Disk cleanup helps removes temporary, large, or unused files which can help free up storage space on your computer!
Here's how to use Disk Cleanup:
1. To open Disk Cleanup on your PC, Right-click on the Start button (you can usually find this at the bottom of your screen) and then Left-click click Settings in the menu that just opened. This will open the Settings app.
2. You will find a list of categories on the left side bar in the Settings app. Left-click on System in the left sidebar. This will open up the system settings category.
3. Once you are in the System category, scroll down using your mouse wheel or the scroll bar on the right side of the window and click Storage. This will open a Window showing information about your storage.
4. Navigate to the Storage management section and left click Cleanup recommendations.
5. You will now see a list of categories showing the type of files that you can remove! You can click on each category to expand it.
6. Each category has subcategories of files that can be cleaned up, you can find a description underneath each subcategory. To select a subcategory of files to be cleaned up you can Click on the Checkbox on the left side of each subcategory.
7. Click the Clean up button to start cleaning up the files you have selected.
8. A window will open asking you to confirm that you would like to clean up these files. The files that you have selected will be permanently deleted from your computer.
Click Continue to start the clean up process!
9. You will see a progress bar, once that is completed those files are now cleaned up and the storage those files used is now freed up! You can now close the settings window.
