How to enable automatic disk cleanup in Windows 10 Creators Update

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Now Windows will itself get rid of garbage that interferes with the operation of the system.

Windows 10, like any other operating system, accumulates a large number of temporary files, logs and other garbage in the process. Over time, they begin to take up significant disk space and slow down the system.

To solve this problem, many third-party utilities have appeared that automatically delete unnecessary files and directories. However, Microsoft decided to put an end to this and finally built a special tool for cleaning the disk into the Windows 10 Creators Update.

To activate this function, open the settings page at "Parameters" → "System" → "Storage". Here you will see the "Memory Sense" section. Activate the automatic disk cleanup switch.

This function has several settings. They will appear after you click on the "Change how you free up space" link under the radio button. You can enable automatic emptying of the trash and delete temporary files that are not used by applications and unnecessary for the system.

As a reminder, there is another utility in Windows called Disk Cleanup. Although it does not know how to automatically start on a schedule, it does an excellent job with the files that appeared after the update to Windows 10 Creators Update. With its help, you can free up to 20 gigabytes of disk space.