Delete temporary files in Windows 10

How to delete temporary files in Windows 10

On the Windows operating system and application run on your computer its generate temporary files in backend. in this article, we will know about what is temporary files and how to delete them.

In the Windows operating systems, temporary files are created both by the operating systems and the applications that are running on your computer.

Windows 10 has many other temporary file types, including those leftover files after installing a new version, error reporting, upgrade logs, temporary Windows installation files.

If you are using Windows 10, then you have a few options to safely remove temporary files on your machine using the Settings app and the Disk Cleanup tool.

Why Remove Temporary Files?

Free storage space: Temporary files use a lot of storage space. you can remove Temporary files and free up your hard drive space on your computer.

Improving computer performance: Temporary files that are needed by Windows or other applications can impact on your computer’s performance. Loading and searching these large files slow down your computer.

Remove temporary files using %temp%

1. Click on Start.

2. Search run and click on Run for open.

3. When run open Type %temp% and press enter.

4. When Temp file open press Ctrl+A and delete the all file.

Remove temporary files using Settings

1. Click on Start and select Settings

2. When settings open click on System

3. Click on Storage

4. Under the Local disk section, click on Temporary files option. 

5. On the temporary files select what you want to remove.

6. When selected the file click on Remove files.

After the following steps completed. files will be removed from your computer freeing up space.

Automatically delete temporary files on Windows 10.

On windows 10 version 1903 you can configure automatically delete temporary files in Windows 10. use the following steps to enable that setting. 

1. Click on Start and select Settings.

2. When settings open click on System.

3. Click on Storage.

4. Under the “Storage” options, turn on.