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Free up disk space
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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, for example, temporary files, the
contents of browser caches, temporary thumbnail views, and automatically generated log
files.
In the main window, click under Free up disk space on the option Unnecessary files.
You will then see an overview of the files that were found on the selected disks.
In the overview, the files that were found are presented in several categories. The Size
As soon as you click on one of the categories, the yellow
column indicates how much disk space will be freed up by deleting all files in this category.
Show details
area on the lower
edge of the window provides a detailed description of the category as well as additional
details about the elements that were found.
A detailed search is performed for numerous types of unnecessary files. These can
generally be deleted from your hard disk without causing problems.
Types of unnecessary files
Type
Description
Saved lost clusters
Repair programs such as CHKDSK scan your hard disk for lost
clusters and save them as files. These backups are rarely used.
Google Earth cache
files
Google Earth uses this cache to save image data.
Internet Explorer,
All pictures, text and animations that you view in Internet Explorer
You can recover
disk space here.