Over a period of time your hard disk gets cluttered up with temporary files, logs, internet files etc and can become slower

 

To tidy up these files and to reclaim disk space follow the instructions below for your version of Windows:-

 

Windows 11

 

Click Start > Settings > System > Storage > Temporary files

 

Wait for it to finish scanning, check boxes of items you wish to remove and then click Remove files

 

N.B. Do not select Downloads unless you want to lose all items in your Downloads folder!

 

 

Windows 10

 

Click Start > Settings > Storage > Temporary files

 

Wait for it to finish scanning and then click Remove files

 

N.B. Do not select Downloads unless you want to lose all items in your Downloads folder!