Windows Storage Tips: How I Never Run Out of Space
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Summary
If your laptop is constantly running out of storage space, these tips can help you to clear up space and avoid constant disruptions.
Enable Storage Sense: this Windows feature clears up space by deleting temporary files, files in the recycling bin, and files in the downloads folder that are not used very often.
Remove duplicate files: these can accumulate over time so it can be useful to scan your system for duplicates and remove any that are unnecessary.
Uninstall apps that are no longer used: these can often be overlooked but they take up valuable space; Windows makes it easy to sort your apps by size to identify the largest ones.
Clear up your downloads folder: many people leave files in here indefinitely, but it’s worth checking once a week for files you can delete.
Store large files on an external drive: this takes them off your laptop drive, giving you more space.
Use OneDrive’s Files on Demand feature: this allows you to keep files in the cloud and download them only when you need them.
