How to free up space on your windows PC

FFS you're just deleting the temporal files in the most nerdy way possible. Windows already has an easy option to do this without accidentally messing up something in CMD. Settings>System>Storage>Temporary Files. Bam. User friendly.

Three of the best! 1. WIN R Type in Temp Now do this for all three. Select all (top right) Move down right click, select delete. 2. WIN R type %Temp% 3. WIN R Type PREFETCH Again top right Select all Move down Right click and choose delete This will clear space, run better.

yea i am not falling for that

Or you can just press WIN+R - Type "%temp%" (it opens the temp folder) Press Ctrl + A and then delete.

⚠️ Why you should be careful • The Windows Temp folder is usually safe to clean, but • Some applications store temporary working files there • Deleting them while the app is running can cause errors or force restarts • Running this command with the wrong path could be destructive This specific path is common for system cleanup scripts, but it should be used intentionally.

paste this into a text file and save as a .bat file @echo off echo Cleaning Windows Temp Folders... echo =============================== :: Clean user temp (%temp%) echo Deleting files from %temp% ... del /q /f /s "%temp%\*" >nul 2>&1 for /d %%x in ("%temp%\*") do rd /s /q "%%x" :: Clean system temp (C:\Windows\Temp) echo Deleting files from C:\Windows\Temp ... del /q /f /s "C:\Windows\Temp\*" >nul 2>&1 for /d %%x in ("C:\Windows\Temp\*") do rd /s /q "%%x" :: Additional temp folders (optional) echo Cleaning prefetch... del /q /f /s "C:\Windows\Prefetch\*" >nul 2>&1 echo =============================== echo ✔ Temp cleanup finished! pause

Most people obsess over %temp% but the real space hogs are Windows Update cache and old installer files. Run Disk Cleanup as admin and check C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download - that folder alone can eat 20-50GB of old update files.

Format C: => most free space 😁

Nice. Now show them how to free up all 237gb.

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you don't need to use any command ( look at me im an engineer or some crap ) go there, delete what's inside, the end ( "Ce PC" is "This Computer" "Disque Local " is "local disk" all you want is that (C:) is in the title, i'll don't bother make my UI in english for the screenshot)

incorrect. the correct command is del /q /f /s "C:/windows\temp\*" 😄

The easiest way would be to get Linux.

Does it delete my apps as well? Also I said temporary folder so where can I find them back?

Run as Administrator ☝️

my temp folder isnt even 200 mb

@grok can u type out all the commands he used and is it safe

but you can already do it through windows settings without any command

or instead use wiztree to find what's causing the storage to be full

Yeah, sure you've went from 20gb free to 86,4gb by only deleting the temp folder. Sure, sure. What a lot of nonsense.

or click windows, type "disk clean", and run disk clean

This method is not recommended. Go to Settings>System>Storage, wait for system to scan your temp files, select temp files then it will give you more detailed information what to delete. This way is much safer than using /q /f /s cmd (its forcing you to delete everything inside.)

Just buy a 4 tb ssd/nvme drive or higher and put windows on it. Working for me so far.

then after the steps on the pictures, just go CTRL A, Delete. Note that your "%temp%" folder might have an icon instead of being blank like mine. Or it won't, because it's a hidden folder most of the time. Also note that you'll free way less space than expected.

Yes, thanks

Theres literally something called storage sense use it why does every tutorial show ways from the windows xp days when identical ways exist in the settings menu

Another easy way is by uninstalling Windows and using Linux instead.

mine will not let me on me pc if use dis command

Instead of this press windows+R and then type temp or %temp%, now delete all files

Or you start Disc Cleanup from Programs menu. No typing, no copy-pasting. Just three clicks.

There is also another temp folder under the user's AppData. Other temps files are windows updates in another location. Uninstalling games you have not played in months might also help lmfao.

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