Look! 5 Ways to Clean Up Junk Files in Windows 10

How often do you clean out your temporary Internet files and cookies? Daily? Weekly? A few times a year? Never? Every time you use your computer, your hard drive is littered with hundreds or even thousands of junk files. These are created by Windows and other programs that write temporary files to your disk as part of their normal operation. Over time, your PC can become cluttered with all sorts of junk files in the form of temp files, log files, download files, and unnecessary Windows Registry entries. So it's a good idea to periodically get rid of them to speed up your computer.

What junk files can be deleted without hesitation?

Before you begin the cleaning process, you need to know what files can be deleted. It's like a refrigerator – you have to know what to throw away to make space. Here are some files you can delete:

• Recycle Bin files
• Temporary files
• Program files, thumbnails, log files, etc.
• System junk files
• Large files

Although you know what files you can delete, it's recommended that you back up your system first or enable System Restore to prevent accidental deletion of system files. Then, you can proceed to free up space by deleting unnecessary files effectively.

Method 1: Empty the Recycling Bin

The Recycling Bin is where files go after they have been deleted. When you delete a file, it usually goes to the Recycling Bin. Actually, the file still takes up space on your hard drive. So you can get rid of these files. By the way, if you need to recover some files, it's also easy to restore lost recycle bin files.

Step 1: Right-click the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop and select "Empty Recycle Bin."

Step 2: Click Yes to confirm that you want to permanently delete the items.

Method 2: Automatically Delete Temporary Files in Windows 10

Windows computers tend to accumulate temporary files and other junk that takes up space on your hard drive. You can set up automatic cleaning with these steps:

Step 1: Open Settings. Go to System > Storage.

Step 2. Under Storage Sense, slide the toggle to On to enable the feature.

Step 3. Click the “Change how we free up space” link. Make sure you've turned on Storage Sense as described in Step 1.

< strong > Step 4. < /strong> Enable “Delete temporary files that my apps aren't using” and any other options you need. Windows 10 will then automatically delete temporary files for you.

This option conveniently removes all files that haven't changed in the last 30 days (not just programs or any particular file type).

Method 3: Clean up program files, etc. with Disk Cleanup

Setup files, thumbnail caches, and log files are leftovers from application installers after they finish installing an app. These are unnecessary and just take up space on your hard drive, so feel free to delete them. You can use Disk Cleanup to get rid of these files, along with temporary files, system files, and more. Here's how to clean out the unneeded files:

Step 1: In the search box on the taskbar, type disk cleanup, and then select Disk Cleanup from the search results.

Step 2. Select the drive you want to clean up, and click OK.

Step 3: Check the boxes for the file types you want to delete. By default, "Temporary Internet files," "Downloaded Program Files," and "Thumbnails" are selected. Uncheck these boxes if you do not want to delete these files.

Use Disk Cleanup to delete files

Method 4: Free up Space with System Files

System files are any files that have the hidden and system attributes enabled. They are files that Windows depends on to run smoothly. As a general rule, you should not touch system files. Deleting, moving, renaming, or altering these files can cause your system to crash completely. However, there may be times when you need to delete system junk files. This is where a professional cleaner tool can come in handy. Todo PCTrans has developed a new feature called "System Cleaner." You can regularly clean up system junk files to refresh your computer. Follow the detailed steps below to clean system junk files.

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Step 1: Open the Todo PCTrans tool on your computer. Click “System Cleanup,” and then hit the “Scan” button to proceed.

Step 2: When the scan is finished, a list of junk files will be displayed. Choose the ones you don't need. Be careful not to delete anything that might affect your computer or software from running normally.

< strong > Step 3. Click on the “Clean” button and confirm the cleanup. You can use this feature regularly to free up disk space.

Method 5: Clean Up Large Files for Free

If you find your hard drive space occupied by many large files, Todo PCTrans is an ideal cleanup tool for Windows 10. It has a feature called “Large File Cleaner” that can scan and locate all big files on your partition. You can use it to find and delete large files in Windows 10/8/7.

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Step 1: Open the Todo PCTrans tool on your computer. Click on "Large File Cleaner" and then hit the "Start" button to proceed. (This feature supports either moving or deleting large files to free up more disk space. You can also try relocating default folders to another drive.)

Step 2: Then select the hard drive you want to scan.

Step 3: CCleaner will then list all files larger than 20MB. Choose the ones you don't need. Be careful not to delete anything important that might affect your computer or programs. When you're done, you can also see our recommendations in the Large Files Cleaner.

Step 4 Click “Delete” to confirm the deletion. You can run this tool periodically to free up space by deleting large, unused files. If you have more space on another drive, select “Move” instead to shift the large file.

Additional help for handling large files

In addition to deleting large files, you can manage them in other ways:

1. Move large files to a cloud drive

If you're running out of hard drive space, why not transfer your files to a cloud drive like OneDrive or Dropbox? The free version of OneDrive only lets you store up to 5GB of files, but you can always subscribe to increase that limit to 1000GB.

2. Transfer large files to an external hard drive

Moving large files to an external hard drive is also a good option. If certain programs are taking up too much space, you can also transfer apps to an external hard drive.

3) Change the Playing Field

Origin games can take up a lot of space. If your C drive is full, you might want to move the game's location to another drive. You won't have to redownload the game or purchase it again.

Conclusions

Using a slow computer can be frustrating. Hopefully, these tips will help you with that issue. Some of these, like deleting system files or emptying the recycle bin, may expose other issues you weren't aware of. Be careful before you delete anything, and if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to leave a comment.