Recycle Bin is a folder that contains the files you've deleted. You should only select this option if you are sure you won't need to restore files from your Recycle Bin later. Temporary files are simply temporary files created by various apps on your computer.
They are not meant to be permanent, so don't worry about losing anything by deleting them. Thumbnails are cached images of pictures and videos on your computer that appear when you browse for files. Deleting them is fine and they'll just be automatically created again when necessary.
A confirmation message will appear, asking if you are sure you want to permanently delete the selected files. Click Delete Files to confirm. This erases all of the selected files. Disk Cleanup will close automatically once the selected files are deleted. Re-open Disk Cleanup if you want to delete more files. If you're an administrator on your PC and want to delete even more files, you can use Disk Cleanup again to delete system files. Click Clean up system files. It's the button in the lower-left area of the window.
This scans your drive and calculates how much space you may be able to save by deleting additional files. You may be prompted to select the drive again after clicking this button.
Delete old system restore points optional. Windows automatically creates images of your computer it can restore in the event of an emergency. If you're running low on space, you can free some up by deleting old restore points that have been replaced by newer ones. To do this: Click the More Options tab at the top. Click Delete to delete all but the most recent system restore point. Return to the Disk Cleanup tab when you're done to continue. Select files to delete.
In addition to the same sorts of files you were able to select earlier, you have some more options: Windows Update Cleanup files can take up a significant amount of space and are only used to install Windows Updates. Windows will automatically download the latest update files in the future, so you probably won't need to keep these older ones unless instructed by an admin. Microsoft Defender Antivirus are non-critical files used by your antivirus program that can safely be deleted.
Device driver packages, Language Resource Files , and Temporary Windows installation files are all meant to be temporary and can be deleted without issue. A confirmation message will appear.
Once the files are deleted, Disk Cleanup will close automatically. Method 2. Open your Windows Storage settings. Windows keeps track of the types of files consuming space on your hard drive and makes it simple to delete the ones you no longer need. The Windows Storage tool makes it easy to find personal files and apps that you no longer need.
Type storage into the search bar. Click Storage settings in the search results. Find the files consuming the most space on your hard drive. Once your storage settings load, you'll see the name of your hard drive e. Each category is a type of file, and each has its own bar indicator telling you how much space is being used by that file type. To view all categories, click Show more categories below the list. Click a category to view its details. This shows you how much space is occupied by files in this category, and gives you options depending on the type of files you chose.
For example, if you selected Temporary files , you'll see a list of all files meant to be temporary on your computer. If you choose Music , Pictures , or Desktop , you'll see how much space is consumed by the files in those specific folders. You can click the View button inside to see the actual files. Delete files you no longer need. Once that's done, look for the Previous Windows installation s and delete it using this tool. Obviously, removing these files makes it harder to recover data in case of an issue.
After performing a Windows upgrade even just to the latest version of Windows 10 we advise you to hold onto this folder until you're sure everything is working properly. This folder's name is a bit confusing.
It actually holds files used by Internet Explorer's ActiveX controls and Java applets, so if you use the same feature on a website, you don't have to download it twice. In effect, this folder is useless today. ActiveX is an extremely outdated technology that's full of security holes, and Java is near-extinct on today's web.
Internet Explorer is the only browser that supports ActiveX, and you'll probably only encounter it on ancient corporate websites if ever now. Most home users don't use IE anymore, let alone ActiveX. Your Downloaded Program Files folder might already be empty, but feel free to clean out its contents if it's not.
The LiveKernelReports folder is another directory which likely comes up when you're scanning for large files on your computer. This folder is home to dump files, which are ongoing information logs that Windows keeps.
If your computer runs into an issue, you can analyze the contents of these files to start troubleshooting your problem. Any huge files ending with the DMP file extension in this folder are safe to delete. Like the above locations, though, we recommend using Disk Cleanup instead of deleting the file yourself.
When Windows crashes or you have other major computer problems, don't delete these dump files right away. You can use a program like WhoCrashed to get more info from them. While the Rempl folder isn't large, you might be surprised when you see it appear on your system. It contains several small files, and you might even notice a few Task Manager processes connected to it. This folder is connected to Windows 10 update delivery.
It includes "reliability improvements" to help make Windows 10 updates go smoothly and iron out compatibility issues. Save those you think you might use or want to try, then every few months go over them again to cull out the ones you don't want. Start with Step 4 to turn off Startup freeloaders which can conflict and cause issues, then Step 7 to check for infection the most thorough way, then step 10 to check for damaged System Files, and also Step 16 to test a new Local Admin account.
Then continue with the other steps to go over your install most thoroughly. I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes.
I will keep working with you until it's resolved. The pages appear to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the sites that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP Potentially Unwanted Products. Thoroughly research any product advertised on the sites before you decide to download and install it. Note: You can click Change how we free up space to configure Storage Sense. You can click Clean Now to free up space quickly.
If the freed space after deleting unnecessary files is not enough, you can try to increase the capacity of C drive, especially when other drives have extra free space on the same hard drive.
It can allocate free space from a partition with enough space to C drive without losing data and add unallocated space into C drive , whether the unallocated space is contiguously behind C drive or not.
Have a look at how it allocates free space to C drive easily. Step 1. Install and run the partition tool.
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