Let the noise
settle
Quiesce is your lightweight toolkit for a quieter Windows experience. Clean up digital clutter, reclaim unused resources, and fine-tune your system - all from a single portable CLI that runs wherever you need it
Example runs. Your numbers will differ.
Twelve steps. You decide which run.
The safe ones are on. The ones that deserve a second thought stay off until you say so.
Your cleaning list
Tap a step to try it. In Quiesce you press F for settings, and your choices are saved.
Recycle Bin and Deep Cleanup start off. Deep Cleanup turns itself off again after one run.
Memory, actually freed
Four methods, run together with qc ram or one at a time. Quiesce shows how much came back.
ram-1Save pending changesram-2Free cached memoryram-3Free file cacheram-4Trim app memorySafe by default
Services paused for cleaning always start again, even if you close the window mid-run.
Checked before it runs
Installs and updates compare the file to the SHA-256 published on GitHub. A mismatch is deleted, not run.
Easy in, easy out
Updates in one command. Leaves in one command too, taking its settings and PATH entry with it.
qc -uUpdate Quiesceqc uninstallRemove it cleanlySkip the menu.
Type what you want cleaned. Chain as many steps as you like. A typo is caught before anything runs, and your saved settings never change.
Run qc -h for every command.
qcOpen the menuqc allClean with your saved settingsqc temp ramJust temp files and memoryqc temp-1 deep binAny mix, run in menu orderqc -uUpdate Quiesceqc -vShow version and checksumqc uninstallRemove Quiesce, its settings and PATH entryInstalled in one paste.
No admin needed to install. Quiesce asks for it only when a clean needs it.
Open PowerShell
Press the Windows key, type PowerShell and press Enter.
Paste the line below
It downloads the latest release, checks its SHA-256 and sets up qc for any terminal.
Type qc
The menu opens. Press Enter to clean, or F for settings.
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SibtainOcn/Quiesce/main/install.ps1 | iexGet-FileHash .\qc-64bit.exe, then run it and say yes to installing. The only official source is the GitHub Releases page.qc uninstall. It closes any open Quiesce window, removes the program, your settings and logs, and takes its folder off your PATH. Nothing else is touched.Like Quiesce? Keep it going.
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