{"id":248987,"date":"2026-05-19T00:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/the-famous-linux-system-cleaner-bleachbit-now-has-a-tui-and-i-tried-it-out\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T00:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:35:08","slug":"the-famous-linux-system-cleaner-bleachbit-now-has-a-tui-and-i-tried-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/the-famous-linux-system-cleaner-bleachbit-now-has-a-tui-and-i-tried-it-out\/","title":{"rendered":"The Famous Linux System Cleaner BleachBit Now Has a TUI (And I Tried It Out)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Famous Linux System Cleaner BleachBit Now Has a TUI (And I Tried It Out)<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/news\/bleachbit-tui-alpha\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-19 00:32:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: itsfoss.com<\/a><\/p>\n

It is a matter of preference to use system cleanup utilities on a computer or smartphone. On Linux, we have many such tools that handle everything from clearing browser caches and old package archives to shredding files and wiping free space.<\/p>\n

They range from quick CLI scripts to full-blown graphical applications. Some focus on browser data; others go deeper into system logs, package caches, and temporary files.<\/p>\n

One of the more popular offerings among those is BleachBit, which is a free and open source system cleaner for Linux and Windows that handles all that. It’s developers have now given everyone an early look into how its text-based user interface (TUI) is shaping up.<\/p>\n

BleachBit TUI works well<\/h2>\n

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The TUI is simple to navigate. The space bar toggles cleaning options on or off, and Enter expands a category to show the file list underneath.<\/p>\n

For previewing what would be cleaned, there are two options: lowercase p runs a full preview across all selected items, while uppercase P previews just the focused component.<\/p>\n

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You can use either Shift or Caps Lock for switching to uppercase.<\/p>\n

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The two preview options (full, focused) on the alpha TUI of BleachBit.<\/p>\n

Once done, d handles deletion for everything selected, and D deletes the focused component specifically. On my first attempt, the deletion failed because I had not launched the TUI with elevated privileges<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Re-launching with sudo python3 bleachbit_tui.py fixed that. Once initiated, I had to press Y to confirm the action, and when it completed, a dialog appeared in the bottom-right showing the files deleted and space recovered.<\/p>\n

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Using sudo<\/span> fixed the errors I was getting.<\/p>\n

There is also a palette menu, accessible via Ctrl+P. From there, you can search commands, maximize a selected component, quit BleachBit, save a screenshot, and bring up the keys\/help side panel.<\/p>\n

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Since the TUI shares its backend with the regular BleachBit GUI<\/strong>, it picks up all the same settings automatically. That covers your…<\/p>\n

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