Open Disk Cleanup by using the Run window (all Windows versions) Pin Disk Cleanup to the taskbar, Start Menu or Start screen (all Windows versions) Create a shortcut for Disk Cleanup and pin it to your desktop (all Windows versions) Open the Disk Cleanup from the Control Panel (all Windows versions) Open Disk Cleanup from the Start Menu (Windows 10 and Windows 7) Open Disk Cleanup by asking Cortana to do it (Windows 10 only) Open Disk Cleanup by using the search (all Windows versions) Once the Temporary files section opens, check the boxes for the files you wish to delete and click on the 'Remove files' button as in the screenshot below.

Once the Windows storage settings appears as below, click on the 'Temporary files' option and ignore the size on disk which may not be accurate until after you click on the option.ģ. If this option does not appear available, please use Windows Disk Cleanup instead.Ģ. Alternatively, if running a more recent version of Windows 10, press Windows key + Q and search for 'free up space' and select the 'delete temporary files' setting as below.

If for some reason the 'Clean up system files' button does not appear, select some unneeded files to delete, hit 'ok' to remove them, and run Windows Disk Cleanup again to see if this other choice appears.ġ. Windows Disk Cleanup does not show you all the files that you can delete when you first open it, so be sure to click on the 'Clean up system files' button as in the screenshot below to see more files that can be removed. Please refer to the FAQ ' Windows 10 - Increase the free space on your OS drive with Disk Cleanup' for more information about Windows Disk Cleanup. More Discussion About Windows Disk Cleanup as well as the Windows 'Free Up Space' Tool

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