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Disk Cleanup
The Disk Cleanup is a built-in utility in Windows designed to help users free up disk space by
removing unnecessary or temporary files from their computer. It targets various types of files
that are safe to delete, such as temporary Internet files, system cache files, old Windows update
files, and more. Running Disk Cleanup regularly can help ensure that your disk does not become
cluttered with unnecessary files, thereby improving system responsiveness and efficiency.
Follow these steps to open Disk Cleanup:
Step 1: Click on the Start button.
Step 2: Type Disk Cleanup in the search box.
Step 3: Click on the Disk Cleanup
app.
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The Disk Clean-up dialog
box will appear.
Step 4: Select the drive you want to 3
clean up.
Step 5: Click on the OK button.
Disk Cleanup will take a
few minutes to calculate
the free space and will then
display a list of files you can
remove.
Step 6: Uncheck any files you do
not want to remove.
Step 7: Click on the OK button to
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start the cleanup process.
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