diff --git a/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.cpp b/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.cpp
index c1030fd5e78..a23ba678dcb 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ FilePath BuildableHelperLibrary::qtChooserToQmakePath(const FilePath &qtChooser)
     proc.runBlocking();
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return {};
-    const QString output = proc.stdOut();
+    const QString output = proc.cleanedStdOut();
     int pos = output.indexOf(toolDir);
     if (pos == -1)
         return {};
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp b/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp
index 925038086f4..5612b2c8197 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp
@@ -1051,17 +1051,17 @@ QtcProcess::QtcProcess(QObject *parent)
             qCDebug(processLog).nospace() << "Process " << number << " finished: "
                                           << "result=" << int(result())
                                           << ", ex=" << exitCode()
-                                          << ", " << stdOut().size() << " bytes stdout: "
-                                          << stdOut().left(20)
-                                          << ", " << stdErr().size() << " bytes stderr: "
-                                          << stdErr().left(1000)
+                                          << ", " << cleanedStdOut().size() << " bytes stdout: "
+                                          << cleanedStdOut().left(20)
+                                          << ", " << cleanedStdErr().size() << " bytes stderr: "
+                                          << cleanedStdErr().left(1000)
                                           << ", " << msElapsed << " ms elapsed";
-            if (processStdoutLog().isDebugEnabled() && !stdOut().isEmpty())
+            if (processStdoutLog().isDebugEnabled() && !cleanedStdOut().isEmpty())
                 qCDebug(processStdoutLog).nospace()
-                        << "Process " << number << " sdout: " << stdOut();
-            if (processStderrLog().isDebugEnabled() && !stdErr().isEmpty())
+                        << "Process " << number << " sdout: " << cleanedStdOut();
+            if (processStderrLog().isDebugEnabled() && !cleanedStdErr().isEmpty())
                 qCDebug(processStderrLog).nospace()
-                        << "Process " << number << " stderr: " << stdErr();
+                        << "Process " << number << " stderr: " << cleanedStdErr();
         });
     }
 }
@@ -1691,8 +1691,8 @@ QString QtcProcess::allOutput() const
 {
     QTC_CHECK(d->m_stdOut.keepRawData);
     QTC_CHECK(d->m_stdErr.keepRawData);
-    const QString out = stdOut();
-    const QString err = stdErr();
+    const QString out = cleanedStdOut();
+    const QString err = cleanedStdErr();
 
     if (!out.isEmpty() && !err.isEmpty()) {
         QString result = out;
@@ -1748,12 +1748,12 @@ static QStringList splitLines(const QString &text)
 
 const QStringList QtcProcess::stdOutLines() const
 {
-    return splitLines(stdOut());
+    return splitLines(cleanedStdOut());
 }
 
 const QStringList QtcProcess::stdErrLines() const
 {
-    return splitLines(stdErr());
+    return splitLines(cleanedStdErr());
 }
 
 QTCREATOR_UTILS_EXPORT QDebug operator<<(QDebug str, const QtcProcess &r)
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/shellcommand.cpp b/src/libs/utils/shellcommand.cpp
index 6f8a49de019..81c293c8d99 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/shellcommand.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/shellcommand.cpp
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ void ShellCommand::run(QFutureInterface<void> &future)
         proc.setExitCodeInterpreter(job.exitCodeInterpreter);
         proc.setTimeoutS(job.timeoutS);
         runCommand(proc, job.command, job.workingDirectory);
-        stdOut += proc.stdOut();
-        stdErr += proc.stdErr();
+        stdOut += proc.cleanedStdOut();
+        stdErr += proc.cleanedStdErr();
         d->m_lastExecExitCode = proc.exitCode();
         d->m_lastExecSuccess = proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
         if (!d->m_lastExecSuccess)
@@ -352,11 +352,11 @@ void ShellCommand::runFullySynchronous(QtcProcess &process, const FilePath &work
     process.runBlocking();
 
     if (!d->m_aborted) {
-        const QString stdErr = process.stdErr();
+        const QString stdErr = process.cleanedStdErr();
         if (!stdErr.isEmpty() && !(d->m_flags & SuppressStdErr))
             emit append(stdErr);
 
-        const QString stdOut = process.stdOut();
+        const QString stdOut = process.cleanedStdOut();
         if (!stdOut.isEmpty() && d->m_flags & ShowStdOut) {
             if (d->m_flags & SilentOutput)
                 emit appendSilently(stdOut);
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidbuildapkstep.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidbuildapkstep.cpp
index b53cf3b6f7a..17342ba9fb2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidbuildapkstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidbuildapkstep.cpp
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ QAbstractItemModel *AndroidBuildApkStep::keystoreCertificates()
     if (keytoolProc.result() > ProcessResult::FinishedWithError)
         QMessageBox::critical(nullptr, tr("Error"), tr("Failed to run keytool."));
     else
-        model = new CertificatesModel(keytoolProc.stdOut(), this);
+        model = new CertificatesModel(keytoolProc.cleanedStdOut(), this);
 
     return model;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
index 3dbee9e59a1..974e6c11638 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
@@ -787,8 +787,8 @@ SdkToolResult AndroidManager::runCommand(const CommandLine &command,
     qCDebug(androidManagerLog) << "Running command (sync):" << command.toUserOutput();
     cmdProc.setCommand(command);
     cmdProc.runBlocking(EventLoopMode::On);
-    cmdResult.m_stdOut = cmdProc.stdOut().trimmed();
-    cmdResult.m_stdErr = cmdProc.stdErr().trimmed();
+    cmdResult.m_stdOut = cmdProc.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
+    cmdResult.m_stdErr = cmdProc.cleanedStdErr().trimmed();
     cmdResult.m_success = cmdProc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
     qCDebug(androidManagerLog) << "Command finshed (sync):" << command.toUserOutput()
                                << "Success:" << cmdResult.m_success
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidsdkmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidsdkmanager.cpp
index 628f245c349..960509e827c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidsdkmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidsdkmanager.cpp
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static void sdkManagerCommand(const AndroidConfig &config, const QStringList &ar
     proc.runBlocking(EventLoopMode::On);
     if (assertionFound) {
         output.success = false;
-        output.stdOutput = proc.stdOut();
+        output.stdOutput = proc.cleanedStdOut();
         output.stdError = QCoreApplication::translate("Android::Internal::AndroidSdkManager",
                                                       "The operation requires user interaction. "
                                                       "Use the \"sdkmanager\" command-line tool.");
diff --git a/src/plugins/bazaar/bazaarclient.cpp b/src/plugins/bazaar/bazaarclient.cpp
index 3265905531f..ccd91a236f2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/bazaar/bazaarclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/bazaar/bazaarclient.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ bool BazaarClient::synchronousUncommit(const FilePath &workingDir,
 
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDir, args);
-    VcsOutputWindow::append(proc.stdOut());
+    VcsOutputWindow::append(proc.cleanedStdOut());
     return proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstylesettings.cpp b/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstylesettings.cpp
index ed6d0b91590..a47fdda1011 100644
--- a/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstylesettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/beautifier/artisticstyle/artisticstylesettings.cpp
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ static int updateVersionHelper(const FilePath &command)
         return 0;
 
     // Astyle prints the version on stdout or stderr, depending on platform
-    const int version = parseVersion(process.stdOut().trimmed());
+    const int version = parseVersion(process.cleanedStdOut().trimmed());
     if (version != 0)
         return version;
-    return parseVersion(process.stdErr().trimmed());
+    return parseVersion(process.cleanedStdErr().trimmed());
 }
 
 void ArtisticStyleSettings::updateVersion()
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ void ArtisticStyleSettings::createDocumentationFile() const
     stream.writeStartElement(Constants::DOCUMENTATION_XMLROOT);
 
     // astyle writes its output to 'error'...
-    const QStringList lines = process.stdErr().split(QLatin1Char('\n'));
+    const QStringList lines = process.cleanedStdErr().split(QLatin1Char('\n'));
     QStringList keys;
     QStringList docu;
     for (QString line : lines) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp
index f6c3f6312d7..8017a39a1e6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ public:
 private:
     void handleDone()
     {
-        const QString stdOut = m_appRunner.stdOut();
-        const QString stdErr = m_appRunner.stdErr();
+        const QString stdOut = m_appRunner.cleanedStdOut();
+        const QString stdErr = m_appRunner.cleanedStdErr();
 
         // FIXME: Needed in a post-adb world?
         // adb does not forward exit codes and all stderr goes to stdout.
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolrunner.cpp
index c602203a24d..12fe0aede06 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolrunner.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void ClangToolRunner::onProcessDone()
     if (m_process.result() == ProcessResult::StartFailed) {
         emit finishedWithFailure(generalProcessError(m_name), commandlineAndOutput());
     } else if (m_process.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        qCDebug(LOG).noquote() << "Output:\n" << m_process.stdOut();
+        qCDebug(LOG).noquote() << "Output:\n" << m_process.cleanedStdOut();
         emit finishedWithSuccess(m_fileToAnalyze);
     } else if (m_process.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithError) {
         emit finishedWithFailure(finishedWithBadExitCode(m_name, m_process.exitCode()),
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ QString ClangToolRunner::commandlineAndOutput() const
               "Output:\n%3")
         .arg(m_commandLine.toUserOutput())
         .arg(m_process.error())
-        .arg(m_process.stdOut());
+        .arg(m_process.cleanedStdOut());
 }
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangtools/executableinfo.cpp b/src/plugins/clangtools/executableinfo.cpp
index 9277e54df9f..f27d4aef8b5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangtools/executableinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangtools/executableinfo.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static QString runExecutable(const Utils::CommandLine &commandLine, QueryFailMod
         return {};
     }
 
-    return cpp.stdOut();
+    return cpp.cleanedStdOut();
 }
 
 static QStringList queryClangTidyChecks(const FilePath &executable,
diff --git a/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcaseplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcaseplugin.cpp
index bd6786ed49c..7450ad9ff76 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcaseplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcaseplugin.cpp
@@ -1676,8 +1676,8 @@ ClearCasePluginPrivate::runCleartool(const FilePath &workingDir,
     response.error = proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
     if (response.error)
         response.message = proc.exitMessage();
-    response.stdErr = proc.stdErr();
-    response.stdOut = proc.stdOut();
+    response.stdErr = proc.cleanedStdErr();
+    response.stdOut = proc.cleanedStdOut();
     return response;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmaketool.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmaketool.cpp
index 482c2d05a38..c5804f039b8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmaketool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmaketool.cpp
@@ -280,19 +280,19 @@ TextEditor::Keywords CMakeTool::keywords()
         QtcProcess proc;
         runCMake(proc, {"--help-command-list"}, 5);
         if (proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
-            m_introspection->m_functions = proc.stdOut().split('\n');
+            m_introspection->m_functions = proc.cleanedStdOut().split('\n');
 
         runCMake(proc, {"--help-commands"}, 5);
         if (proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
-            parseFunctionDetailsOutput(proc.stdOut());
+            parseFunctionDetailsOutput(proc.cleanedStdOut());
 
         runCMake(proc, {"--help-property-list"}, 5);
         if (proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
-            m_introspection->m_variables = parseVariableOutput(proc.stdOut());
+            m_introspection->m_variables = parseVariableOutput(proc.cleanedStdOut());
 
         runCMake(proc, {"--help-variable-list"}, 5);
         if (proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-            m_introspection->m_variables.append(parseVariableOutput(proc.stdOut()));
+            m_introspection->m_variables.append(parseVariableOutput(proc.cleanedStdOut()));
             m_introspection->m_variables = Utils::filteredUnique(m_introspection->m_variables);
             Utils::sort(m_introspection->m_variables);
         }
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ void CMakeTool::fetchFromCapabilities() const
 
     if (cmake.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         m_introspection->m_didRun = true;
-        parseFromCapabilities(cmake.stdOut());
+        parseFromCapabilities(cmake.cleanedStdOut());
     } else {
         qCCritical(cmakeToolLog) << "Fetching capabilities failed: " << cmake.allOutput() << cmake.error();
         m_introspection->m_didRun = false;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cvs/cvsplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/cvs/cvsplugin.cpp
index 8b3210a9e0a..e004f6cd886 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cvs/cvsplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cvs/cvsplugin.cpp
@@ -1449,8 +1449,8 @@ CvsResponse CvsPluginPrivate::runCvs(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
     command.runCommand(proc, {executable, m_settings.addOptions(arguments)});
 
     response.result = CvsResponse::OtherError;
-    response.stdErr = proc.stdErr();
-    response.stdOut = proc.stdOut();
+    response.stdErr = proc.cleanedStdErr();
+    response.stdOut = proc.cleanedStdOut();
     switch (proc.result()) {
     case ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess:
         response.result = CvsResponse::Ok;
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
index bf62f52c829..1fd3aef4aad 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
@@ -5004,7 +5004,7 @@ CoreInfo CoreInfo::readExecutableNameFromCore(const Runnable &debugger, const Fi
     proc.runBlocking();
 
     if (proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        QString output = proc.stdOut();
+        QString output = proc.cleanedStdOut();
         // Core was generated by `/data/dev/creator-2.6/bin/qtcreator'.
         // Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
         int pos1 = output.indexOf("Core was generated by");
diff --git a/src/plugins/docker/dockerdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/docker/dockerdevice.cpp
index ca6d87e36fb..888884b3a19 100644
--- a/src/plugins/docker/dockerdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/docker/dockerdevice.cpp
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ void DockerDevicePrivate::startContainer()
     if (createProcess.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return;
 
-    m_container = createProcess.stdOut().trimmed();
+    m_container = createProcess.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
     if (m_container.isEmpty())
         return;
     LOG("Container via process: " << m_container);
@@ -988,11 +988,11 @@ void DockerDevicePrivate::fetchSystemEnviroment()
     proc.setCommand(q->withDockerExecCmd({"env", {}}));
     proc.start();
     proc.waitForFinished();
-    const QString remoteOutput = proc.stdOut();
+    const QString remoteOutput = proc.cleanedStdOut();
 
     m_cachedEnviroment = Environment(remoteOutput.split('\n', Qt::SkipEmptyParts), q->osType());
 
-    const QString remoteError = proc.stdErr();
+    const QString remoteError = proc.cleanedStdErr();
     if (!remoteError.isEmpty())
         qWarning("Cannot read container environment: %s\n", qPrintable(remoteError));
 }
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ public:
         });
 
         connect(m_process, &Utils::QtcProcess::readyReadStandardError, this, [this] {
-            const QString out = DockerDevice::tr("Error: %1").arg(m_process->stdErr());
+            const QString out = DockerDevice::tr("Error: %1").arg(m_process->cleanedStdErr());
             m_log->append(DockerDevice::tr("Error: %1").arg(out));
         });
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/changeselectiondialog.cpp b/src/plugins/git/changeselectiondialog.cpp
index a32047d7f87..57bd97c1d98 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/changeselectiondialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/changeselectiondialog.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ void ChangeSelectionDialog::setDetails()
 
     QPalette palette;
     if (m_process->result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        m_ui->detailsText->setPlainText(m_process->stdOut());
+        m_ui->detailsText->setPlainText(m_process->cleanedStdOut());
         palette.setColor(QPalette::Text, theme->color(Theme::TextColorNormal));
         m_ui->changeNumberEdit->setPalette(palette);
     } else {
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritserver.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritserver.cpp
index 4ddbcfd1363..7fc9ae4c7ef 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritserver.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritserver.cpp
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ int GerritServer::testConnection()
     client->vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, {}, {curlBinary, arguments},
                                     Core::ShellCommand::NoOutput);
     if (proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        QString output = proc.stdOut();
+        QString output = proc.cleanedStdOut();
         // Gerrit returns an empty response for /p/qt-creator/a/accounts/self
         // so consider this as 404.
         if (output.isEmpty())
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ int GerritServer::testConnection()
     if (proc.exitCode() == CertificateError)
         return CertificateError;
     const QRegularExpression errorRegexp("returned error: (\\d+)");
-    QRegularExpressionMatch match = errorRegexp.match(proc.stdErr());
+    QRegularExpressionMatch match = errorRegexp.match(proc.cleanedStdErr());
     if (match.hasMatch())
         return match.captured(1).toInt();
     return UnknownError;
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ bool GerritServer::resolveVersion(const GerritParameters &p, bool forceReload)
             arguments << p.portFlag << QString::number(port);
         arguments << hostArgument() << "gerrit" << "version";
         client->vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, {}, {p.ssh, arguments}, Core::ShellCommand::NoOutput);
-        QString stdOut = proc.stdOut().trimmed();
+        QString stdOut = proc.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
         stdOut.remove("gerrit version ");
         version = stdOut;
         if (version.isEmpty())
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ bool GerritServer::resolveVersion(const GerritParameters &p, bool forceReload)
         // REST endpoint for version is only available from 2.8 and up. Do not consider invalid
         // if it fails.
         if (proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-            QString output = proc.stdOut();
+            QString output = proc.cleanedStdOut();
             if (output.isEmpty())
                 return false;
             output.remove(0, output.indexOf('\n')); // Strip first line
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index 4d42372c72b..4b3b59a06d6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -761,8 +761,8 @@ public:
         // No conflicts => do nothing
         if (proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
             return;
-        handler.readStdOut(proc.stdOut());
-        handler.readStdErr(proc.stdErr());
+        handler.readStdOut(proc.cleanedStdOut());
+        handler.readStdErr(proc.cleanedStdErr());
     }
 
 private:
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ FilePaths GitClient::unmanagedFiles(const FilePaths &filePaths) const
         if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
             return filePaths;
         const QStringList managedFilePaths
-            = transform(proc.stdOut().split('\0', Qt::SkipEmptyParts),
+            = transform(proc.cleanedStdOut().split('\0', Qt::SkipEmptyParts),
                             [&wd](const QString &fp) { return wd.absoluteFilePath(fp); });
         const QStringList filtered = Utils::filtered(it.value(), [&managedFilePaths, &wd](const QString &fp) {
             return !managedFilePaths.contains(wd.absoluteFilePath(fp));
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ void GitClient::recoverDeletedFiles(const FilePath &workingDirectory)
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, {"ls-files", "--deleted"},
                             VcsCommand::SuppressCommandLogging);
     if (proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        const QString stdOut = proc.stdOut().trimmed();
+        const QString stdOut = proc.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
         if (stdOut.isEmpty()) {
             VcsOutputWindow::appendError(tr("Nothing to recover"));
             return;
@@ -1542,11 +1542,11 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousLog(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QStringLi
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, allArguments, flags, vcsTimeoutS(),
                             encoding(workingDirectory, "i18n.logOutputEncoding"));
     if (proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        *output = proc.stdOut();
+        *output = proc.cleanedStdOut();
         return true;
     } else {
         msgCannotRun(tr("Cannot obtain log of \"%1\": %2")
-            .arg(workingDirectory.toUserOutput(), proc.stdErr()), errorMessageIn);
+            .arg(workingDirectory.toUserOutput(), proc.cleanedStdErr()), errorMessageIn);
         return false;
     }
 }
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousReset(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
 
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, arguments);
-    const QString stdOut = proc.stdOut();
+    const QString stdOut = proc.cleanedStdOut();
     VcsOutputWindow::append(stdOut);
     // Note that git exits with 1 even if the operation is successful
     // Assume real failure if the output does not contain "foo.cpp modified"
@@ -1604,10 +1604,10 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousReset(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess
         && (!stdOut.contains("modified") && !stdOut.contains("Unstaged changes after reset"))) {
         if (files.isEmpty()) {
-            msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.stdErr(), errorMessage);
+            msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.cleanedStdErr(), errorMessage);
         } else {
             msgCannotRun(tr("Cannot reset %n files in \"%1\": %2", nullptr, files.size())
-                .arg(workingDirectory.toUserOutput(), proc.stdErr()),
+                .arg(workingDirectory.toUserOutput(), proc.cleanedStdErr()),
                          errorMessage);
         }
         return false;
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousInit(const FilePath &workingDirectory)
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, QStringList{"init"});
     // '[Re]Initialized...'
-    VcsOutputWindow::append(proc.stdOut());
+    VcsOutputWindow::append(proc.cleanedStdOut());
     if (proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         resetCachedVcsInfo(workingDirectory);
         return true;
@@ -1653,7 +1653,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousCheckoutFiles(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QStri
         //: Meaning of the arguments: %1: revision, %2: files, %3: repository,
         //: %4: Error message
         msgCannotRun(tr("Cannot checkout \"%1\" of %2 in \"%3\": %4")
-                         .arg(revision, fileArg, workingDirectory.toUserOutput(), proc.stdErr()),
+                         .arg(revision, fileArg, workingDirectory.toUserOutput(), proc.cleanedStdErr()),
                      errorMessage);
         return false;
     }
@@ -1701,10 +1701,10 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousRevListCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QS
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, arguments, silentFlags);
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.stdErr(), errorMessage);
+        msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.cleanedStdErr(), errorMessage);
         return false;
     }
-    *output = proc.stdOut();
+    *output = proc.cleanedStdOut();
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ QString GitClient::synchronousCurrentLocalBranch(const FilePath &workingDirector
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, {"symbolic-ref", HEAD}, silentFlags);
     if (proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        branch = proc.stdOut().trimmed();
+        branch = proc.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
     } else {
         const QString gitDir = findGitDirForRepository(workingDirectory);
         const QString rebaseHead = gitDir + "/rebase-merge/head-name";
@@ -1790,11 +1790,11 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousHeadRefs(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QStringLis
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, arguments, silentFlags);
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.stdErr(), errorMessage);
+        msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.cleanedStdErr(), errorMessage);
         return false;
     }
 
-    const QString stdOut = proc.stdOut();
+    const QString stdOut = proc.cleanedStdOut();
     const QString headSha = stdOut.left(10);
     QString rest = stdOut.mid(15);
 
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ QString GitClient::synchronousTopic(const FilePath &workingDirectory) const
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, QStringList{"describe"}, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
     if (proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        const QString stdOut = proc.stdOut().trimmed();
+        const QString stdOut = proc.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
         if (!stdOut.isEmpty())
             return stdOut;
     }
@@ -1852,9 +1852,9 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousRevParseCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const Q
     const QStringList arguments = {"rev-parse", ref};
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, arguments, silentFlags);
-    *output = proc.stdOut().trimmed();
+    *output = proc.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.stdErr(), errorMessage);
+        msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.cleanedStdErr(), errorMessage);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ QString GitClient::synchronousTopRevision(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QDat
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, arguments, silentFlags);
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return QString();
-    const QStringList output = proc.stdOut().trimmed().split(':');
+    const QStringList output = proc.cleanedStdOut().trimmed().split(':');
     if (dateTime && output.size() > 1) {
         bool ok = false;
         const qint64 timeT = output.at(1).toLongLong(&ok);
@@ -1889,7 +1889,7 @@ bool GitClient::isFastForwardMerge(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QStri
 {
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, {"merge-base", HEAD, branch}, silentFlags);
-    return proc.stdOut().trimmed() == synchronousTopRevision(workingDirectory);
+    return proc.cleanedStdOut().trimmed() == synchronousTopRevision(workingDirectory);
 }
 
 // Format an entry in a one-liner for selection list using git log.
@@ -1902,10 +1902,10 @@ QString GitClient::synchronousShortDescription(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, arguments, silentFlags);
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         VcsOutputWindow::appendSilently(tr("Cannot describe revision \"%1\" in \"%2\": %3")
-                                        .arg(revision, workingDirectory.toUserOutput(), proc.stdErr()));
+                                        .arg(revision, workingDirectory.toUserOutput(), proc.cleanedStdErr()));
         return revision;
     }
-    return stripLastNewline(proc.stdOut());
+    return stripLastNewline(proc.cleanedStdOut());
 }
 
 // Create a default message to be used for describing stashes
@@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ bool GitClient::executeSynchronousStash(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsSynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, arguments, flags);
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.stdErr(), errorMessage);
+        msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.cleanedStdErr(), errorMessage);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -2021,9 +2021,9 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousBranchCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QStringLi
     branchArgs.push_front("branch");
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, branchArgs);
-    *output = proc.stdOut();
+    *output = proc.cleanedStdOut();
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        msgCannotRun(branchArgs, workingDirectory, proc.stdErr(), errorMessage);
+        msgCannotRun(branchArgs, workingDirectory, proc.cleanedStdErr(), errorMessage);
         return false;
     }
     return true;
@@ -2035,9 +2035,9 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousTagCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QStringList
     tagArgs.push_front("tag");
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, tagArgs);
-    *output = proc.stdOut();
+    *output = proc.cleanedStdOut();
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        msgCannotRun(tagArgs, workingDirectory, proc.stdErr(), errorMessage);
+        msgCannotRun(tagArgs, workingDirectory, proc.cleanedStdErr(), errorMessage);
         return false;
     }
     return true;
@@ -2049,9 +2049,9 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousForEachRefCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QStri
     args.push_front("for-each-ref");
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, args, silentFlags);
-    *output = proc.stdOut();
+    *output = proc.cleanedStdOut();
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        msgCannotRun(args, workingDirectory, proc.stdErr(), errorMessage);
+        msgCannotRun(args, workingDirectory, proc.cleanedStdErr(), errorMessage);
         return false;
     }
     return true;
@@ -2070,9 +2070,9 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousRemoteCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QStringLi
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, remoteArgs, silent ? silentFlags : 0);
 
-    const QString stdErr = proc.stdErr();
+    const QString stdErr = proc.cleanedStdErr();
     *errorMessage = stdErr;
-    *output = proc.stdOut();
+    *output = proc.cleanedStdOut();
 
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         msgCannotRun(remoteArgs, workingDirectory, stdErr, errorMessage);
@@ -2116,10 +2116,10 @@ QStringList GitClient::synchronousSubmoduleStatus(const FilePath &workingDirecto
 
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         msgCannotRun(tr("Cannot retrieve submodule status of \"%1\": %2")
-                     .arg(workingDirectory.toUserOutput(), proc.stdErr()), errorMessage);
+                     .arg(workingDirectory.toUserOutput(), proc.cleanedStdErr()), errorMessage);
         return QStringList();
     }
-    return splitLines(proc.stdOut());
+    return splitLines(proc.cleanedStdOut());
 }
 
 SubmoduleDataMap GitClient::submoduleList(const FilePath &workingDirectory) const
@@ -2195,7 +2195,7 @@ QByteArray GitClient::synchronousShow(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QS
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, arguments, flags);
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.stdErr(), nullptr);
+        msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.cleanedStdErr(), nullptr);
         return {};
     }
     return proc.rawStdOut();
@@ -2211,7 +2211,7 @@ bool GitClient::cleanList(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QString &modul
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, directory, arguments, VcsCommand::ForceCLocale);
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        msgCannotRun(arguments, directory, proc.stdErr(), errorMessage);
+        msgCannotRun(arguments, directory, proc.cleanedStdErr(), errorMessage);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ bool GitClient::cleanList(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QString &modul
     const QString relativeBase = modulePath.isEmpty() ? QString() : modulePath + '/';
     const QString prefix = "Would remove ";
     const QStringList removeLines = Utils::filtered(
-                splitLines(proc.stdOut()), [](const QString &s) {
+                splitLines(proc.cleanedStdOut()), [](const QString &s) {
         return s.startsWith("Would remove ");
     });
     *files = Utils::transform(removeLines, [&relativeBase, &prefix](const QString &s) -> QString {
@@ -2257,7 +2257,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousApplyPatch(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
 
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, arguments);
-    const QString stdErr = proc.stdErr();
+    const QString stdErr = proc.cleanedStdErr();
     if (proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         if (!stdErr.isEmpty())
             *errorMessage = tr("There were warnings while applying \"%1\" to \"%2\":\n%3")
@@ -2394,7 +2394,7 @@ GitClient::StatusResult GitClient::gitStatus(const FilePath &workingDirectory, S
 
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, arguments, silentFlags);
-    const QString stdOut = proc.stdOut();
+    const QString stdOut = proc.cleanedStdOut();
 
     if (output)
         *output = stdOut;
@@ -2404,7 +2404,7 @@ GitClient::StatusResult GitClient::gitStatus(const FilePath &workingDirectory, S
     // Is it something really fatal?
     if (!statusRc && !branchKnown) {
         if (errorMessage) {
-            *errorMessage = tr("Cannot obtain status: %1").arg(proc.stdErr());
+            *errorMessage = tr("Cannot obtain status: %1").arg(proc.cleanedStdErr());
         }
         return StatusFailed;
     }
@@ -2547,7 +2547,7 @@ QStringList GitClient::synchronousRepositoryBranches(const QString &repositoryUR
     // split "82bfad2f51d34e98b18982211c82220b8db049b<tab>refs/heads/master"
     bool headFound = false;
     bool branchFound = false;
-    const QStringList lines = proc.stdOut().split('\n');
+    const QStringList lines = proc.cleanedStdOut().split('\n');
     for (const QString &line : lines) {
         if (line.endsWith("\tHEAD")) {
             QTC_CHECK(headSha.isNull());
@@ -3179,7 +3179,7 @@ void GitClient::synchronousAbortCommand(const FilePath &workingDir, const QStrin
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDir, {abortCommand, "--abort"},
                             VcsCommand::ExpectRepoChanges | VcsCommand::ShowSuccessMessage);
-    VcsOutputWindow::append(proc.stdOut());
+    VcsOutputWindow::append(proc.cleanedStdOut());
 }
 
 QString GitClient::synchronousTrackingBranch(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QString &branch)
@@ -3529,12 +3529,12 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousStashRemove(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const Q
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, arguments);
     if (proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        const QString output = proc.stdOut();
+        const QString output = proc.cleanedStdOut();
         if (!output.isEmpty())
             VcsOutputWindow::append(output);
         return true;
     } else {
-        msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.stdErr(), errorMessage);
+        msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.cleanedStdErr(), errorMessage);
         return false;
     }
 }
@@ -3548,11 +3548,11 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousStashList(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QList<Sta
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, arguments, VcsCommand::ForceCLocale);
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.stdErr(), errorMessage);
+        msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, proc.cleanedStdErr(), errorMessage);
         return false;
     }
     Stash stash;
-    const QStringList lines = splitLines(proc.stdOut());
+    const QStringList lines = splitLines(proc.cleanedStdOut());
     for (const QString &line : lines) {
         if (stash.parseStashLine(line))
             stashes->push_back(stash);
@@ -3589,7 +3589,7 @@ QString GitClient::readOneLine(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QStringLi
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, arguments, silentFlags, vcsTimeoutS(), codec);
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return QString();
-    return proc.stdOut().trimmed();
+    return proc.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
 }
 
 // determine version as '(major << 16) + (minor << 8) + patch' or 0.
@@ -3615,13 +3615,13 @@ unsigned GitClient::synchronousGitVersion(QString *errorMessage) const
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsSynchronousExec(proc, {}, {"--version"}, silentFlags);
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        msgCannotRun(tr("Cannot determine Git version: %1").arg(proc.stdErr()), errorMessage);
+        msgCannotRun(tr("Cannot determine Git version: %1").arg(proc.cleanedStdErr()), errorMessage);
         return 0;
     }
 
     // cut 'git version 1.6.5.1.sha'
     // another form: 'git version 1.9.rc1'
-    const QString output = proc.stdOut();
+    const QString output = proc.cleanedStdOut();
     const QRegularExpression versionPattern("^[^\\d]+(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)\\.(\\d+|rc\\d).*$");
     QTC_ASSERT(versionPattern.isValid(), return 0);
     const QRegularExpressionMatch match = versionPattern.match(output);
diff --git a/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.cpp b/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.cpp
index 13942365ccd..41af86aa03e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.cpp
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static QByteArray decodeProvisioningProfile(const QString &path)
     p.runBlocking();
     if (p.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         qCDebug(iosCommonLog) << "Reading signed provisioning file failed" << path;
-    return p.stdOut().toLatin1();
+    return p.cleanedStdOut().toLatin1();
 }
 
 void IosConfigurations::updateAutomaticKitList()
diff --git a/src/plugins/ios/iosprobe.cpp b/src/plugins/ios/iosprobe.cpp
index 49ae0a7cd20..4f09f556a07 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ios/iosprobe.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/ios/iosprobe.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void XcodeProbe::detectDeveloperPaths()
         qCWarning(probeLog)
                 << QString::fromLatin1("Could not detect selected Xcode using xcode-select");
     else
-        addDeveloperPath(selectedXcode.stdOut().trimmed());
+        addDeveloperPath(selectedXcode.cleanedStdOut().trimmed());
     addDeveloperPath(defaultDeveloperPath);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/ios/simulatorcontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/ios/simulatorcontrol.cpp
index 0334e11218c..d4b154a0c9e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ios/simulatorcontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/ios/simulatorcontrol.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static bool runCommand(const CommandLine &command, QString *stdOutput, QString *
     p.setCommand(command);
     p.runBlocking();
     if (stdOutput)
-        *stdOutput = p.stdOut();
+        *stdOutput = p.cleanedStdOut();
     if (allOutput)
         *allOutput = p.allOutput();
     return p.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
diff --git a/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialclient.cpp b/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialclient.cpp
index c4d7f89abb3..ddf930ba1c6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialclient.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ bool MercurialClient::manifestSync(const FilePath &repository, const QString &re
     const QDir repositoryDir(repository.toString());
     const QFileInfo needle = QFileInfo(repositoryDir, relativeFilename);
 
-    const QStringList files = proc.stdOut().split(QLatin1Char('\n'));
+    const QStringList files = proc.cleanedStdOut().split(QLatin1Char('\n'));
     for (const QString &fileName : files) {
         const QFileInfo managedFile(repositoryDir, fileName);
         if (needle == managedFile)
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ bool MercurialClient::synchronousPull(const FilePath &workingDir, const QString
 
     const bool ok = proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
 
-    parsePullOutput(proc.stdOut().trimmed());
+    parsePullOutput(proc.cleanedStdOut().trimmed());
     return ok;
 }
 
@@ -232,16 +232,16 @@ changeset:   0:031a48610fba
 user: ...
 \endcode   */
     // Obtain first line and split by blank-delimited tokens
-    const QStringList lines = proc.stdOut().split(QLatin1Char('\n'));
+    const QStringList lines = proc.cleanedStdOut().split(QLatin1Char('\n'));
     if (lines.size() < 1) {
         VcsOutputWindow::appendSilently(
-            msgParentRevisionFailed(workingDirectory, revision, msgParseParentsOutputFailed(proc.stdOut())));
+            msgParentRevisionFailed(workingDirectory, revision, msgParseParentsOutputFailed(proc.cleanedStdOut())));
         return QStringList();
     }
     QStringList changeSets = lines.front().simplified().split(QLatin1Char(' '));
     if (changeSets.size() < 2) {
         VcsOutputWindow::appendSilently(
-            msgParentRevisionFailed(workingDirectory, revision, msgParseParentsOutputFailed(proc.stdOut())));
+            msgParentRevisionFailed(workingDirectory, revision, msgParseParentsOutputFailed(proc.cleanedStdOut())));
         return QStringList();
     }
     // Remove revision numbers
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ QString MercurialClient::shortDescriptionSync(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, args);
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return revision;
-    return stripLastNewline(proc.stdOut());
+    return stripLastNewline(proc.cleanedStdOut());
 }
 
 // Default format: "SHA1 (author summmary)"
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ bool MercurialClient::managesFile(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QStrin
     args << QLatin1String("status") << QLatin1String("--unknown") << fileName;
     QtcProcess proc;
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, args);
-    return proc.stdOut().isEmpty();
+    return proc.cleanedStdOut().isEmpty();
 }
 
 void MercurialClient::incoming(const FilePath &repositoryRoot, const QString &repository)
diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/exewrappers/toolwrapper.cpp b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/exewrappers/toolwrapper.cpp
index d13175f5f4f..48579c8d074 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/exewrappers/toolwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/exewrappers/toolwrapper.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Version ToolWrapper::read_version(const Utils::FilePath &toolPath)
         process.setCommand({ toolPath, { "--version" } });
         process.start();
         if (process.waitForFinished())
-            return Version::fromString(process.stdOut());
+            return Version::fromString(process.cleanedStdOut());
     }
     return {};
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.cpp b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.cpp
index 7a2a642eebc..634012cb42f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static std::vector<NimbleTask> parseTasks(const FilePath &nimblePath, const File
     std::vector<NimbleTask> result;
 
     if (process.exitCode() != 0) {
-        TaskHub::addTask(Task(Task::Error, process.stdOut(), {}, -1, Constants::C_NIMPARSE_ID));
+        TaskHub::addTask(Task(Task::Error, process.cleanedStdOut(), {}, -1, Constants::C_NIMPARSE_ID));
         return result;
     }
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static NimbleMetadata parseMetadata(const FilePath &nimblePath, const FilePath &
     NimbleMetadata result = {};
 
     if (process.exitCode() != 0) {
-        TaskHub::addTask(Task(Task::Error, process.stdOut(), {}, -1, Constants::C_NIMPARSE_ID));
+        TaskHub::addTask(Task(Task::Error, process.cleanedStdOut(), {}, -1, Constants::C_NIMPARSE_ID));
         return result;
     }
     const QList<QByteArray> &lines = linesFromProcessOutput(&process);
diff --git a/src/plugins/perforce/perforcechecker.cpp b/src/plugins/perforce/perforcechecker.cpp
index 3dc7f73d504..8ce4f04d395 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perforce/perforcechecker.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perforce/perforcechecker.cpp
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ void PerforceChecker::slotDone()
         break;
     case QProcess::NormalExit:
         if (m_process.exitCode()) {
-            const QString stdErr = m_process.stdErr();
+            const QString stdErr = m_process.cleanedStdErr();
             emitFailed(tr("\"%1\" terminated with exit code %2: %3").
                    arg(m_binary.toUserOutput()).arg(m_process.exitCode()).arg(stdErr));
         } else {
-            parseOutput(m_process.stdOut());
+            parseOutput(m_process.cleanedStdOut());
         }
         break;
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/perforce/perforceplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/perforce/perforceplugin.cpp
index 4c7039d2606..84ecf557214 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perforce/perforceplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perforce/perforceplugin.cpp
@@ -1277,8 +1277,8 @@ PerforceResponse PerforcePluginPrivate::synchronousProcess(const FilePath &worki
     PerforceResponse response;
     response.error = true;
     response.exitCode = process.exitCode();
-    response.stdErr = process.stdErr();
-    response.stdOut = process.stdOut();
+    response.stdErr = process.cleanedStdErr();
+    response.stdOut = process.cleanedStdOut();
     switch (process.result()) {
     case ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess:
         response.error = false;
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customwizard/customwizardscriptgenerator.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customwizard/customwizardscriptgenerator.cpp
index 0b834009493..c5f801cc8e4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customwizard/customwizardscriptgenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customwizard/customwizardscriptgenerator.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static bool
     process.runBlocking(EventLoopMode::On);
     if (process.result() != Utils::ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         *errorMessage = QString("Generator script failed: %1").arg(process.exitMessage());
-        const QString stdErr = process.stdErr();
+        const QString stdErr = process.cleanedStdErr();
         if (!stdErr.isEmpty()) {
             errorMessage->append(QLatin1Char('\n'));
             errorMessage->append(stdErr);
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static bool
         return false;
     }
     if (stdOut) {
-        *stdOut = process.stdOut();
+        *stdOut = process.cleanedStdOut();
         if (CustomWizard::verbose())
             qDebug("Output: '%s'\n", qPrintable(*stdOut));
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.cpp
index a9ab24c39b8..da69611151f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.cpp
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ void SshDeviceProcessList::doKillProcess(const ProcessInfo &process)
 void SshDeviceProcessList::handleProcessDone()
 {
     if (d->m_process.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        reportProcessListUpdated(buildProcessList(d->m_process.stdOut()));
+        reportProcessListUpdated(buildProcessList(d->m_process.cleanedStdOut()));
     } else {
         const QString errorMessage = d->m_process.exitStatus() == QProcess::NormalExit
                 ? tr("Process listing command failed with exit code %1.").arg(d->m_process.exitCode())
                 : d->m_process.errorString();
-        const QString stdErr = d->m_process.stdErr();
+        const QString stdErr = d->m_process.cleanedStdErr();
         const QString fullMessage = stdErr.isEmpty()
                 ? errorMessage : errorMessage + '\n' + tr("Remote stderr was: %1").arg(stdErr);
         reportError(fullMessage);
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
index 355ff2d7fc6..8a3ffe5b53b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ bool ClangToolChain::matchesCompilerCommand(const Utils::FilePath &command,
             std::unique_ptr<QtcProcess> xcrun(new QtcProcess);
             xcrun->setCommand({"/usr/bin/xcrun", {"-f", compilerCommand().fileName()}});
             xcrun->runBlocking();
-            const FilePath output = FilePath::fromString(xcrun->stdOut().trimmed());
+            const FilePath output = FilePath::fromString(xcrun->cleanedStdOut().trimmed());
             if (output.isExecutableFile() && output != compilerCommand())
                 m_resolvedCompilerCommand = output;
         }
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp
index 9f456a8b06c..99b1e0bad06 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static QVector<VisualStudioInstallation> detectVisualStudioFromVsWhere(const QSt
         return installations;
     }
 
-    QByteArray output = vsWhereProcess.stdOut().toUtf8();
+    QByteArray output = vsWhereProcess.cleanedStdOut().toUtf8();
     QJsonParseError error;
     const QJsonDocument doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(output, &error);
     if (error.error != QJsonParseError::NoError || doc.isNull()) {
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ Macros MsvcToolChain::msvcPredefinedMacros(const QStringList &cxxflags,
     if (cpp.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return predefinedMacros;
 
-    const QStringList output = Utils::filtered(cpp.stdOut().split('\n'),
+    const QStringList output = Utils::filtered(cpp.cleanedStdOut().split('\n'),
                                                [](const QString &s) { return s.startsWith('V'); });
     for (const QString &line : output)
         predefinedMacros.append(Macro::fromKeyValue(line.mid(1)));
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ static QVersionNumber clangClVersion(const FilePath &clangClPath)
         return {};
     const QRegularExpressionMatch match = QRegularExpression(
                                               QStringLiteral("clang version (\\d+(\\.\\d+)+)"))
-                                              .match(clangClProcess.stdOut());
+                                              .match(clangClProcess.cleanedStdOut());
     if (!match.hasMatch())
         return {};
     return QVersionNumber::fromString(match.captured(1));
@@ -2127,7 +2127,7 @@ Utils::optional<QString> MsvcToolChain::generateEnvironmentSettings(const Utils:
     run.runBlocking();
 
     if (run.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-        const QString message = !run.stdErr().isEmpty() ? run.stdErr() : run.exitMessage();
+        const QString message = !run.cleanedStdErr().isEmpty() ? run.cleanedStdErr() : run.exitMessage();
         qWarning().noquote() << message;
         QString command = QDir::toNativeSeparators(batchFile);
         if (!batchArgs.isEmpty())
@@ -2139,7 +2139,7 @@ Utils::optional<QString> MsvcToolChain::generateEnvironmentSettings(const Utils:
     }
 
     // The SDK/MSVC scripts do not return exit codes != 0. Check on stdout.
-    const QString stdOut = run.stdOut();
+    const QString stdOut = run.cleanedStdOut();
 
     //
     // Now parse the file to get the environment settings
diff --git a/src/plugins/python/pythonsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/python/pythonsettings.cpp
index e861e4c46b8..c8e77b0e538 100644
--- a/src/plugins/python/pythonsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/python/pythonsettings.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static Interpreter createInterpreter(const FilePath &python,
     pythonProcess.setCommand({python, {"--version"}});
     pythonProcess.runBlocking();
     if (pythonProcess.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
-        result.name = pythonProcess.stdOut().trimmed();
+        result.name = pythonProcess.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
     if (result.name.isEmpty())
         result.name = defaultName;
     if (windowedSuffix)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxutils.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxutils.cpp
index e46b5cec8e0..1670419a432 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxutils.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxutils.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ EnvironmentItems QnxUtils::qnxEnvironmentFromEnvFile(const FilePath &filePath)
         return items;
 
     // parsing process output
-    const QString output = process.stdOut();
+    const QString output = process.cleanedStdOut();
     for (const QString &line : output.split('\n')) {
         int equalIndex = line.indexOf('=');
         if (equalIndex < 0)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
index 4298c74590e..8b51cdaa6d9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ static QByteArray runQmakeQuery(const FilePath &binary, const Environment &env,
     const QByteArray out = process.readAllStandardOutput();
     if (out.isEmpty()) {
         *error = QCoreApplication::translate("QtVersion", "\"%1\" produced no output: %2.")
-                .arg(binary.displayName(), process.stdErr());
+                .arg(binary.displayName(), process.cleanedStdErr());
         return {};
     }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericdirectuploadservice.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericdirectuploadservice.cpp
index f4aed62bfd6..6842eb43311 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericdirectuploadservice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericdirectuploadservice.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ QDateTime GenericDirectUploadService::timestampFromStat(const DeployableFile &fi
         error = tr("\"stat\" crashed.");
     } else if (statProc->exitCode() != 0) {
         error = tr("\"stat\" failed with exit code %1: %2")
-                .arg(statProc->exitCode()).arg(statProc->stdErr());
+                .arg(statProc->exitCode()).arg(statProc->cleanedStdErr());
     } else {
         succeeded = true;
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
index edc6a624562..f011d8c563f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ QString SshSharedConnection::fullProcessError() const
 {
     const QString errorString = m_masterProcess->exitStatus() == QProcess::CrashExit
             ? m_masterProcess->errorString() : QString();
-    const QString standardError = m_masterProcess->stdErr();
+    const QString standardError = m_masterProcess->cleanedStdErr();
     const QString errorPrefix = errorString.isEmpty() && standardError.isEmpty()
             ? tr("SSH connection failure.") : tr("SSH connection failure:");
     QStringList allErrors {errorPrefix, errorString, standardError};
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevicetester.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevicetester.cpp
index 796b9c87d4e..6d0028fb800 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevicetester.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevicetester.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void GenericLinuxDeviceTester::handleEchoDone()
         return;
     }
 
-    const QString reply = d->echoProcess.stdOut().chopped(1); // Remove trailing \n
+    const QString reply = d->echoProcess.cleanedStdOut().chopped(1); // Remove trailing \n
     if (reply != s_echoContents)
         emit errorMessage(tr("Device replied to echo with unexpected contents.") + '\n');
     else
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/publickeydeploymentdialog.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/publickeydeploymentdialog.cpp
index e8c0c3b6ce2..3ba3f011d70 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/publickeydeploymentdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/publickeydeploymentdialog.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ PublicKeyDeploymentDialog::PublicKeyDeploymentDialog(const IDevice::ConstPtr &de
         if (!succeeded) {
             QString errorMessage = d->m_process.errorString();
             if (errorMessage.isEmpty())
-                errorMessage = d->m_process.stdErr();
+                errorMessage = d->m_process.cleanedStdErr();
             if (errorMessage.endsWith('\n'))
                 errorMessage.chop(1);
             finalMessage = tr("Key deployment failed.");
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/rsyncdeploystep.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/rsyncdeploystep.cpp
index bd17c575f7d..7b8cf858f19 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/rsyncdeploystep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/rsyncdeploystep.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public:
         connect(&m_mkdir, &QtcProcess::done, this, [this] {
             if (m_mkdir.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
                 QString finalMessage = m_mkdir.errorString();
-                const QString stdErr = m_mkdir.stdErr();
+                const QString stdErr = m_mkdir.cleanedStdErr();
                 if (!stdErr.isEmpty()) {
                     if (!finalMessage.isEmpty())
                         finalMessage += '\n';
diff --git a/src/plugins/silversearcher/findinfilessilversearcher.cpp b/src/plugins/silversearcher/findinfilessilversearcher.cpp
index d32bbdc22b7..fa9c0a20c29 100644
--- a/src/plugins/silversearcher/findinfilessilversearcher.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/silversearcher/findinfilessilversearcher.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ bool isSilverSearcherAvailable()
     silverSearcherProcess.setCommand({"ag", {"--version"}});
     silverSearcherProcess.start();
     if (silverSearcherProcess.waitForFinished(1000)) {
-        if (silverSearcherProcess.stdOut().contains("ag version"))
+        if (silverSearcherProcess.cleanedStdOut().contains("ag version"))
             return true;
     }
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void runSilverSeacher(FutureInterfaceType &fi, FileFindParameters parameters)
             regexp.setPattern(parameters.text);
             regexp.setPatternOptions(patternOptions);
         }
-        SilverSearcher::SilverSearcherOutputParser parser(process.stdOut(), regexp);
+        SilverSearcher::SilverSearcherOutputParser parser(process.cleanedStdOut(), regexp);
         FileSearchResultList items = parser.parse();
         if (!items.isEmpty())
             fi.reportResult(items);
diff --git a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.cpp b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.cpp
index 3083672d54d..99f13476586 100644
--- a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ QString SubversionClient::synchronousTopic(const FilePath &repository) const
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return QString();
 
-    return proc.stdOut().trimmed();
+    return proc.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
 }
 
 QString SubversionClient::escapeFile(const QString &file)
diff --git a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
index 97e5ee6649f..46231e4052d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
@@ -1034,8 +1034,8 @@ SubversionResponse SubversionPluginPrivate::runSvn(const FilePath &workingDir,
     response.error = proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
     if (response.error)
         response.message = proc.exitMessage();
-    response.stdErr = proc.stdErr();
-    response.stdOut = proc.stdOut();
+    response.stdErr = proc.cleanedStdErr();
+    response.stdOut = proc.cleanedStdOut();
     return response;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/formattexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/formattexteditor.cpp
index 58f48a0bf86..a01f543f1a1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/formattexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/formattexteditor.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static FormatTask format(FormatTask task)
                              .arg(process.exitMessage());
             return task;
         }
-        const QString output = process.stdErr();
+        const QString output = process.cleanedStdErr();
         if (!output.isEmpty())
             task.error = executable + QLatin1String(": ") + output;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/highlightersettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/highlightersettings.cpp
index 7691f39cbed..d4755948084 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/highlightersettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/highlightersettings.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ FilePath findFallbackDefinitionsLocation()
             process.setCommand({program, {"--prefix"}});
             process.runBlocking();
             if (process.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-                QString output = process.stdOut();
+                QString output = process.cleanedStdOut();
                 output.remove('\n');
                 const FilePath dir = FilePath::fromString(output);
                 for (auto &kateSyntaxPath : kateSyntaxPaths) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/updateinfo/updateinfoplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/updateinfo/updateinfoplugin.cpp
index a0617df3a09..78d31e72910 100644
--- a/src/plugins/updateinfo/updateinfoplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/updateinfo/updateinfoplugin.cpp
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ void UpdateInfoPlugin::startCheckForUpdates()
         this,
         [this, futureIf]() mutable {
             if (d->m_maintenanceToolProcess->result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-                d->m_updateOutput = d->m_maintenanceToolProcess->stdOut();
+                d->m_updateOutput = d->m_maintenanceToolProcess->cleanedStdOut();
                 if (d->m_settings.checkForQtVersions) {
                     d->m_maintenanceToolProcess.reset(new QtcProcess);
                     d->m_maintenanceToolProcess->setCommand(
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void UpdateInfoPlugin::startCheckForUpdates()
                         [this, futureIf]() mutable {
                             if (d->m_maintenanceToolProcess->result()
                                 == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
-                                d->m_packagesOutput = d->m_maintenanceToolProcess->stdOut();
+                                d->m_packagesOutput = d->m_maintenanceToolProcess->cleanedStdOut();
                                 d->m_maintenanceToolProcess.reset();
                                 futureIf.reportFinished();
                                 checkForUpdatesFinished();
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindrunner.cpp
index b547edc802a..7b1b2fdc8e3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindrunner.cpp
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void ValgrindRunner::Private::findPidProcessDone()
         emit q->processOutputReceived(m_findPID.allOutput(), StdErrFormat);
         return;
     }
-    QString out = m_findPID.stdOut();
+    QString out = m_findPID.cleanedStdOut();
     if (out.isEmpty())
         return;
     bool ok;
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
index 35e61845028..ea43dca0046 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ bool VcsBaseClient::synchronousCreateRepository(const FilePath &workingDirectory
     vcsFullySynchronousExec(proc, workingDirectory, args);
     if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return false;
-    VcsOutputWindow::append(proc.stdOut());
+    VcsOutputWindow::append(proc.cleanedStdOut());
 
     resetCachedVcsInfo(workingDirectory);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/webassembly/webassemblyemsdk.cpp b/src/plugins/webassembly/webassemblyemsdk.cpp
index c5da7d13570..351bda3062e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/webassembly/webassemblyemsdk.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/webassembly/webassemblyemsdk.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ QVersionNumber WebAssemblyEmSdk::version(const FilePath &sdkRoot)
         emcc.setCommand(command);
         emcc.setEnvironment(env);
         emcc.runBlocking();
-        const QString version = emcc.stdOut();
+        const QString version = emcc.cleanedStdOut();
         emSdkVersionCache()->insert(cacheKey,
                                     new QVersionNumber(QVersionNumber::fromString(version)));
     }