{"id":877,"date":"2021-01-15T21:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T02:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsolutionsinc.com\/blog\/free-up-disk-space-on-your-pc-with-disk-cleanup\/"},"modified":"2022-03-02T08:41:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T13:41:49","slug":"free-up-disk-space-on-your-pc-with-disk-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsolutionsinc.com\/blog\/free-up-disk-space-on-your-pc-with-disk-cleanup\/","title":{"rendered":"Free up disk space on your PC with Disk Cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Hard disk drive capacities are increasing exponentially over time, yet somehow they always seem to fill up. This rings even more true for solid-state drives, which cost more but offer less storage space than conventional mechanical hard disks. If you\u2019re brushing against your PC’s maximum storage capacity, using Disk Cleanup should help you free up space by getting rid of unimportant files and programs cluttering up your hard drive.<\/p>\n

What is Disk Cleanup?<\/h3>\n

Disk cleanup is a tool that scans your computer\u2019s hard drive for files that you no longer use. These include temporary files, cached web pages, and deleted items stored in your system\u2019s Recycle Bin. Unless you periodically purge these files, they accumulate over time and take up a lot of space on your PC.<\/p>\n

Disk Cleanup categorizes the identified files as well as the amount of storage space that each category occupies within your hard drive. From these items, you decide which ones to delete according to their importance to you and the amount of storage space that you\u2019ll be able to recover.<\/p>\n

How to use Disk Cleanup<\/h3>\n

In Windows 10, you can access Disk Cleanup by going to the Start menu and scrolling to Windows Administrative Tools.<\/p>\n

Once opened, this tool automatically selects Drive C (though you can switch to other drives) and shows a list of file locations containing files that can be removed.<\/p>\n

Each file location has a corresponding checkbox that needs to be selected in order to delete the files it contains. Upon clicking a file location, a description of the files it contains will appear at the bottom of the window so that you\u2019ll know exactly the types of files you\u2019ll be removing.<\/p>\n

When Disk Cleanup is finished, you\u2019ll need to restart your system to remove unnecessary Windows Update files. Remember, the Disk Cleanup tool only removes Update files that are no longer needed, hence usually very few are deleted.<\/p>\n

The benefits of Disk Cleanup<\/h3>\n

Using the Disk Cleanup tool can help improve your computer\u2019s performance by:<\/p>\n