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Delete previous System Images and Backups.

Make Disk Cleanup Tool delete ALL temporary files, including those created in the last 7 days.

Remove previous Windows installations/ Windows.old.

Use CCEnhancer for CCleaner to clean more.

If you wish, you can add Disk Cleanup to the context menu of hard drives. The rest is the same as Step 3, Step 4, and Step 5 mentioned above. Step 2 – You will come up with a box showing Local Disk C Properties. Step 1 – Go to My Computer and right-click on Drive C. You can also access the Disk Cleanup Utility by going into the properties of Drive C directly. The Disk Cleanup utility in Windows 11/10/8 is almost similar to that we used to get in Windows 7. The options to delete include: Step 5 – You are done with your job, and the Disk Cleanup utility will do the rest. Using this option, you can delete all but the latest system restore points, Windows Update Cleanup, Previous Windows installations, etc. Do note that if you click on Clean up system files, you will see more options. Step 4 – The Disk Cleanup system will now ask for confirmation. As my system is just a few weeks old, my temporary files occupy just 52.2 MB. Select the files you want to delete from your system and click OK.

Step 3 – Now, you will see a box asking for the files you want to delete. Usually, the temporary files are saved in Drive C, which affects the system performance. Select the drive you want to delete the temporary files from. Step 2 – You will then come up with a box saying ‘Disk Cleanup- Drive selection’. Then click on ‘Free up disk space by cleaning unnecessary files’ or ‘Disk Cleanup Desktop app’ as the case may be. Go to settings and type Disk Cleanup in the search box. Step 1 – Take your cursor to the top right of your screen and click on ‘Search’. Let me describe it step by step: Steps to Delete Temporary Files in Windows 11/10 This post has been written keeping in mind the beginners, who may not know how to use the tool. Today, I will write about the steps to delete the temporary files in Windows 11/10/8 using the built-in Disk Cleanup Tool. TIP: You can Free Up Disk Space using Storage Sense as well now.

But for most users, I believe deleting such Temporary Files once a month should be good enough. How frequently you should do it depends on how aggressively you use your computer. While the presence of these Temporary Files will not affect the performance of your operating system, deleting them from time to time is just a matter of good housekeeping practice, and one should do so regularly. But this is not always the case, leading to wasted disk space. These Temporary Files should get deleted once the program exits.

Temporary Files in Windows are those junk files whose use is only temporary and become redundant once the task is completed. We have already seen what Temporary Files are in Windows.