If you feel you are truly running out of disk space, you might want to clean up some disk space. Windows Vista checks for available disk space every minute, but Windows 7/8/10/11 and later, ...

In Windows 7, the Compress Old Files option was removed from the Disk Cleanup Utility. This was presumably done since; now, large hard disks have become easily and cheaply available.

Windows still has many legacy utilities you can use on your PC to complete tasks. Some are being removed or deprecated, like Paint3D, the People app, DirectAccess, and more. There is also talk of ...

Performing a regular disk-cleaning regimen frees up precious storage space and helps keep Windows 10 or 11 operating smoothly. Follow some or all of these steps to get yourself a lean, clean machine.

While we’ll focus on how to run a clean-up Windows 8.1, this basic utility is also available in Windows 7 and 8. Cleaning up from the Control Panel Not a bad amount of space, but we can probably ...

Windows 10 has a feature built into the Disk Cleanup tool called Clean Up System Files that not many people take full advantage of. This feature is designed to help you regain valuable hard disk ...

Disk Cleanup vs. Storage Sense The Disk Cleanup utility has been built into Windows since Windows 98 and allows you to free up space by deleting unneeded system related files.

Windows 10's 19H1 update will add a new warning message in the Disk Cleanup app for the Downloads folder. Starting with Windows 10 Build 18305, the Disk Cleanup finally displays a warning when the ...