User's Manual

Free up disk space
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system disk. TuneUp Utilities goes beyond the standard approach of searching
for files only according to their file ending or size. Numerous special functions
recognize those files that truly consume large amounts of space and, until now,
went undetected by any standard "cleaner".
Particular attention has also been paid to security. As a result, in contrast to
conventional procedures that "blindly" comb through the hard disk using certain
patterns, no unpleasant surprises such as sudden error messages or non-
functioning software occur. The items that are suggested for cleanup are clearly
identified, concisely explained and put into one of the following four categories.
Unnecessary files and backups
In this category, all files that can be deleted without a second thought are
displayed. This allows you to quickly free up disk space. These include
temporary files, the contents of the browser cache, temporary thumbnail views
and automatically generated log files. This category also displays files that are
normally used to restore your system to an earlier state. Furthermore restore
points, Windows Update backups and the contents of the Recycle Bin are
displayed. If your system is working fine and you do not want to restore recently
deleted files or folders, you can free up space by deleting these backups.
Windows functions
Windows installs many standard features that can quickly consume several
gigabytes of space. You can deactivate especially space-hungry features in order
to free up space. These include the power save mode "Hibernation file", which
permanently reserves the amount of disk space equivalent to your system's
memory.