[Easy Ways] How to Delete Cache Files in Windows 10

Can I delete cache files on Windows 10?

Why need to clear all cache on Windows 10?

cache files refer to some temporary files. When you open an application or website, your computer will automatically cache some images and related data so that you can open it more quickly once again.

Although cache files can speed up opening programs or websites, you need to clean up cache files from your computer regularly. Because when too many cache files are stored, your computer will become extremely slow. In severe cases, you may encounter the computer freeze or blue screen.

Therefore, in order to ensure the long-term stable operation of the computer, you can learn the following methods on how to delete cache files in Windows 10.

4 ways to remove cache files on Windows 10

Since the accumulation of cache files will slow down the PC, you need to master some methods to delete Windows cache files, please read the following carefully.

│Method 1. Delete cache files by Disk Cleanup

Disk Cleanup is a PC cleaning tool in the Windows system, which can clean up some files to free up the computer, including Delivery Optimization Files, Recycle Bin, and Thumbnails.

Step 1. Type "disk cleanup" in Windows task bar and click "Open". In the new small window, choose C drive and click "OK".

Step 2. Tick the "Temporary files" and click "OK".

│Method 2. Turn on Storage Sense

Storage Sense is an automatic file cleaner provided by Windows system. As long as you open it, it will help you regularly clean up unnecessary files in your PC disk. Next, we’ll show you how to use Storage Sense to remove cached files on your computer.

Step 1. Open the "Windows Settings" and select "System".

Step 2. Click "Storage" and then turn on "Storage Sense", click "Configure Storage Sense or run it now" can help you to set more.

Step 3. In the "Configure Storage Sense or run it now" window, you can set the time and frequency to clean up your PC.

│Method 3. Delete cache files with CMD

CMD is a command line tool for Windows that can efficiently delete cache files including DNS cache, temporary cache files, prefetch cache files. The following are detailed steps to delete cache files with Windows 10 CMD:

Step 1. Click "Windows" and enter "cmd", select "Run as administrator".

Step 2. Type "%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe %temp%\" to view all temporary files in your computer; input "del %temp%\*.*/s/q" to completely delete the temporary files.

Tip: The command to clear the prefetch cache file is "del C:\Windows\prefetch\*.*/s/q"; the command to remove the DNS cache file is "ipconfig/flushdns".

│Method 4. Use Run program to clean cache files

The Run program can effectively delete temporary cache files and prefetch cache files, please refer to the following steps:

Step 1. Press "Windows+R" to open the Run program, type "temp" or "%temp%", then click "OK" to locate the temporary file.

Step 2. In the pop-up window, press "Ctrl + A" to select the target file and click "Delete".

Step 3. Restart the Run program, enter "prefetch" and click "OK" to locate the prefetch cache files.

Step 4. In the new window press the "Ctrl + A" and click "Delete" to delete all selected prefetch cache files.

A more efficient and comprehensive cache files cleaner

After you learn how to delete cache files in Windows 10, you may also want to remove all unnecessary files in your computer to free up and speed up it. The above methods can delete some files, but they cannot completely clean up your PC. Thus, you can use AOMEI Partition Assistant for Cleanup, a more comprehensive and powerful third-party freeware.

By using its "PC Cleaner" function, you can fully scan your computer in a bright interface, dig out and delete all junk files in the computer, even system junk files and registry junk files cannot escape its tracking.

Also, when you want to wipe hard drive, format partition, resize partition, rebuild MBR, etc., it also can help you.

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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.

Step 4. You can also click the button behind to view the junk files details.

Step 5. And, you can click the button behind to locate the file.

Step 6. 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.

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

Step 7. 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.

Tips: If you want to clean your PC more deeply and keep it in tip-top shape, use the following feature:
★ Delete large files: Help you deeply scan your computer, identify and distinguish large files that can be deleted, and then delete unnecessary large files permanently.

Conclusion

If you don't know how to delete cache files in Windows 10, we shared 5 methods to do it. In order to clean up your computer thoroughly, AOMEI Partition Assistant for Cleanup is worthy of your trust.