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8. Gaining Disk Space
In the same way as your home can get cluttered, your computer can also get clogged up with unnecessary
ballast, which uses up valuable disk space. We recommend that you carry out some spring cleaning from time
to time and delete unnecessary files from your system.
All modifications to your system will be monitored by AVG Rescue Center and can be undone if necessary.
Clean Hard Disk
In the Clean hard disk area, you can select the drives that you want to clean. After you have selected these,
AVG PC TuneUp runs a quick analysis in the background and informs you how many Unnecessary files,
Old backups and Windows functions there are on the drives and how much disk space they are taking up.
You can now decide which files you want to delete and/or which Windows functions you want to disable.
For more information, see Cleaning the Hard Disk.
Analyze Storage Usage and Delete Data
In the Analyze Storage Usage and Delete Data area, you can go a step further and search drives
systematically for unnecessary data and securely delete any sensitive data.
Finding and Deleting Large Amounts of Data
Use the AVG Disk Space Explorer module to find large files and folders on your system. You can then
archive this data or delete it fully if you are sure you will not need it again in the future. This is a way of freeing