CCleaner Now Available in the Windows 11 App Store

The Microsoft Store overhaul introduced with the debut of Windows 11 has been received with much enthusiasm by developers out there.

This is why in the last few months, several big app makers out there brought their apps to the Microsoft Store, especially as the company has updated its policies to make the store a better place for everybody.

The latest big name to join the Microsoft Store is none other than CCleaner, the very popular system cleaning solution that was once a must-have application for every Windows user.

CCleaner, on the other hand, has been struggling with various problems that convinced some users either to stop using it completely or just migrate to other similar apps on the market.

And in addition to the PUA warnings that showed up last year on Windows devices, with Windows Defender actually blocking the app entirely on the operating system, Microsoft itself played down such software for the typical Windows user.

Many years ago, shortly after the introduction of Windows 10, a Microsoft engineer described CCleaner as an unnecessary piece of software.

“CCleaner is… how do I put it mildly… Don’t… let’s just move on!” he said at that time.

The Microsoft Store overhaul

The new Microsoft Store comes with several policy updates that make it a lot more attractive for software developers out there.

For example, one of the most notable changes concerns browsers, as Microsoft now allows such apps to use their very own engines when published on the Microsoft Store.

This change has been received with much enthusiasm by developers like Mozilla and Opera, both of which have already brought their browsers to the Microsoft Store. Google is also expected to bring Chrome to the store at one point this year.