One of the factors that cause a laptop to be slow is the accumulation of junk files or cache on the hard disk. Junk files in question are residual files left by previously deleted application programs, temporary files, or files stored in the recycle bin.
To restore the laptop's performance, you must delete these junk files. There are so many methods of removing junk files that you can use, you can use additional applications or without using additional applications. One method will be discussed in this article. Please refer to the steps on how to clean trash on a laptop / PC below.
How to Clean Junk on Laptop / PC
- First, please open Windows Explorer on your laptop by pressing the Windows key + E on the keyboard or clicking the icon on the taskbar.
- Then, please click Local Disk C.
- Then, click the Windows folder.
- Then, scroll down and click the Software Distribution folder.
- Then, select the Downloads folder.
- Then, you will see a lot of cache files there. Please block everything by pressing Ctrl + A.
- Then, please press Delete or right click and select Delete.
- Then, permission will appear, please just click Continue.
- Wait a while until the delete process is complete.
- If the process is complete, go to the next stage of deleting cache. Please press Windows + R on the keyboard. Then, please type temp. Then, click OK.
- Well, you will see again a lot of files that are small in size. Please block everything by pressing Ctrl + A on the keyboard.
- Then, press Delete on the keyboard or right-click and select Delete.
- Then, if a pop-up appears about permissions, please just click Continue.
- Then, if a Folder in use pop-up appears, which means the folder is being used, please just click Skip.
- Wait a while until the whole process is complete.
- If the process is complete, go to the next stage of deleting cache. Please press Windows + R on the keyboard. Then, please type "%temp%". Then, click OK.
- Well, you will see again a lot of files that are small in size. Please block everything by pressing Ctrl + A on the keyboard.
- Then, press Delete on the keyboard or right-click and select Delete.
- Then, if a pop-up appears about permissions, please just click Continue.
- Wait a while until the whole process is complete.
- If the process is complete, go to the last delete cache stage. Please press Windows + R on the keyboard. Then, please type prefetch. Then, click OK.
- Then, a pop-up appears about permissions to access this folder. Please click Continue.
- Well, you will see again a lot of files that are small in size. As in the image below. Please block everything by pressing Ctrl + A on the keyboard.
- Then, press Delete on the keyboard or right-click and select Delete.
- Then, the next step is Disk Cleanup. The trick, please right click on Local Disk: C then click Properties.
- Then, click the Disk Cleanup button.
- Then, please check all the files in the box. Then, click Clean up system files.
- Then, please check again all the files in the box or only the files you want to select. Then, click OK.
- Then a pop-up will appear, are you sure you want to delete it permanently? Click Delete Files if the answer is yes.
- Done. Please wait a while until the deletion process is complete. And check whether your storage space has been reduced or not.
So this article discusses how to delete trash on a laptop. Hopefully this article can be useful and help you. Thank you..!!