Windows 10: How to use Cleanup Recommendations on Windows 11 to Clear Disk Space

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Some of us are enjoying the latest Windows 11. The new OS ships with a new feature called Cleanup recommendations. This gives us recommendations that we can use to Clear disk space. In this guide, we show you how we can access and use it to free up disk space. We all use various methods […]

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Disk cleanup clears much less space then claimed

Hi Arsenaltastic, thanks for your question. I'm Graeme, a Microsoft Community expert and fellow user.

It's odd that Disk Cleanup doesn't clean the same amount it reports, but there are definitely other effective ways to save disk space. Windows has built-in tools such as Storage Sense to help you manage your disk space effectively.

Here's a link to a Microsoft Support article that lists quite a few ways to save disk space:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-hk/help/12425/...

Follow the steps listed and you should definitely save some space. Let me know how you go and if you still need help I'll give you further options! Thanks!

 

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 in windows 10

i don't see a way to search in taskbar as following recommends Disk cleanup in Windows 10

Applies to Windows 10

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  To delete temporary files:
  
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    Search for Disk cleanup from the taskbar and select it from the list of results.
    
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    Under Files to delete, select the file types to get rid of. To get a description of the file type, select it.
    
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    Select OK.
    
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  If you need to free up more space, you can also delete system files:
  
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    In Disk cleanup, select Clean up system files.
    
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    Select the file types to get rid of. To get a description of the file type, select it.
    
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    Select OK.