Install Ubuntu Cleaner To Remove Junk Files in Ubuntu
One of the things that most of us as computer users still often forget or ignore is deleting junk files or files junk regularly. There are even some people who don’t even know that those junk files are on their computer.
Junk or junk files are not something worth ignoring, good computer users will regularly delete them. Because the junk files are actually useless, sooner or later will make the storage space on the computer full, it can even make the computer slow.
There are many ways that can be done to delete these junk files, you can delete them manually by deleting caches or delete old kernels that are no longer in use after you upgrade to a new kernel.
But for an easier way, you can use an application to delete these junk files. One of them is Ubuntu Cleaner
Ubuntu Cleaner is an application or system utility created to clean up junk files or files junk like cache browsers, cache application, deprecated old kernel after done upgradeetc.
By cleaning files junk or the trash, you can make more space on your computer’s storage — that was previously used to hold those junk files.
Not only that, by deleting those junk files, your computer will be faster and some applications will work better.
Ubuntu Cleaner is actually a new version of Computer Janitor from Ubuntu Tweak. However, as you already know Ubuntu Tweak is no longer being developed, so users developer pulled out the Computer Janitor module from Ubuntu Tweak for later development and renamed Ubuntu Cleaner.
Ubuntu Cleaner can be used on Linux distributions with Ubuntu systems. So, apart from Ubuntu, Ubuntu Cleaner can also be used on Linux distributions derived from Ubuntu such as Linux Mint, ElementaryOS and so on.
Using Ubuntu Cleaner you can delete the following junk files:
- cache Application
- cache Browser
- cache Thumbnails
- cache apt
- File configurations on packages
- Deprecated old kernel.
Install Ubuntu Cleaner To Remove Junk Files in Ubuntu
To install Ubuntu Cleaner on an LTS version of Ubuntu, either Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, open Terminal by pressing shortcuts Ctrl + Alt + T on keyboard or through the application menu.
Then type the following command in Terminal to add repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gerardpuig/ppa
Then do an update to add a list repository and list package.
sudo apt-get update
Once done, install Ubuntu Cleaner by typing the following command:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-cleaner
For other versions of Ubuntu, or Ubuntu derivatives such as Linux Mint, ElementaryOS and others. You can download the ‘.deb’ installation file from Ubuntu Cleaner.
Type or paste the following command into Terminal to download the file:
wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/l114qark0lc26k1/ubuntu-cleaner_1.0.0-1_all.deb
Then install Ubuntu Cleaner manually with the following command:
sudo dpkg -i ubuntu-cleaner_1.0.0-1_all.deb
sudo apt install -f
After the installation process is complete. You can open Ubuntu Cleaner from the Ubuntu Dash or Application Menu.
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| Open Ubuntu Cleaner |
To check files junk that is on your computer, check the menu sidebar which is on the left to select the type of junk or junk file you want to check, and see what size the junk file is as in the following image.
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| Select Junk or Junk Files to be Deleted |
If you want to delete these junk files, check each file type in the application’s main menu, then select ‘Clean’ to delete files junk is like the following picture.
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| Remove Junk Using Ubuntu Cleaner |
Then wait a few moments until the file has finished deleting.
