Identify the specific directories to delete carefully without losing important files
Identify the specific directories to delete carefully without losing important files
Hey everyone! I'm looking into which folders I can safely delete manually on Windows 10 and 11. I've been using the built-in Disk Cleanup tool, but I'm curious about specific folders that might be risky to remove. For instance, I read that the "c:\windows\installers" folder can grow quite large and might be better avoided. What should I keep or delete?
Avoid deleting files manually in the Windows folder. You can remove certain OS parts using third-party tools like Revo or Ashampoo, though storage is limited. Just use the Disk Cleaner occasionally.
Storage costs are so low that I didn’t expect to need to answer this again... The quickest way is to clear everything in Temp and Downloads. If that doesn’t help, try WizTree—similar to WinDirStat but more efficient overall. Identify the biggest applications and remove them, assuming you don’t use them often or have settings that can’t be recovered. The best approach is to upgrade to larger drives.
yeah it's a topic i don't actually take so much lately, i'm trying to figure out how to "cheap out" on my storage at work, i don't use windows since at least 3 years (happily) but i'm working with many windows VMs at the moment and i'm tying to firue out how to keep the storage occupation down, but yeah still there's not actual way to "debloat" windows and make it really thin without the risk to bork everything, i've just set up a preset for cleanmgr and spread it using a small bat that deletes a specific folder i know i can delete and then. the final solution is for now deleting the folders i know and applying a preset for the cleanmgr i've made on my PC and distributed using reg keys all automated via a bat file, not pretty for sure but it does the job
Consider moving from VMs to Docker, though results aren't guaranteed. Another approach is building a GoldenMaster VM with minimal bloat and then repurposing its images, though you might need to stay updated via slipstreaming. You can also run multiple VMs from a single image across various VM platforms.