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.

FAQ about Low Disk Space Message, Notification or Warning in Windows 11/10 & tells you how to disable or Turn off the alerts easily.

On Windows 11, you can no longer open Disk Cleanup from the disk properties dialog. However, you can still open it from the Run dialog or search for it in the Start menu.

Instead of manually trying to remove unnecessary files from your computer to free up disk space, use the Disk Cleanup tool on Windows 10 to automate the process. Here's how!

Stay tuned! What’s your take? Have you used Disk Cleanup’s Clean Up System Files feature in Windows 10? If so, what kind of disk savings did you encounter?

Now that you're used to the new Windows 8.1 Update, it's time to clear up some space on that hard drive.

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.

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.

The Disk Cleanup utility allows you to free your computer from temporary and unnecessary files. To access the Disk Cleanup utility follow the procedure below.

If your disk is nearly full, start with the built-in Disk Cleanup tool to remove old Windows updates, antivirus definitions, temporary internet files, and items in the Recycle Bin.

Windows 11 may show 8.63GB of files that cannot be deleted after installing the Windows 11 2024 Update. But Microsoft has confirmed that Disk Cleanup removes the files in question but incorrectly ...

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 ...