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Password recovery. Tech Viral. Home How to. Contents show. Using Storage Sense. Using Notepad. Using CCleaner. Please enter your comment! Please enter your name here. When you no longer need documents, pictures, files, or folders in a library, you can quickly delete them. Be careful that no one else needs them either, and that the files are all checked in.
Deleting files may be permanent and you may be unable to recover them. If you think that you might need the files later, consider moving the files to another location instead. If you delete files by mistake, see Restore items from your Recycle Bins below. You may be able to restore your files to the library depending on how your site was set up.
If a file has an arrow overlaid on the icon, it is being shared. If you haven't checked it out, hover over the icon to see who has it checked out, and ask for it to be checked in before deleting. See Check out, check in, or discard changes to files in a library for more info. Make sure the files that you want to delete are not checked out by refreshing the browser and noting the icon in the Type column.
Files must be checked back in by the person who checked them out before you can delete them. Select each file that you want to delete by hovering over the file and then clicking the checkmark. Depending on the version of SharePoint you're using, it may be quicker to delete single or multiple files using the right click menu.
Select one or more files that you want to delete by hovering over the file and then clicking the check box. In SharePoint you can select files and folders together, but in SharePoint you need to select them separately. If you're deleting just one file or folder, you can skip this step. This shows you how much space is occupied by files in this category, and gives you options depending on the type of files you chose.
For example, if you selected Temporary files , you'll see a list of all files meant to be temporary on your computer. If you choose Music , Pictures , or Desktop , you'll see how much space is consumed by the files in those specific folders. You can click the View button inside to see the actual files. Delete files you no longer need.
Be super careful here—just because Windows determines that a file or folder is large, that doesn't mean it isn't important to you or someone else who uses the computer. Only delete files that you are sure you no longer need. To delete a file or folder, click it once to select it, and then press the delete key on your keyboard.
You can also drag it over to the Recycle Bin. Temporary files lists the types of temporary files Windows can delete and allows you to select from a list. After making your selection s , click Remove files at the top to delete those types of files. Method 3. Open Storage Sense on your PC. Storage Sense is a handy part of Windows 10 that can help you keep your hard drive s free of clutter and unnecessary files.
Go to source You can use Storage Sense to periodically go through and clear out files, or enable its automatic cleanup feature so it works behind the scenes to preserve hard drive space.
Storage Sense is one of the safest ways to get rid of excess files on your PC. Type storage. Click Turn on Storage Sense in the search results. Click Configure Storage Sense or run it now. It's near the top of the right panel below the description of Storage Sense. If you want Storage Sense to run automatically, toggle this switch to the On position.
You don't have to turn this switch on if you just want to run it this one time. Storage Sense will only delete the files you specify, so don't worry about losing important data. Choose when Storage Sense would run. If you didn't set up Storage Sense to run automatically, just skip to the next step. Otherwise, click the "Run Storage Space" dropdown menu to choose when Storage Space should delete files.
You can select a time period such as Every week , or choose During low free disk space to only activate it when you're running out of space. Choose which files to delete. Storage Sense only deletes certain types of files: To delete temporary app files that are no longer being used, check the box next to "Delete temporary files that my apps aren't using. To delete files from your Downloads folder that you haven't opened within a certain period of time, select a time period from the drop-down menu.
If you're the type of person to leave files in your Downloads folder for easy access, you'll want to choose Never from this menu to avoid losing important data. Click Clean now to run Storage Sense. Whether you've enabled Storage Sense to run automatically or not, you can click this button at the bottom to clear out unneeded files using the selections you chose on this screen.
Once the files are deleted, you'll see a success message at the bottom. Method 4. SpaceSniffer is a third-party tool that can help you visualize how files are consuming your hard drive space. This can make it easy to identify large, unneeded files and delete the ones you don't need. Because you get a visual image of the way space is consumed on the drive, you can really get a sense of what types of files wind up consuming the most space.
To download SpaceSniffer: Click the Download link at the top of the page. Click the green Download link. To do so: Open your Downloads folder. Right-click the file that begins with "spacesniffer" and ends with ".
Click Extract. Run the SpaceSniffer application. Unlike some other apps, all you'll need to do is double-click the file called SpaceSniffer. If you want to be able to delete system files with SpaceSniffer, you'll need to run it as an administrator.
Instead of double-clicking the file to open it, right-click it and select Run as administrator instead. Unless you know exactly what each file does, avoid deleting system files with this app.
Select your hard drive and click Start. SpaceSniffer will now scan your hard drive and display your files in a visual format. Browse your files with SpaceSniffer. Each type of file appears in a box—the larger the box, the more space that type of file is consuming. Folders are peach and brown boxes, and drives are orange boxes. You can double-click any drive or folder to see the files and folders inside. Files are blue boxes. Delete files you don't need. Remember, unless you know exactly what a file is and what it does, you shouldn't delete it.
Only use this app to delete files that you know are safe to delete. To delete a file, right-click it and select Delete. Empty your Recycle Bin after deleting files you don't need. When you've finished deleting files you don't need and have confirmed that you really don't need them, right-click the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop and select Empty Recycle Bin.
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