Windows comes pre-installed with a collection of useful tools that may assist you in maintaining an organized and well-organized storage space on your computer. The difficulty is that not everyone is aware of where these functionalities may be located or what they should look for while searching for them.
One of these tools is known as the Disk Cleanup utility. It gives you the ability to remove data such as temporary files, which, over the course of their time, may amount to a significant quantity of data measured in gigabytes (GB).
The following steps need to be taken in order to access the Disk Cleanup function:
1. Navigate to the Computer window by clicking the Start button and selecting Computer.
2. Select ‘Properties’ from the drop-down menu that appears when you right-click your hard disk.
3. Navigate to the tab labeled “General,” and then choose the “Disk Cleanup” option.
4. Once Windows has finished scanning your disk, it will inform you of the amount of space that may be freed up by using the Disk Cleanup tool.
5. After deciding the files you want to remove from the drive, make your selections and then press the OK button.
The Clean up system files function is yet another option that should be discussed in this context. By making use of this capability, you will be able to clear up previous Windows restore points from your hard drive, leaving just the most current of them in place. If you want to utilize this feature, you need to make sure that your computer is functioning normally first, since after the restore points have been erased, you won’t be able to go back to the previous versions of the files.
1. Click the Clean up system files.
2. In the window that appears for Disk Cleanup, choose the button labeled “More Options.”
3. Locate the header that reads “System Restore and Shadow Copies,” then select it, and click the “Clean up…”
Following the methods outlined above, we were able to delete a number of these files. Nevertheless, it is possible that some of them may be sent to the Recycle Bin. If you make a mistake and delete a file that you later decide you need, you can simply retrieve the item from the Recycle Bin and go on with your work. This is an excellent precaution to take since it ensures that even if you delete a file unintentionally, you can quickly get it back.
Despite this, the files that you have moved to the Recycle Bin will continue to use storage space on your computer. If you are certain that you want to get rid of the files that are currently in your Recycle Bin, you can either select the files that you want to get rid of and then right-click on them to delete them, or you can simply click the button that says “Empty the Recycle Bin” to get rid of all of the files in the Recycle Bin permanently.
Following the methods outlined above, we were able to delete a number of these files. Nevertheless, it is possible that some of them may be sent to the Recycle Bin. If you make a mistake and delete a file that you later decide you need, you can simply retrieve the item from the Recycle Bin and go on with your work. This is an excellent precaution to take since it ensures that even if you delete a file unintentionally, you can quickly get it back.