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Clean master prompt

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AC Question

What does Clean Master mean it says that I have 110 old apps that can be cleaned. Does that mean the apps I have currently have loaded and haven't used for awhile that it wants to delete, or 110 apps I have once loaded didn't like and deleted?
 

hallux

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Find that app (Clean Master) in your apps list in settings and remove it. Clean Master is more trouble than it's worth.
 

Rukbat

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It also fights Android - it "cleans" apps out of RAM, that Android wants in RAM, so some apps will constantly be loaded/unloaded/loaded/etc., etc., killing your battery and slowing your phone. Android "cleans" apps that need to be "cleaned" (removed from RAM) - but Clean Master can't know what Android is going to need in a minute, so it cleans apps in least recently used order - which is all wrong for Android.
 

Tim1954

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Anything by cheetah mobile (clean master) wrecks phones and they sell your private data! All the above posters are correct and you would do well to heed their advice before the app bricks your phone!