disk cleanup
Digital file purging
Disk cleanup is a maintenance process that frees storage space on a computer by removing unnecessary files—temporary data, cached content, old downloads, and system logs that accumulate over time.
The term also refers to utility software that performs this task: I ran disk cleanup and recovered ten gigabytes.
Regular disk cleanup can improve system performance.
- defragmentConsolidate scattered disk data
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- junkWorthless discarded items
- temporaryLimited in duration
- filesStored data collections
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- IT servicesIT services, IT consulting, IT support, help desk, tech support
- PC maintenancedefrag, defragmentation, antivirus, malware removal, virus scan
- tech fixesfix, reboot, repair, software patch, reset
- IT operationssysadmin, reboot, server, install, database
- disk managementformatting, partitioning, file systems, NTFS, FAT32
- disk utilitiesparted, defragmenter, clone tool, Victoria, SMART