Tips to improve storage capacity in windows

 

Nowadays hard disk and solid state drives are affordable and can easily improve your storage requirements, but it doesn’t mean they come up with unlimited capacity as internet broadband comes. With games and software’s now taking up hundreds of gigabytes, and Windows updates needing significantly more space than they used to, you may find your drive filling up more often.

Fortunately, we have a few tricks which will help you to free up a lot of space on your PC running on windows and make your work efficient by allowing you to find the programs or files that you need easily. 

1. Simple thing – clean up your recycle bin

You may not realize it, but whenever you delete a file, it doesn’t actually disappear into thin air. On Windows, it gets stored in your Recycle Bin where it sits for a long time taking up space.

2. Uninstall unnecessary apps or programs

Most of the time we install some apps for some temporary work requirements and we never use them. So you can uninstall those apps on Windows to free up some space. To uninstall unnecessary apps or programs just head to the Control Panel then under Programs, select Uninstall a Program.

3. Delete Temporary Files

Going to Settings > System > Storage, will offer you a chance to see how much space is being taken up by Temporary files or Downloads. Find the "Temporary files" option and click (select) on it and then click on the "Remove files" button to remove the temporary files.

4. Disk Cleanup

Another trick to free up space in Windows is to use Windows built-in Disk Cleanup utility. Disk Cleanup removes temporary files, clears the cache, empties your Recycle Bin, and removes a variety of other files and items you no longer need.

5. Storage Sense

Windows 10 makes it easy to delete junk files from your system drive in order to free up disk space. While emptying your Recycle Bin is a great manual task, when you enable the Storage Sense tool, it will monitor and free up space on your PC automatically.

Even after performing all the above tips still you are getting a low storage space message, you might need to consider some other options like transferring files to an external drive or include an additional storage drive.