Since you cannot go through the entire hard disk drive manually looking for the unwanted files, you must use any tool that can help you with this. Although many third-party tools are available to help you optimize your computer and clean all the junk files from the hard disk drive, for your home purpose, you can use Windows built-in Disk Cleanup tool.
With the help of the Disk Cleanup tool, you can remove junk files, temporary internet files, and all other unused files with just a few mouse clicks.
Here is how:
- Log on to your Windows PC with any administrator and go to the desktop screen.
- On the desktop window, press the Windows + R keys combination to open the Run box.
- In the Run box, type the CLEANMGR.EXE command, and hit OK.
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- On the Disk Cleanup: Drive Selection box that opens up, click the Drives drop-down list to select the desired partition that you want to clean, and press OK.
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- Once the Disk Cleanup box appears, wait till Windows calculates the available disk space.
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- Once done, on the next interface, click to check the checkboxes representing the target files/containers that you want Windows to clean up, and hit OK.
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- On the opened Disk Cleanup confirmation box, click Delete Files to continue cleaning.
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- Once you have done everything, wait till the cleaning process completes successfully.
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- Restart the computer when done before you start using Windows normally.
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