Visual Studio Solution Cleaner

If you are one of the programmers who fancy Visual Studio instead of other IDEs, then you probably know what cleaning a solution means. There is a command called just like that, “Clean Solution”, which helps you get rid of the intermediate files that are generated while working on a project, while carefully preserving components and the project files. The purpose is to eliminate unnecessary data and reduce the size of the final solution.

A third-party alternative to this built-in option is the Visual Studio Solution Cleaner, a standalone application that can clean up and shrink the project folder to leave room for new instances generated during solution building.

With a lightweight footprint, Visual Studio Solution Cleaner focuses on simplicity and functionality. Drag and drop is supported, meaning you can easily send a solution folder for your Visual Studio project to the application.

Visual Studio Solution Cleaner takes the necessary actions to remove all the intermediate files in your solution. To avoid data loss, it is advisable to back up your project before using the application. Please keep in mind that the erased files are sent to the Recycle Bin.

The application starts cleaning your solution and, if everything goes well, it shuts down. Should any error occur, it stays on screen and it plays an error sound.

Aside from shrinking the solution folder by removing intermediate data, Visual Studio Solution Cleaner can also try to fix corrupted projects. When the VS project cannot be accessed, IntelliSense stops working, or the class views become unresponsive, cleaning it in Visual Studio might not work. On the other hand, using Visual Studio Solution Cleaner might do the trick.

There are various types of files that Visual Studio Solution Cleaner cleans automatically. The good thing is that not a single file is deleted permanently so, if anything goes wrong, you can always restore files to the project’s bag.