iPad 1 refusing to download CCleaner

The way iOS is built means no Apps have access to the system, to "clean" it. so you won't find any iOS App that will do that. Even less so for such an old device.

However, you can try to reset your iPad by holding down the home and power / sleep buttons for 10 seconds or until the Apple logo appears on screen.

Alternatively you can try to restore it and that generally clears up any issues the device may have: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support

However, do consider that at this point a First Generation iPad is 8 years old so its bound to be slower.

How Much free data storage space is left on that iPad.

iDevices cannot be completely filled up.

iDevices need to maintain, at least, 2-3 GBs, OR GREATER, of free data storage space.

If you need to free up free data storage space on an iPad/iDevice, you need to start by backing up your iPad to either Apple's iCloud or by connecting your iDevice to a computer running the latest iTunes.

Then delete any installed apps that you no longer use or use infrequently enough that they aren't missed (you can always reinstalled any purchased or free apps at some time later, as you need them).

Thin out/delete any music/videos/movies/TV shows/images/eBooks/eMagazine/iBooks/audio books/Documents/PDFs, etc.

Delete any old saved emails that maybe saved to your iPad.

To permanently delete photos/images off of your iDevice go into the Photos app and find the Recently Deleted folder/album and permanently delete any photos/images stored in that folder/album.

Also, you can check to see what stuff is eating up all your valuable data storage space by going into the Settings App,,General Settings Panel, in the right hand column, tap Storage & iCloud usage panel ( in iOS 11, it’s iPad Storage ), in the top Storage Panel, tap the Manage Storage panel, wait for a list of apps to generate that will tell you how much space each app is taking up on your iDevice.

Then, do a hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake buttons simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons.

Good Luck to You!

Consider yourself lucky! It is not intended for iOS.

Also no Anti-Virus software or so-called “cleaning” apps are needed or recommended for Mac OS. They can conflict with Mac's own built-in security. At best they will slow your Mac by using unnecessary resources and at worst will bork your entire system.

I suggest you uninstall Cleaner on your Mac.

rockonbilly wrote:

Hi there,

My MacBook was so slow that It was a tech guy who told me to install CCleaner on my laptop and since I ran it, my laptop is much faster.

The problem with cleaning apps is that they can be overzealous and flag files that are important to Mac OS. It's much better to do any cleaning of files by hand.