Here's a breakdown of the key features that are exclusive to or enhanced in CCleaner Professional:

1. Automated & Scheduled Cleaning

• Real-Time Monitoring: This is a major difference from the free version. CCleaner Professional can run in the background and automatically monitor your system. It will alert you when junk files accumulate and suggest a cleanup.

• Automatic Cleaning: You can set CCleaner to automatically clean your computer at a scheduled time or to clean your browsers whenever you close them. This ensures your PC stays clutter-free without manual intervention.

2. Performance Optimization

• Performance Optimizer: This patented tool detects unnecessary programs running in the background that are slowing down your PC. It then "freezes" these apps, effectively putting them to sleep when you're not actively using them, to boost your PC's speed and improve battery life.

• Driver Updater: This tool scans your PC's drivers and alerts you to any that are outdated. It can then automatically update them for you, which can improve the performance of your graphics, sound, and internet connectivity, while also preventing bugs and crashes.

• PC Health Check: This feature analyzes your PC and provides a simple, actionable list of "fixes" to improve performance, privacy, and security. It then automatically tunes and updates your PC based on these recommendations.

3. Privacy & Security

• Software Updater: This feature scans for outdated apps on your PC and helps you update them automatically. Outdated software can have security vulnerabilities, so keeping them current helps protect you from cyber threats.

• Advanced Browser Cleaning: While the free version cleans basic browsing data, the Professional version offers more in-depth cleaning and real-time protection to remove tracking cookies and other internet trackers more effectively.

4. Additional Tools & Support

• Cloud Drive Cleaner: A newer feature that allows you to scan your Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive accounts for duplicate, large, or old files to help you free up valuable cloud storage space.

• Priority Support: As a paying customer, you get priority access to customer support via email, which is not available to free users.

No return/refund