Microsoft was fully aware of the fact that the Windows Operating System builds up a lot of unneeded junk over time, which is why it built the Disk Cleanup utility into Windows. Without further ado, here’s how to remove junk files from a Windows computer: Phase 1: Running Disk Cleanup
Since that is so, you can’t just get rid of all the junk files on your computer in one fell swoop – you’re going to have to attempt the cleanup in phases, and only at the end of the entire cleanup will your computer be free of all the junk files it has accumulated. That being the case, regularly cleaning out junk files from your computer is extremely important – doing so will most certainly result in your computer running noticeably faster.Īs stated before, however, these junk files that your computer collects over time aren’t in any one place – they’re scattered all across the entirety of your computer. Why that’s so is simple – almost all the junk files a Windows computer collects, it collects on the same partition of its hard drive that Windows is installed on, and the less free space there is on this partition, the slower Windows will be. Not only do junk files that have built up on a computer over a significant amount of time take up just as significant an amount of storage space, they can also lead to the affected computer running slower than it would be without them.
A few kilobytes worth of junk files could never be a bother – but over time, as more and more junk files are added to the pile of trash, these few kilobytes experience what is known as ‘the snowball effect’ and eventually turn into a mountain of junk files that weigh multiple gigabytes and take up a significant amount of storage space. As you use your computer, junk files (from files left over after system updates and files lying in your Recycle Bin to files in your internet browser’s cache and everything in between) start accumulating in different areas of its hard disk drive.
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