How to Free Up Disk Space in Windows 10

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to free up disk space in Windows 10. To free up disk space, Windows 10 has built-in cleaning tools that you can use regularly to avoid unnecessary clutter on the hard drive. Until now, I’m sure you were using the “Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe)” tool to free up space. However, you should know that Microsoft has announced its intention to make the classic disk cleaning tool obsolete. Even though the tool is still present in Windows 10 (version 1809) at the time of writing, it is expected to disappear.

Now, you’ll have to get into the habit of using the Storage Assistant, the trusty replacement for the “Disk Cleanup” tool. This new feature has the same options as the classic disk cleanup, and can be found in the Windows 10 settings. Let’s take a look at how to access this new option.
 

How to Free Up Disk Space in Windows 10

Step 1: Click on the Start button at the bottom left of your screen.

 
 
Step 2: Click on Settings.
 

 
Step 3: Then go to System.
 

 
Step 4: Then click on Storage in the left pane.
 

 
 
Step 5: Click on Temporary Files to start clearing space.
 

 
Step 6: Select all the files you want to delete and click Remove Files.
 

 
 
 

Enable storage assistant to regularly delete unnecessary files on Windows 10

Step 1: Go back to Storage.
 

 
Step 2: Click on the Storage Sense activation button at the top of the window.
 

 
Step 3: Click on Configure Storage Sense or run it now.
 

 

 
Step 4: In this window you can configure the Storage Sense. In the Run Storage Sense field, you can set the frequency to monthly, weekly or daily if you are very limited in disk space.
 

 
Step 5: You can also click on Clean Now to instantly free up disk space.
 

 
In addition to these basic actions, you can of course go further by deleting the Windows.old file, applications you no longer use, or even your personal files, hosting them through online storage instead.