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If you would like to see the individual files included in a given file type, simply click on the name of the
file type in the table. This will directly open the correct category in the file types view.
Top 10 Files
This table is particularly useful in acute disk space shortages. It shows a list of the top 10 files that take
up the most disk space. As with the last table, this view does not just include the files that are directly
located in the selected drive or folder, but also includes all files in subfolders. If you click on one of the
files in the table or on the link Show top 100 files, the corresponding Top 100 files view will open.
There you can move, archive or delete files.
Contents
This view shows the contents of the selected element in the folder tree on the left. In addition to basic
information such as name and type, as in Windows Explorer, each element has a field that displays its
size and the percentage of disk space that it takes up. A graphical representation with bars allows you
to recognize at a glance which files and folders are taking up the most space.
Double click on a folder to move a level deeper and to show the contents of the folder.
File Types
Overview and file types
By default, a practical overview of your file types opens, showing you at a glance which ones take up
the most disk space.
The top edge of the window displays buttons for Images, Documents, Compressed files, Music files,
Video files and Other. Click on one of these buttons or on the respective entry in the overview to
display all files of the respective file type.
Advanced: Which file extensions are included?
Each file type category includes files with many different file extensions. Images, for example,
includes the file extensions .bmp, .jpg, .gif, .tif and .png. The exact list of file extensions included is
adapted to suit your system automatically by AVG Disk Space Explorer. Click Advanced on the top
right of your window to display this list. You can customize this easily by unchecking the checkbox.
The Other category shows you all other files that do not belong to any of the other file types.
This is where the list of extensions displayed after clicking Advanced is particularly helpful, as you can
configure which files should be shown in the list shown below.
In the context menu (displayed after right-clicking on the list of file extensions), you can quickly select
everything or reverse the current selection.
Explore your own hard drive and use the available views to look for ways that you can free up more disk
space. Sorting the list by file size or date of last access can also help you discover interesting files. To
do this, simply use the mouse to click on the headlines with a gray background at the top of the
columns.
Cleanup Tip: Sorting files by the date of last access in combination with limiting a view to certain file
types allows you to find objects such as older MP3 files or videos that you may not want to listen to or