The process clnmgr.exe process is also known as the Disk Space Cleanup Manager for Windows and it is owned by the Microsoft Corporation and belongs to the Microsoft Windows Operating System. It is a system that is bundled with Microsoft Windows and it is a non-essential process. It is also a non-system process, which means that it can be enabled or disabled by the user according to his or her preferences. It is considered to be a trustworthy file and it does not have any visible window. The security rating of the process is 1% dangerous, making it very safe to be used and supplies the security that is needed by the user. It does not pose any potential risk, although it is better to take precautions and watch for signs that would cause the computer to behave inappropriately. It is an executable file and proves to be useful in running the computer system.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. cleanmgr.exe. is used by Disk Space Cleanup Manager, If you shut down cleanmgr.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop cleanmgr.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Disk Space Cleanup Manager, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed cleanmgr.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Disk Space Cleanup Manager, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if cleanmgr.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that cleanmgr.exe, belongs to, in this case Disk Space Cleanup Manager