How to Cleanup System Files with the Windows 10 Disk Cleanup Tool

Can I cleanup system files with Disk Cleanup tool?

Is it safe to cleanup system files?

Since system files occupy a large part of the PC space, many users want to delete them to free up computer space. But they abandoned the idea due to safety concerns. Is it safe to cleanup system files? In fact, there are some system files on your computer that can be safely cleaned, including:

♣ Windows Update Cleanup files: When you complete the Windows upgrade, the computer will generate a Windows.old folder containing files that can restore your computer to the previous system. If you needn't go back to the previous version, it is absolutely safe to delete these files.
♣ System Archived Windows Error Reporting: These files refer to error reporting files generated when software crashes, they'll be forwarded to Microsoft.
♣ System Error Memory Dump Files: When encounter a blue screen problem, the system will generate a memory dump file to help you identify the problem. After fixing the problem, this file will become useless.
♣ Direct X Shader Cache: It is a file caching system that helps to improve the performance and responsiveness of applications, which can take up a lot of space when it being damaged. You can safely delete it because it will automatically regenerate later.

(There are also Windows ESD Installation Files and Delivery Optimization Files, but we do not suggest you to delete them.)

How to cleanup system files with the Windows 10 Disk Cleanup tool? Next, we will introduce the detailed steps to use Windows 10 Disk Management.

How to cleanup system files with the Windows 10 Disk Cleanup tool

Disk Cleanup tool is a Windows built-in tool that can be used to delete some Windows files, Windows Error Reporting and Diagnostics, Direct X shader caches, delivery optimization files, previous Windows installation files, etc. Please follow the steps below to use Disk Cleanup to clean up system files:

Step 1. Press the "Windows+R" to open the run program, then enter "cleanmgr.exe" and press "Enter".

Step 2. Tick the system files you want to delete in the listed files, then click "OK" to start cleaning the selected files.

A powerful alternative to cleanup system files

With the detailed steps, you may understand how to cleanup system files with the Windows 10 Disk Cleanup tool. However, besides system files, there are many hidden junk files in the computer. If your computer is still slow after deleting system files with Disk Cleanup, you can try AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional.

This handy computer cleaning expert provides you with 3 effective ways to free up your PC space:

★ "PC Cleaner" can scan and completely delete all junk files in your computer, including system junk files and registry junk files.
★ "Delete large files" can fully scan the computer and help you identify which large files over 16MB can be safely deleted, then remove them from your PC permanently.
★ "App Mover" helps you move installed programs to another drive, which can help you free space without losing data.

PS. : This multi-functional computer manager also provides you with advanced functions such as Migrate OS to SSD, Clone Disk, Convert File System between FAT32 and NTFS, etc.

Step 1. Download and open AOMEI Partition Assistant, then click "Free up" and "Delete Large Files".

Step 2. You can find and delete large files in the following drives, choose the target drives and click "Start Scan".

Step 3. All large files will be found out, tick the target large files and click "Delete".

Step 4. You can see the detailed information of the selected large files, click "Delete Now" to clean up all of them.

│Bonus: How to extend the system drive

When encountering a "low disk space warning", many users will seek a way to extend the C drive. Here, AOMEI can help you allocate free space from other drives to extend the C drive.

Step 1. In the main interface, right-click D drive and select "Allocate Free Space".

Step 2. Choose the space size and C drive, then click "OK".

Step 3. Click "Apply" to start the C drive extending operation.

Summary

How to cleanup system files with the Windows 10 Disk Cleanup tool? In this article, we provided the answer for you. Besides, we also shared the perfect AOMEI Partition Assistant to clean and speed up your slow computer more efficiently.

As the most thoughtful computer cleaning software, it is also available in the following versions: the Server Edition for Windows Server users; the Unlimited Version allows multiple computers to be used at the same time; the Technician Edition allows technical services to customers.