Install on Windows

To install BleachBit, first download the latest installation package for your system.

BleachBit is supported on Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, or 10 (32-bit or 64-bit).

Most Windows users want the standard installation. If you prefer to run in portably on a USB disk or on a system the administrators that prevents installation, use the portable installation.

Standard Installation

Run the installer which has a name like BleachBit-1.6-setup.exe. Then, follow the prompts.

Verify the installer is from a verified publisher (Andrew Ziem).

Silent Installation

Silent installation installs the application without any prompts from the user, and it is typically used by system administrators to install an application across many systems.

For BleachBit version 2.2, run this command to instal the aupplication for all users:

BleachBit-2.2-setup.exe /S /allusers

To install for only the current user, do this:

BleachBit-2.2-setup.exe /S /currentuser

The switches /allusers and /currentuser were first supported in BleachBit version 2.2

The /S switch is case-sensitive.

Portable Use

Download the package which has a name like BleachBit-1.6-portable.zip. Then use a standard unzip utility to unpack the file. Such a utility is included with Windows: just right click on the .zip file and choose Extract all files which creates a new folder.

Do not double click on the .zip file.