Windows hard drive full: How to create space

If your hard drive under Windows is full, you should quickly create space. Otherwise, the PC becomes slow and you can hardly save new files. In this practical tip, we will show you how to clear your hard drive.

Windows: Create space with on-board resources

• Uninstall any programs that you no longer need. To do this, open the Control Panel and select "Uninstall a program" under "Programs".
• It is advisable to sort the installed programs according to their size. Simply click on "Size" in the top bar. For tools that occupy several gigabytes of storage space, you should consider carefully whether you really need the respective program.
• Photo and video archives also consume an enormous amount of storage space. It is therefore worth moving as many pictures and videos as possible onto external storage media such as a USB stick or an external hard drive. Alternatively, you can also save some data online via cloud services.
• In general, you should delete all files that you no longer need. The same applies to temporary files.

Hard disk full: These tools clean up

• To remove duplicate files from your computer, use the free software Duplicate Cleaner. Especially with large music collections, it often happens that some songs are duplicated on the record.
• You can easily remove cache files, old registry entries and many other data guzzlers with the freeware CCleaner. A comprehensive tutorial on this is available for you in this practical tip.
• If you have many programs that you want to uninstall, the Absolute Uninstaller is more convenient than using the control panel. The tool allows the deinstallation of several programs at the same time. This also removes registry entries and autostart links.

If you have accidentally deleted a file that you still need, you can restore it with the next instructions.