Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. LemP Volunteer Moderator. In general, it's safe to delete anything in the Temp folder. Sometimes, you may get a "can't delete because the file is in use" message, but you can just skip those files. For safety, do your Temp directory deleting just after you reboot the computer.
Sometimes, a program installer will put something in the Temp directory that it needs to complete the installation after a reboot. If you reboot and wait a bit so that everything has settled down, anything left in the Temp folder should be OK to delete. If you want to be conservative, use the built-in Disk Cleanup tool type Disk Cleanup in the Search box.
If you select "Temporary files" as one of the items to be cleaned deleted , by default Disk Cleanup only deletes files that haven't been modified within the past 7 days. Share on Twitter or Facebook or use the Permalink. November 26, Hey Scott, really nice tips. WinDirStat in particular, is great. Raul Popescu. Man, the day you get a solution to clean the winsxs directory, you'll get surely the peace nobel prize. I am quite anal when it comes to cleaning up disk space as I run a lot of virtual environments on very expensive and limited SSD drives.
I can't wait for the Data Deduplication feature that ships with the next version of Windows Server. CCleaner does do a pretty good job and takes care of most of the points in your post. It also gets rid of many other space hogs such as IIS log files, which tend to grow a lot if you are doing a lot of development.
Jeroen Ritmeijer. CCleaner does a great job on lots of known apps like the various browsers, cleaning up cache and compacting their internal databases.
Hi Scott, Another great article, thanks! Did you know that HDGraph 1. Folder size win32 is a great small no dependency program for visually see whats taking space.
Mattias Karlsson. This saves a lot of space. Also uninstall older updates like older and replace IE updates. Just a couple of notes.
Just hit your Windows key, type in "disk", find the entry, right click, and choose "Run as administrator". Also you should open up your command prompt for any commands in administrator mode as well. James Manning. Another tip that's not on the list, but is quite the disk space saver is the following.
On next boot the pagefile. Ivan Zlatev. I'm fond of Disk Space Fan - not open source, but has a free version and looks pretty. Windows is very bad at using disk space wisely.
What is safe to delete and the safe way to delete it is confusing enough for geeks - there is no way I'd recommend this to the average user. I think Microsoft assumed we'd all be on multi-terabyte drives now and didn't see the rise of SSDs coming.
I hope Microsoft has spent major effort fixing this in Win 8 - I don't want to be deleting restore points and temp folders when my 16 GB tablet says it has no room left for an ebook! Michael C. The other thing was hiberfil. Please note, the following should definitely be considered to have Scott's "Work's on my computer" disclaimer applied to it.
Some of these are great and include things I've always wished the original CCleaner had. As long as you pay attention you should be able to get CCleaner to remove even more of the junk you didn't want hanging around. It's also nice to see how the additional definitions are added so you can add your own later if you are a super-geek power user.
Christopher Motter. November 27, I recommend TreeSize. While I'm as much of a fan of WinDirStat as you are, I think your comment that it's actively developed is a bit inaccurate, as the last available file on sourceforge is dated ! You are writing about precious SSD C: drive and later that it is good to defrag just to tidy up..
I've just run the Desktop Cleanup and what a difference: 1. Randolph West. November 28, Henning Eiben. Simon Harriyott. I second the suggestion for TreeSize Free edition. I install it every time. These algorithms permanently erase data stored in directories and also prevent the misuse of your private data thereby protecting your privacy. Learn how to use this software on windows based laptops or desktops — Oh! Before that, did you know you can schedule temp file deleting tasks with Stellar Biteraser?
With Stellar Biteraser, you can make the deletion of useless files automatic. Parameters include but not limited to daily schedule, weekly or monthly schedule. How cool is that? If you don't already have this software, you'll need to download and install it before proceeding. After successfully installing the software, launch it. You should have a screen like an image below.
Step 5: Select any of the 17 algorithms provided in the drop-down menu and click the Home tab. Step 6: Hit erase now and browse the location of the temp files. Refer to Part 2 of this article if you do not know where the majority of your temporary files are stored. Also, with BitRaser, you can search for files —even hidden files. Step 7: After selecting the folder from Step 5 above, tick the specific temp files or folders from the list now displayed on your screen.
After the process is complete, you may be prompted to reboot your system. Allow the reboot by clicking "Yes". Applications on your device may use temporary files to function speedily but many of the apps forget to clear these temp files as soon as they are done —which leads to huge disk space consumption.
This post has covered numerous ways you could easily get rid of these files. Generally rated 4. But when excessive, they could eat up your space and slow down the performance of your device. Download Win. Amy Dennis. Is it safe to delete all of them? Part 1: What are the Temporary Files? Part 2: Where are Temporary Files Stored?
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