How to use Storage sense Windows to free up disk space

Storage Sense is one of the useful features that helps you organize storage space on your computer more effectively. This tool will automatically delete junk files, temporary files on the system along with many options to automatically delete files. Below are instructions for using Storage sense Windows.

 

What is Storage Sense?

When the free storage space on your computer is insufficient, the system performance will decrease. In this case, you need to remove unnecessary things from the system.

Storage Sense is a feature that helps you manage your disk space more efficiently and free up space. With the help of Storage Sense, unnecessary temporary files, system files, apps and features, and more are removed from your computer.

Storage Sense can find and delete the following items:

1. Temporary files
2. Apps & Features: Uninstall unwanted or unused programs on your computer.
3. System & reserved: allows you to delete unnecessary restore points.
4. OneDrive: delete unused files stored in the cloud.
5. Other file types

How to use Storage sense via Settings

Step 1:

You open Settings on your computer, then click on System and look to the side, select Storage Sense and activate this tool .

 

Step 2:

To customize Storage Sense, expand the tool and adjust how often Storage Sense runs and cleans.

In the Configure Cleanup Schedules section , adjust when Windows should run Storage Sense and when it should delete files in the Recycle Bin and Downloads folders.

Using Storage sense via Group Policy Editor

Step 1:

Press the Win + R key combination to open the Run dialog box and enter the keyword gpedit.msc . Switch to the new interface, access the path Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Storage Sense .

Step 2:

Then double click on the Configure Storge Sense cadence value .

 

Step 3:

In the new interface that appears, click Enabled and then click on the menu below to select the time to launch Storage sense at Run Storage Sense.