{"id":2553,"date":"2015-04-09T15:17:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T04:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/?p=2553"},"modified":"2023-08-11T19:08:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:38:49","slug":"how-to-free-up-disk-space-windows-10-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/how-to-free-up-disk-space-windows-10-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Free Up Disk Space on Windows 10 Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have recently installed Windows 10 operating system<\/a> on your PC then obviously you will wish to free up disk space<\/strong> on your Windows 10 computer<\/p>\n

Most interesting and new feature in Windows 10 is that it offers you the option to gain more disk space back after the installation of operating system. It means, if you have a limited disk space then this latest feature will help you to easily free up disk space on Windows 10 PC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This new feature of Windows 10 is known as \u201cSystem Compression\u201d. Basically, System compression<\/strong> is a procedure to compresses Windows files and gain more disk space back. Microsoft hasn\u2019t officially explained much about the Windows 10 System Compression feature but it can impressively free up as much as 8GB of disk space.<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s step by step Windows 10 guide<\/a>, I will show you how you can easily free up disk space on Windows 10 PC after the installation. Let\u2019s see:<\/p>\n

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Step (1):<\/strong> First of all, go to Windows 10 Start<\/strong> search and type in Disk Cleanup<\/strong> in the search box then select “Uninstall apps to free up disk space<\/strong>” option from the search results.<\/p>\n

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Step (2):<\/strong> After that, the Disc Cleanup<\/strong> dialog box will appear. Here you have to select the OS disk (the drive where windows 10 operating system is installed). Select the drive and click on OK<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

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Step (3):<\/strong> Now disc cleanup for selected drive will open up. Go to the Disk Cleanup<\/strong> tab and from the options select “System compression<\/strong>” option.<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/strong><\/span> You can see, in my case it can clear up as much as 7.54GB of disk space on Windows 10 PC.<\/p>\n

Step (4):<\/strong> After selecting the System compression option, click on OK<\/strong> button to start the compression process.<\/p>\n

Just after the click, the compression process to free up disk space on PC will begin. It would take some decent time, depending on how fast and big your drive is. So keep patience.<\/p>\n

Once the System compression process completes successfully, you will gain more disk space back on your Windows 10 PC. That’s it!<\/p>\n

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