10+ Ways to Free Up Space in Windows

[SamiHA]

With games now taking up dozens of gigabytes, and Windows updates needing more space than they used to, you may find your drive filling up more often. Here are a few tricks to help you clear clutter and free up space in Windows.

Read the full article here.

https://www.techspot.com/guides/2240-windows-free-up-storage-space/

 

[Geralt]

Good useful article. Thanks!

 

[LinxESP]

Also Compactor (Better than compactGUI2) for games

 

[Nobina]

I have 1.2TB of space in total of which I use about half and even that is mostly a few games that are gigantic. If not for them I wouldn't need half as much space. I occasionally organize my stuff and delete things I don't currently need and keep things clean.

As for the phone it's mostly music with some pics and vids, don't need more than 16GB of space on it.

 

[QuantumPhysics]

My preferred method: wait till SSD gets cheaper and buy a bigger SSD.

Nowadays, 4TB and 8TB SSD are cheap enough.

My 8TB Samsung QVO is great so far.

Someday, hopefully there will be a 20TB.

 

[VitalyT]

FORMAT C:

- works better

 

[Geralt]

FORMAT C:

- works better

100% cleaning! Hahahaha!

 

[DonquixoteIII]

I was going to suggest 'optimize your SSD' with a sarcasm flag, but then remembered just how many people drank / injected bleach after Trump suggested it. Just to be clear:

DO NOT OPTIMIZE YOUR SSD

 

[cliffordcooley]

remembered just how many people drank / injected bleach after Trump suggested it.

I didn't remember so I looked it up.

FACT CHECK: No, Trump Did Not Tell People To ‘Inject Themselves With Disinfectant’ Or ‘Drink Bleach’ | The Daily Wire

www.dailywire.com

 

[DonquixoteIII]

Instead of linking readers to a propagandistic website, why not post what Trump ACTUALLY said?

"And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning?

"So it'd be interesting to check that."
Pointing to his head, Mr Trump went on: "I'm not a doctor. But I'm, like, a person that has a good you-know-what."

 

[cliffordcooley]

Instead of linking readers to a propagandistic website

You are doing that just fine without me.

 

[Experimentongod]

Perfect timing, thanks to you I just freed up 37GB on my SSD after noticing Windows decided to keep a "Windows.old" folder after installing the Windows 2H21 update.

 

[jpuroila]

Don't forget uninstalling all the malware and replacing it with an actual operating system.

 

[orbital]

BleachBit, free and an exceptionally well organised tool with dozens of options to clean and organise your drive space, including features of the OS itself, some shown in this article. I've been using it for years, once a month is enough. It does everything for you.

 

[Gimp65]

FORMAT C:

- works better

If you really want it clean, run a low level format from BIOS

 

[Aranarth]

I was going to suggest 'optimize your SSD' with a sarcasm flag, but then remembered just how many people drank / injected bleach after Trump suggested it. Just to be clear:

DO NOT OPTIMIZE YOUR SSD

Clarification:
Yes run trim on your SSD.
Yes do not Defrag your SSD.

On windows 10 optimizing your SSD runs Trim!

HOWEVER!!!

There is a maximum limit on the number of fragments a file can have in NTFS!
I DO recommending defragging any files that have more than 1000 fragments.

 

[BadThad]

I was going to suggest 'optimize your SSD' with a sarcasm flag, but then remembered just how many people drank / injected bleach after Trump suggested it. Just to be clear:

DO NOT OPTIMIZE YOUR SSD

Drive optimization under Windows 10 does a TRIM to SSDs. Yes, optimize your SSD! ....but do not defrag it.

 

[wiyosaya]

Drive optimization under Windows 10 does a TRIM to SSDs. Yes, optimize your SSD! ....but do not defrag it.

Yes. Absolutely no point in defragging an SSD since it is random access device.

 

[wiyosaya]

If you really want it clean, run a low level format from BIOS

Well, if you really want it clean, , run a secure erase.

 

[wiyosaya]

I didn't remember so I looked it up.

FACT CHECK: No, Trump Did Not Tell People To ‘Inject Themselves With Disinfectant’ Or ‘Drink Bleach’ | The Daily Wire

www.dailywire.com

Well, the trouble with what Trump said was it sounded like he was suggesting it, and claiming, without proof, that he knew what he was doing. So his hard-core supporters believed that he must be on to something.

 

[Markoni35]

Instead of linking readers to a propagandistic website, why not post what Trump ACTUALLY said?

Because most of people are victims of propaganda. And it's not a new thing. Marie Antoinette never said: "If they don't have bread, then let them eat cake". It was a dirty propaganda line to outrage the people and make them join the revolution.

In the end, the revolution made some people rich (those who were financing the revolution) and for the rest of the peasants, nothing changed. At least not for the better.

 

[neeyik]

Stick to the article topic, please folks.

 

[kenny loris]

I often seen people cleaning the files in the temporary folder, does that help? If yes what the science behind it?

 

[neeyik]

I often seen people cleaning the files in the temporary folder, does that help? If yes what the science behind it?

It can do, if one doesn't empty out the temp folder(s) often enough. There's no science involved - the folder just contains files used for when installing applications, updates, drivers, etc. Once that's all done, they can be got rid of.

 

[kenny loris]

It can do, if one doesn't empty out the temp folder(s) often enough. There's no science involved - the folder just contains files used for when installing applications, updates, drivers, etc. Once that's all done, they can be got rid of.

ok.. at times the files wont delete what should be done then you just skip and get rid of the files that are deleteable?