Windows 10: Check or Uncheck All Items in Disk Cleanup by Default in Windows 10

How to: Check or Uncheck All Items in Disk Cleanup by Default in Windows 10

Set Disk Cleanup to Have All Items Checked or Unchecked by Default in Windows 10


This tutorial no longer works starting with at least Windows 10 version 1903.

As a workaround for now, you can run the command below to open Clean Manager with all items checked by default.

cleanmgr /D C /LOWDISK

For a shortcut: How to Create Disk Cleanup All Items Checked Shortcut in Windows 10




You can use Disk Cleanup on a regular basis to reduce the number of unnecessary files on your drives, which can free up drive space and help your PC run better. It can delete temporary files and system files, empty the Recycle Bin, and remove a variety of other items that you might no longer need.

Disk Cleanup will already have items to delete checked and unchecked by default. You may want to have all items checked or unchecked by default instead.

This tutorial will show you how to have all items checked or unchecked by default in Disk Cleanup for all users in Windows 10.

Users will still be able to manually check or uncheck items in Disk Cleanup.

*Warning You must be signed in as an administrator to set Disk Cleanup to have all items checked or unchecked.


EXAMPLE: All items unchecked by default in Disk Cleanup








Here's How:

1. Do step 2 (default), step 3 (all unchecked), or step 4 (all checked) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Set Disk Cleanup to have Default Items Checked and Unchecked
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Windows_10_Disk_Cleanup_default_checked_unchecked_items.reg

Download

3. To Set Disk Cleanup to have All Items Unchecked by Default
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Windows_10_Disk_Cleanup_uncheck_all_items_by_default.reg

Download

4. To Set Disk Cleanup to have All Items Checked by Default
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Windows_10_Disk_Cleanup_check_all_items_by_default.reg

Download
5. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

6. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

7. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

8. If you like, you can now delete the downloaded .reg file.


That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Open and Use Disk Cleanup in Windows 10
• How to Prevent Windows 10 from Deleting Thumbnail Cache
• How to Create Disk Cleanup All Items Checked Shortcut in Windows 10

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Checking Disk Consistency

Ok i did as viper suggested, but it stops checking at stage 3. It is still saying the drive is dirty, and still needs to be checked. I did a defrag and a disk cleanup, and suggestions?

 

DISK CLEANUP

Hello,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

1. Which files are you trying to delete using disk clean up?
2. Which version of Windows are you currently using?

Please reply back with the information to the above questions in order to provide you with appropriate troubleshooting steps:



I understand that you are trying to free up memory using Disk Cleanup. If you are trying to delete files using disk cleanup on Windows 10, I suggest you to refer the following article on

Disk cleanup in Windows 10 for steps to perform disk clean up on your PC.



Hope it helps.



Sandeep Kumar M

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Disk cleanup not working on Windows 10.

Hello David,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We regret the inconvenience caused and will assist you in resolving the issue.



Before assisting further, I would like to ask you few questions:

• What is the exact error message you are getting?
• Are you trying to delete the temporary files or system files using
  Disk cleanup?

Disk cleanup is used to delete the un-wanted and un-necessary temporary files located in your PC. However you can also use Disk cleanup to delete system files on the PC, which is not recommended as it might cause system
performance issues on the PC.



When performing Disk Cleanup, checking the appropriate options is necessary so you do not delete the restore points present in the system.



Refer to the steps from the link below on Disk cleanup in Windows 10 and check if it helps:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-10/disk-cleanup-in-windows-10



If the issue persists, is suggest you to close all the system windows which is kept open on the desktop and check if the Disk cleanup method works.



Write to us with the answers to the above questions and the status of the issue on the same post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.

 

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No its built into Windows, just open disk cleanup and select 'Clean up system Files' button on the bottom left- now you'll see previous installs of Windows listed under list of cleanable items. My old install is a whopping 25GB of my 256GB SSD.

 

Disk Cleanup after The anniversary update

Hi,

I realize the inconvenience you are experiencing with Disk Cleanup. I will certainly help you.

As per your query, I would like to inform you that, it is safe to delete all the files with extension .tmp in the temporary files folder.

I suggest you to try deleting the temporary file manually by the steps provided below and check if it helps:

• Go to Windows key+ R and type
  temp
• Select all of the files and folders within the Temp folder and delete.

Please follow the below link to run disk cleanup:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-996f-99e02c7301c2/disk-cleanup-in-windows-10

Kindly update us on the issue to assist you further.

Thank You.