Saturday, 12 December 2015
Storage Management has been an indispensable tool in Windows and in
Windows 10, it is incredibly useful and works like a charm. If you’ve
been one of those hardcore Windows fans and have also used Windows Phone, you’d know how easy it is to use the Storage Management feature.
It works remarkably in the same fashion on a Windows 10 machine,
where more junk tends to gather over a period of time. The good part
about Windows 10 specifically, though, is the ability to clean these
temporary files from each hard disk drive.
Let’s see how we can do that effectively.

Here, navigate to System and then to Storage, where you will see all the disk drive and partitions on the right panel. Since Windows 10 lets you install software on any drive besides the one where Windows was installed, there are good chances that some other drives may have temporary files, besides C:\ drive.
But, start with the C: drive as this is where you’d mostly find the most bulk of temporary files. You will need to scroll down a bit to find the option, but once you do, you only need to click Delete temporary files to get rid of these.
But, if you’re a gamer who installs a whole lot of games on his
machine, then this is a must-do activity for you. And depending on the
number of new games you install per week or month, you can add this
activity to your To-do list manager app.
Alternatively, if you’ve had a disk with lesser storage then again it makes more sense for you to do this activity on a regular basis. If not for anything, it will, at least, keep freeing up some space on your PC.

Time to clean those disk drives | Shutterstock
Let’s see how we can do that effectively.
It’s All in the Settings
One of the great changes that Microsoft has made to Windows 10 is the way the GUI presents itself to the user. I’ve never felt the need to use Control Panel as much as I did on Windows 8.1 or lower. Instead, I hit the Windows key + i simultaneously to open the main Settings menu of Windows 10.Here, navigate to System and then to Storage, where you will see all the disk drive and partitions on the right panel. Since Windows 10 lets you install software on any drive besides the one where Windows was installed, there are good chances that some other drives may have temporary files, besides C:\ drive.
But, start with the C: drive as this is where you’d mostly find the most bulk of temporary files. You will need to scroll down a bit to find the option, but once you do, you only need to click Delete temporary files to get rid of these.
Deleting Temp Files is Maintaining PC Health
Some, or maybe all, of your other drives might not have temporary files. This means that you’ve been very selective of installing new software, using only the C:\ drive as the load base. That’s okay, we’re probably just so used to it, that installing anything on other drives doesn’t make much sense to us.
Fortunately, I’m not a gamer!
Alternatively, if you’ve had a disk with lesser storage then again it makes more sense for you to do this activity on a regular basis. If not for anything, it will, at least, keep freeing up some space on your PC.
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