How to clean up my device

How to clean up my device

If you've noticed that your device is running a little slow or that your folders are filling up despite you not doing anything, you can follow the steps below to help cleanup some of that used space!

1 - In the search box on the taskbar, type "disk cleanup", and select Disk Cleanup from the list of results
2 - Select the drive you want to clean up, and then select OK.
3 - Under Files to delete, select the file types to get rid of. To get a description of the file type, select it.
4 - Select OK.

If you need to free up more space, you can also delete system files:

1 - In Disk Cleanup, select Clean up system files.
2 - Select the file types to get rid of. To get a description of the file type, select it.
3 - Select OK.

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