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We evaluated the ability of a polygalacturonic and caprylic acid (PG + CAP) ointment to eradicate Candida albicans, C. parapsilosis, C. glabrata, C. tropicalis, and C. auris biofilms in a fibrin gel wound biofilm model of the complex wound biofilm environment. Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) is a disinfecting antimicrobial agent that is widely used as wound irrigant, and this was used as a comparator. A single treatment with PG + CAP reduced the number of viable organisms in the C. albicans and C. glabrata biofilms by over 5 log10, in the C. parapsilosis and C. auris biofilms by over 4 log10, and in the C. tropicalis biofilm by 3.85 log10. PG + CAP was superior (p &lt; 0.01) to HOCl in eradicating all Candida species biofilms, except for C. auris, for which both treatments fully eradicated all viable organisms. The use of HOCl in Candida-colonized wounds should include consideration of the extracellular matrix load in the wound bed. 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