cleanmgr.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Windows Disk Cleanup - removes temporary files, system cache, and other unnecessary data to free disk space.
cleanmgr.exe is the 228th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 58,468 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\System32 and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\System32100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- c304a9223e9a668545543c68fae40fb913475f211f50764851c9669537be59f819.18%
- b8555df84be369161fd26a72c416e981de1259c319c9bd08e576f24dd43c868416.64%
- 7fdc7edfb2494493fef30ef61aafe4fea18fe6c8fc0d784df3d09d1131c4998d10.74%
- 2c4825ee994f6a9d85011fed271a3df092e6394d277fc8baca9d3c19c373cf5410.27%
- acd2cbfb4c9fb8fe20c21a7ec99445d1426cee90ff3091115eb4c9484b69ea9d8.2%
- 1bdab94440132410d1ab623ded8f2427b34c233a063a150617af271b9394025b7.72%
- 87d5153bec20f9b2e61fb6c6e4f0e49e48ae50691912ce793a599299d31ef6716.36%
- a43c79ecae0d4726157fbb2e9e2e314d3622201678b56db514aae50ea84a09f96.25%
- aa5016a3f28f312e00679bfb9a6b66e4888c9f0c1453ffb69917df46f65396a76.16%
- 6fe69bc1a0496a331d215fed0da35d95fd3117041334f4ebc85bb57e4f60c2542.12%
Code Signing
Signers by share of executions
- 100%Microsoft WindowsValidCatalog signed · 1 hash
- Chain
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows Production PCA 2011
- Microsoft Root Certificate Authority 2010
- Valid
- Apr 16, 2026 to Oct 17, 2026
- Hashes
- 6af9e4848b48ba734257ac16fd06829f29e50fbd4edb59b8eeb02c871d0ed284100% of executions, first seen Sep 15, 2026
Full certificate detail on Team.
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe99.64%
- userinit.exe0.18%
- explorer.exe0.13%
- svchost.exe0.05%
- winlogon.exe0.01%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe99.72%
- explorer.exe0.11%
- LTSVC.exe0.06%
- cleanmgr.exe0.05%
- LTTray.exe0.05%
- dllhost.exe0.01%
- RuntimeBroker.exe<0.01%
Top Children
- DismHost.exe89.34%
- wermgr.exe10.57%
- cleanmgr.exe0.09%
- lpksetup.exe<0.01%
- WerFault.exe<0.01%
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