How to Clean Junk on a Laptop / PC (100% Effective)
Tutorial on how to clean trash on a Windows laptop / PC so it doesn’t slow down
One of the factors that cause laptops to be slow is the accumulation of junk files or cache on the hard disk. Junk files in question are residual files left by previously deleted application programs, files temporary, or files stored on recycle bin.
To restore the performance of the laptop, you must delete the junk files. There are so many methods of removing junk files that you can use, you can use additional applications or without using additional applications. One method will be discussed in this article. Please refer to the steps on how to clean trash on a laptop / PC below.
How to Clean Junk on Laptop / PC
1. First, please open Windows Explorer on your laptop by pressing Windows key + e on the keyboard or clicking the icon on the taskbar.
2. Then, please click Local Disk C. As in the image below.
3. Then, click folder Windows. As shown in the image below.
4. Then, scroll down and click folder Software Distribution. As in the image below.
5. Then, select a folder Downloads. As in the image below.
6. Then, you will see a lot of cache files there. Please block all by pressing Ctrl + A. As in the image below.
7. Then, please press Delete or right click and select Delete. As in the image below.
8. Then, permission will appear, just click it Continue. As shown in the image below.
9. Wait a few moments until the delete process is complete.
10. If the process is complete, go to the next stage of deleting cache. Please press Windows + R on the keyboard. Then, please type temp. Then, click Ok. As in the image below.
11. Well, you will see again a lot of files that are small in size. As in the image below. Please block everything by pressing Ctrl + A on the keyboard.
12. Then, press Delete on the keyboard or right click and select delete. As shown in the image below.
13. Then, if a pop-up appears about permissions, just click on it Continue. As in the image below.
14. Then, if a pop-up appears Folder in use which means the folder is in use, please just click it Skip. As in the image below.
15. Wait a while until the whole process is complete.
16. If the process is complete, go to the next stage of deleting cache. Please press Windows + R on the keyboard. Then, please type %temp%. Then, click Ok. As in the image below.
17. Well, you will see again a lot of files that are small in size. As in the image below. Please block everything by pressing Ctrl + A on the keyboard.
18. Then, press Delete on the keyboard or right click and select Delete. As shown in the image below.
19. Then, if a pop-up appears about permissions, just click on it Continue. As in the image below.
20. Wait a while until the whole process is complete.
21. If the process is complete, go to the last delete cache stage. Please press Windows + R on the keyboard. Then, please type prefetch. Then, click Ok. As in the image below.
22. Then, a pop-up appears about permissions to access this folder. Please click Continue. As in the image below.
23. Well, you will see again a lot of files that are small in size. As in the image below. Please block everything by pressing Ctrl + A on the keyboard.
24. Then, press Delete on the keyboard or right-click and select Delete. As shown in the image below.
25. Then, the next step is Disk Cleanup. How, please click right on Local Disk:C then click Properties. As in the image below.
26. Then, click the button Disk Cleanup. As in the image below.
27. Then, please check all the files in the box. Then, click Clean up system files. As in the image below.
28. Then, please check again all the files in the box or only the files you want to select. Then, click Ok. As in the image below.
29. Then a pop-up will appear, are you sure you want to delete it permanently? Click Delete Files if the answer is yes. As in the image below.
30. Done. Please wait a few moments until the deletion process is complete. And check whether your storage space has been reduced or not.
So this article discusses how to delete trash on a laptop. Hopefully this article can be useful and help you. Thank you
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