How to Free Up Disk Space in Windows? the Storage settings let you see how much storage is used for different categories of content. If you have a lot of temporary files and photos and videos. You can use Storage Sense to automatically remove them when needed. You can also delete or move downloaded files or other content saved on your device that isn’t needed anymore.
If you need to free up some disk space on your Windows Laptop or in your engineering laptop, follow these steps to see how much space a certain type of content is taking up, and find out how to delete that content if necessary.
How to Configure Storage Sense in Windows 10
Storage Sense is a feature built into Windows that can help free up space automatically by removing files you no longer need. Windows 10 users will find the Storage Sense option at the top of the Storage settings screen.
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- Turn on the switch for Storage Sense
- Click the Configure Storage sense or run it now link
- Click the drop-down box under Run Storage Sense and
- One of the choices: Every day, Every week, Every month, or During low free disk space
- If in doubt, go with During low disk space
- Next, check the box next to Delete temporary files that my app isn’t using
- Click the drop-down box under Delete files in my recycle bin if they haven’t been opened for more than
- If you don’t want to recycle bin files to be removed, select Never. Otherwise, you can select one of the other choices, such as 1 day, 14, days, 30 days, or 60 days
- Do the same for the menu under Delete files in my downloads folder if they haven’t been opened for more than
- Click the Clean now button to free up disk space right now
Configure Storage Sense in Windows 11
- Turn on the switch for Storage Sense and click the entry to configure it
- Check the box next to Keep Windows running smoothly by automatically cleaning up temporary system and app files
- Click the drop-down box under Run Storage Sense and select one of four choices: Every day, Every week, Every month, or During low free disk space.
- Click the drop-down box under Delete files in my recycle bin if they haven’t been opened for more than
- Select Never 1 day, 14, days, 30 days, or 60 days
- Do the same for Delete files in my downloads folder if they haven’t been opened for more than
- Click the Run Storage Sense now button
