How to Safely Delete Temp Files Windows Server 2012 R2 [New Guide]

Windows Server 2012 R2 disk is full? Delete temp files now!

The longer you use Windows Server 2012 (R2), the less free space is left in your system C drive. Windows updates, user login files, programs, caches, and many other files are eating up the available space day by day. If you don’t take measures as soon as possible, your C drive will become full very soon and your Server will often stuck.

To solve this hard drive filling up problem, the easiest and most efficient way is to delete temp files Windows Server 2012 R2 right now! Temporary files are formed to help the computer to run related tasks successfully. They are easily ignored by users, but still consume a lot of free space in the background.

But is it safe to delete all temp files Windows Server 2012 R2? Of course Yes! Only if you use the right tool and remove the correct temporary files, the deletion is absolutely safe. Follow the below tutorial to see how to do it.

How to delete temp files in Windows Server 2012 R2?

The same as other Windows versions, Windows Server 2012 (R2) has an inbuilt utility called Disk Cleanup. This is a cleaning tool that can delete temp files and other common junk files in a fast and secure way. However, Disk Cleanup in Server 2012 is not enabled by default, so you need to activate it and then start to remove temporary files. The steps are below:

Part 1. Enable Disk Cleanup in Server 2012

Step 1. Click Server Manager on the bottom left, and click the second option "Add roles and features".

Step 2. Click "Next" till you see the Features. Locate "User Interface and Infrastructure".

Step 3. Click the checkbox in front of "Desktop Experience" and click "Next".

Step 4. Within several minutes, the installation is complete, click Close. Make sure that you reboot the system.

Part 2. Delete temp files Windows Server 2012 R2

Step 1. After rebooting Windows Server 2012 R2, open "This PC", right-click C drive, and select "Properties". Click the "Disk Cleanup" button under the General tab.

Step 2. Tick the files you will delete and click "OK". Then confirm at the pop-up dialog.

An easier way to delete temp files Windows server 2012 R2

Apart from using Disk Cleanup to delete temp files user login Windows Server 2012 R2, you can also use a third-party PC cleaner named AOMEI Partition Assistant for Cleanup to perform temp files deletion.

The reason why I recommend this tool to you lies in its advanced features:

	Disk Cleanup in Windows Server 2012 (R2)	AOMEI Partition Assistant for Cleanup
Clean scope	Scan and clean one drive at one time	Scan and clean all drives at one time
Applies to	Common temp files	All kinds of junk files
Reboot system	Yes	No
Other features	None	Delete large files, duplicate files, etc.

See? With AOMEI software, you can delete all temporary files in Windows Server 2012 (R2) or in Windows 2025/2022/2019/2016 at one time, which can certainly release more space on your PC than that of Disk Cleanup.

Don't hesitate to download the demo version and see how to delete temp files in Windows Server 2012 R2 quickly and safely via AOMEI software.

Step 1. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant for Cleanup. Click the "Clean Junk Files" tab.

Step 2. Click the "Scan Now" button to start the process of scanning junk files.

Step 3. After the scan process is finished. All system junk files (including recycle bin files, temporary files, log files, invalid shortcuts, and so on) and registry junk files (including DLL registry, system registry, and program registry) will be displayed.

You can also click the button behind to view the junk files details.

Step 4. And, you can click the button behind to locate the file.

By default, the program will select some junk files to clean up, for example, temporary files, log files, and so on. You can also manually check to select more or uncheck to deselect fewer listed junk files. Or, click "Select All" to select all junk files to clean up if you need to clean up all.

Step 5. After selecting junk files that are not needed anymore, you can click the "Clean Now"button to start the cleanup.

The process of the cleanup might take time, and the selected files will be cleaned up. After the process is finished, you will get a cleanup completed window displaying how many files you have cleaned and not yet cleaned.

FAQs

◉ Can I delete Windows temp files Server 2012 R2?

The answer is yes. Temporary files are useless once you stop to use the related tasks, at the same time, they usually become the main factor that leads to slow performance in your Windows Server 2012 (R2). Thus, you can absolutely delete all Windows temp files from Server 2012 R2.

◉ How do I clean temp files on a Server?

Actually, there are a lot of ways you can use to delete temp files Windows Server 2012 R2. From what we have talked about, you can either use Windows built-in Disk Cleanup or third-party professional software - AOMEI Partition Assistant Server. They two can clean up your junk files to different degrees.

◉ How do I free up space on Windows Server 2012?

Apparently, deleting temp files is one of the workable ways to free up space on Windows Server 2012. In addition, you can move or delete folders, uninstall some big applications, wipe the unused hard drive, etc to free hard drive space.

Conclusion

That's all about how to delete temp files Windows Server 2012 R2. Two simple and useful methods have been discussed step by step. You can choose any one of them that you think is more convenient for you.