Questions tagged [disk-cleanup]
Disk Cleanup is a built-in tool in Windows to delete temporary files that are safe to delete.
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Windows 8.1 disc cleanup for system files shows "windows update cleanup" but doesn't remove them
When I choose to check for system files it shows about 950MB for windows update cleanup.
After I click ok and confirm deleting them, it show the deleting process, ends without showing any message and ...
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Windows 10 Disk Cleanup keeps showing large amount of Temporary Files
My Windows 10 machine recently started taking a long time to sign in. Boot, post and getting to the login screen are all fast, but after signing in it takes up to two minutes to reach the desktop. ...
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Which Chrome directories can be safely removed to clean up the storage?
Which Chrome directories can be safely removed to clean up the storage?
In particular, what do shared_proto_db and File System do?
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Can't delete/remove temporary files Windows 10
I have tried to remove "Temporary files" in Settings > Storage
and in Disk Cleanup tool
But after selecting and running the removing/deleting/cleaning process nothing happens, the "...
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Disk cleanup not running after i cleanned the %temp%, temp, prefetch files?
I am completely unsure what caused this but i was cleanning my pc by using the run command and entering %temp%, temp, prefetch files and i deleted all files from those folders. I double checked to be ...
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Deleting empty folders inside a folder for iTunes Media cleanup (Mac)
My iTunes library has some time ago split up into two locations and now I want to merge them, but before I do so I want to clean up the folders. In the iTunes Media list, there are artist folders, ...
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How can I figure out what files in AppData\Local\Temp I can delete safely?
My AppData\Local\Temp occupies 200GB, but cleanmgr.exe says
Temporary Files: 1.16MB
Why is there the difference?
How can I figure out what files in the folder I can delete safely?
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WinSxS filling so fast that DISM cleanup cannot operate
I have a Windows 10 machine that is seeing the WinSxS folder fill up so quickly that DISM cannot run, and c: shows 0 bytes free. The machine also has a D: with 30 GB+ free space, so I have tried ...
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Disk cleanup doesn't work on Windows 8.1
When I am trying to clean the 2.53 GB of old "Windows Updates" by pressing "OK" in
and then re-open the clean up window, all those old updates are still there.
I ran
Dism /Online /...
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Can I delete MEMORY.DMP file from my laptop
I have HP laptop with Windows 10. I have seen there is a file in C:\Windows folder MEMORY.DMP with size almost 7.33GB.
Can I delete this file permanently from my laptop ? or will it create any problem ...
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I have completely wiped out my SSD, how do I install new OS? [duplicate]
I had dual boot with Windows 11 and Kali. I have completely wiped out the SSD & as I wanted to start fresh. But as I turn on the computer it says
"Boot Media not found (032) Please install an ...
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Why doesn't Disk Cleanup clean `%temp%` or `c:\windows\temp`?
"Back in the day" it was good to be in the habit of periodically deleting the temp files created in c:\tmp by Windows and other software, or else you'd risk filling up your fancy 40MB hard ...
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Used Disk Cleanup, now my Win7 won't boot
I have a Windows7 machine (I know it's old, it's running some legacy stuff). It was running out of disk space, so I used its Disk Cleanup tool to clean up some old files. As a result, it stopped ...
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Moving Roaming folder
My C: is always full and the main reason is because of the Roaming folder, I see people on the Internet move it to another drive to save space. Is it really safe to do this? How to move it, I always ...
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Windows update cleanup not deleting on windows 8.1
I have a 111GB SSD. Out of that, I had about 500MB free.
I have moved all the applications that I can to other drives, deleted temp files and have been over AppData folder. From AppData I'd guess it's ...
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