displays progress messages and failures in its status panel.
Website: apps.kde.org/sweeper
Support:
Developer: Ralf Hoelzer, Brian S. Stephan, Benjamin Meyer
License: GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
Sweeper is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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