Make Windows 10 'Automagically' Erase Temporary Files

Meet Storage Sense, a feature that has been around for almost 2 years in Windows 10 – and that almost no one has seen

If you are not a rooting user, it is quite possible that you are not familiar with this discreet, but very useful, feature of Windows 10. And you can bet: when you meet him, you'll want to know everything about him and will certainly make him active to work in favor of his productivity.

included in Update Creator Update of Windows 10 in 2017, the Storage Sensor is a deactivated button by default in System Settings. Once triggered, it will do a 'clean' Automatic our temporary files and Trash can . That's right, enough worrying (at least with that!) with one of the factors that most impact the performance of the Windows 10.

Liked? So just follow these steps:

Walkthrough: Deleting Windows 10 Temporary Files

1. Open the Settings window

2. Click on the System icon, the first in the list, then on 'Storage', the 7th item in the list on the left

3. Click on the Storage Sense enable button to change it from 'Disabled' to 'Enabled' state

4. Has anxiety hit and you don't want to wait anymore? Then you can click on 'Free up space now', link located below the above-mentioned button

And ready! Well, if you are a user who is happy to leave the Windows 10 decide when this will be done cleaning, you can close everything, including this article, and go for the hug, as your objective has been successfully achieved. In this way, the System will eliminate the unused data by the applications installed on it and whatever is on the Trash can every 30 days.

But if you are the more demanding type and want to determine how this cleaning must be done, just do the following:

5. Just below the 'Enabled' button, click on the 'Change how to free up space automatically' link and open the window below

6. In the first field, you can send the Storage Sensor sanitize your HD daily, weekly and monthly. If you prefer softer, you can let the Windows 10 Decide when this cleaning is necessary.

7. In the second field, determine if the temporary files will be filed every 60, 30, 14 (why not 15, ecosystem?) or daily.

8. Just below, you can include in this cleaning the entire contents of the folder My Downloads along the same lines as the previous item.

9. If you're a radical type – and you really know what you're doing – you can get rid of files from previous versions of Windows that are still recorded on your hard drive. The advantage: freeing up a good amount of space. The downside: if a system error occurs as a result of an update, you will not be able to revert it. So be careful, okay?

Well, from this step by step, we hope you can leave your Windows 10 lighter and make the most of your dear and inseparable digital partner, that is, your personal computer. After all, no one deserves to be forced to operate a slow machine, do they?

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A big hug, see you later!

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