how to free up disk space in Windows 10/8/7

This article is about how to free up disk space in Windows 10/8/7. If you find that your computer is starting to slow down, or if you find that your C disk (system disk) is showing a red bar, it indicates that your disk does not have enough space and you should Free up disk space.

Insufficient disk space will cause the computer to run slowly and may prevent some software from working properly, and may even be the reason your computer crashes frequently. So you must free up your disk space without delay.

how to free up disk space in Windows 10/8/7

You should open the drive partition and manually try to delete some old and unnecessary files. It can really help to save a little space, but it should not be a good choice, because you can delete some critical system files without knowing, which can lead to system failure.

So how to free up disk space in Windows 7/8/10?

Don’t worry. Windows has a built-in Disk Cleanup program that you can use to free up space by deleting unnecessary files and removing programs you no longer use.

Step 1: Click the Windows Start button and type disk cleanup in the search box. Then click the Disk Cleanup program shown in the search results. Open the white disk

Tip: If there is no Start button in Windows 8, you can open the Control Panel, click the System and Storage link, and then click the Free Disk Space link under Administrative Tools.

Click the Free Disk Space

Step 2: The Cleanup Disk dialog box will open. In the drive list, select the drive you want to clean and click OK.

Select drive

Step 3: Wait a few minutes while the Cleanup Disk program calculates the space you can free on the selected disk.

Step 4: After the calculation is complete, it will check the files that can be deleted. You can also manually check the files you want to delete. Then click OK.

Delete the files

Step 5: Click the Delete File button when asked if you want to delete the file permanently.

Confirm to delete the file

Step 6: Once the deletion process is complete, you will be freed up and get more disk space. Then your Windows 7/8 will run faster.

Also: You can click the Clean system files button. Select another vehicle. It will calculate the space that may be free again.

clean system files

Now, click on the More Options tab. Then click the Clean button….

other options

It lists all the programs currently installed on your Windows. Double-click to uninstall programs you don’t use to free up more disk space and make your Windows 7/8 run faster.

Uninstall program

Tip: You may find that the size of the program is usually large and takes up a lot of space on your Windows 7/8/8.1. This will free up more disk space to remove unnecessary programs.

In addition: In addition to using Windows 7/8/8.1’s built-in Disk Cleanup function, you can also free up disk space using special Cleanup software provided on the Internet.