You can run out of storage space on your computer real quick if you use it on a daily basis. While purposely-installed Windows apps and games take up a lion’s share of the space, temporary files of various descriptions are also a major culprit. They not only take up precious storage that can otherwise be used to store valuable data, but also slow down your computer by reducing read/write speeds of your hard drive. So today, we will show you how you can delete temporary files in Windows 10 to reclaim storage space and speed-up your PC.

Windows 10 offers you a number of different ways to delete junk files on your computer. Today, we will discuss the best and fastest ways to delete temporary files in Windows 10. For that, we will use various built-in tools such as Disk Management, Disk Cleanup, Storage Sense and more. We will also tell you how you can manually delete temp files in Windows 10. So without further ado, let’s check out how we can remove temporary files in Windows 10.

  • Method 1: Using System Settings
  • Method 2: With Disk Cleanup
  • Method 3: Using Temp Folder
  • Method 4: Via ‘Storage Sense’
  • Method 5: From the Command Prompt

Method 1: Using System Settings

  • Firstly, go to Settings (Windows key + I) > System.

  • Once the results are displayed, select the items you want to delete, and then click on ‘Remove files’.

  • In the search box on the taskbar, type “cleanup”, and select ‘Disk Cleanup’ from the list of results.

Method 3: Using Temp Folder

You can also manually delete temp files in Windows 10. For that, go through the following steps:

Note: If you don’t see the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop, you can get it back easily by checking out how to restore missing features in Windows 10.

Windows 10 comes with a built-in service to automatically delete temporary files on a schedule. Called ‘Storage Sense’, the feature is turned off by default, but you can turn it on in a few simple clicks. What’s more, you can also customize it and specify how it works automatically on your computer.

Note: Storage Sense can also be configured to clear locally cached files of cloud storage services, such as iCloud, One Drive, and more.

  • Open Windows Command Prompt in Admin mode by searching ‘cmd’ in the Windows Search Bar and selecting ‘Run as administrator’.

You can speed-up your computer and reclaim oodles of storage space by deleting junk files in Windows 10. Even if you have a lot of available storage on your PC, it’s just good practice that should be followed for optimum PC maintenance. And while we’re talking about PC maintenance best practices, you should also check out our Windows 10 tips and tricks to get the most out of your computer.