They have no idea how all of that affects their system’s speed and performance, and their ultimate experience on that device.

We often just focus on cleaning the browsing history or use an antivirus to perform quick additional cleanups.īut, most users don’t have a clue about what type of data is cleaned, where it goes, or what residue is left behind. One study found that as of 2019, 47.1% of households have a computer of some sort in their household. Hundreds of thousands, even millions of bytes are channeled through our computers and mobile devices daily.