Easy Ways to Remove Excess 'Useless' Files from Windows

 

There are a lot of damages that redundant and unnecessary files can cause on your computer, including uselessly filling up your hard disk, reducing your computer's performance, slowing it down dramatically, and other damages. Recycle bin still in the Recycle Bin or temporary Windows files that are useless, as well as program remnants, which are files that are not removed after uninstalling a program from your device, and more other types of files that occupy the device’s space without any benefit.

 

There are many ways to remove redundant files and improve the performance of the Windows system with ease, as the system contains many useful tools such as the Disk Cleanup tool, and you can delete the redundant files by some manual steps or you can use one of the computer cleanings programs as well, and in this the topic we explain to you each of these methods in detail and how to use them step by step on your device.

 

Empty the trash to free up space

 

All computers contain the Recycle Bin, which is a simple tool that allows you to retrieve deleted files again in case you need them, but in the Windows operating system, those files will not be deleted after a certain period of time has passed on them, unlike some other devices that delete files from the Trash automatically after a month has passed since those files.

 

So first make sure that you delete all the files you don't need from your device also remember to check the list of downloads which often contains unnecessary files and then go to the recycle bin and check it if you find that you don't need any of the files in the trash Empty it completely.

 

Fortunately, you can empty the Recycle Bin easily on Windows as all you need is to open the Recycle Bin from the desktop or you can search for “Recycle Bin” in the search box on the taskbar and then open the Trash, after which you can start scanning files and then right-click on any file and here you can choose to Restore the file or Delete to delete the file, or alternatively, right-click on the Recycle Bin and then choose “Empty Recycle Bin” to delete all the files in it.

 

Delete temporary files from the system

 

The Windows operating system constantly creates temporary files that carry information about programs and files running in the system, and once the task you perform is completed, these files are supposed to be deleted automatically, however, the accumulation of those files may lead to slow computer performance as well as It takes up useless extra space, you can find and delete temporary files in your device manually in Temp folder which you can access via below steps.

 

In the beginning, open the Run window by clicking the Windows button and the letter R on the keyboard, then type the command %temp% inside the Run window and click Ok so that the temporary files folder will be opened automatically in the Windows system.

Now inside the temporary files folder, select all the files that appear to you in this folder by clicking on the option Ctrl + A on the keyboard and then clicking on the Delete button in order to delete those temporary files, and in case you see an alert message for the files used at the time Click the Skip button to ignore it during the deletion process.

 

Use Disk Cleanup

 

The Windows operating system has a device cleaning tool known as Disk Cleanup and with this tool you can delete unnecessary redundant files including downloads, temporary system files, temporary web files, recycle bin, and many other types of files that are not very important in the system and do not need them User Here are the steps to use Disk Cleanup to delete unnecessary files and free up space on your device.

 

Type Disk Cleanup in the search box on the Windows taskbar, then click on the Disk Cleanup tool from the results that appear, then choose the disk you want to clean, then click OK, and then the tool will show the types of files that can be deleted Here you can choose which type of file you want to delete, but avoid choosing "Windows ESD installation" files in case they appear to you.

 

Now click on View Files if you want to know exactly which files will be deleted, then click on OK in order to delete the extra files and you will now see a confirmation message to start the deletion process, click on the Delete Files option in this message to confirm Permanently delete those files.

 

Use Windows cleaning software

 

In addition to the previous methods, you can use Windows cleaning programs, which are one of the best effective ways to delete unnecessary files from the computer and improve its performance, and one of the best and most famous of these programs is the very famous and distinctive CCleaner program, which is easy to use and deletes various types of files Redundant files such as temporary files and browser cache, remove unwanted cookies while keeping useful files, and a free version is available that you can use to clean your device. Or you can try Microsoft's new PC Manager tool to clean up and improve your computer's performance.