[Free] Best Windows PC Cleaning Tools

Scenario

Why should we cleaning PC?

Why should we need to clean the computer regularly? When you use the computer, many files are naturally generated, such as temporary internet files, thumbnails, program files, temporary system files, etc. Over time, these unnecessary files accumulated in your computer and take up space on it. If you don't clean up our computer in time, you will face the impact of low disk space.

Therefore, in order to make the computer running faster, we need to clean up it with some practical Windows PC cleaning tools. Next, we will introduce 3 popular Win PC cleaners.

Popular Windows PC cleaning tools for Windows 10 & 11

After knowing the serious consequences of not cleaning your computer from the previous article, maybe you'll need some Windows cleaners for PC to free up disk space. Please read the following sections carefully to choose the best tool to fully clean up your PC.

│Case 1. Microsoft Total PC Cleaner

Microsoft Total PC Cleaner is a PC cleaning software produced by Microsoft corporation, dedicated to removing junk files including cache files, system caches and other junk files from the computer, achieving the purpose of freeing the computer in a short time. Here are the detailed steps to clean up your computer with it:

Step 1. Open this PC cleaning tool, you can see a tip to confirm your system disk, please read the sentences carefully and then click "Continue".

Step 2. Select the C drive as your target drive, click "Select Folder".

Step 3. Click "Start Scan" to search the selected drive.

Step 4. All founded unnecessary files will be listed out, you can see the size of them, click "Clean".

Step 5. The note "Your disk has been cleaned!" shows that you have completed this cleaning task, click "Done".

│Case 2. CCleaner

Another common computer cleaning software is CCleaner, which you may often see when you read articles related to cleaning computer on the web. Developed by Piriform, it can junk files such as cookies and browsing history.

However, online reviews of this PC cleanup freeware are highly polarized, as it has some hidden dangers. Not only can it carry malwares, but it also has major flaws such as updating without users’ permission, monitoring users' PC, and being difficult to shut down.

│Case 3. Free AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard (Hot)

You can easily see from the previous article: Microsoft Total PC Cleaner is safe, but it cannot completely scan out and remove all the junk files hidden in the computer; CCleaner is not safe enough. Is there any better Windows PC cleaning tool?

Here I would like to introduce you AOMEI Partition Assistant for Cleanup, a safe and comprehensive computer cleaning master. It doesn't automatically update without your admission, and it doesn't steal users' information. This computer cleaner just focuses on its work: in a few simple steps, completely scan the computer and easily delete all junk files including system-related files and registry files from the computer.

Let's implement this Windows PC cleaner free download and see how it works.

AOMEI Partition Assistant for Cleanup

The Best Windows Disk Partition Manager and PC Optimizer

Free Download
Windows PCs and Servers

Step 1. Download and run this Windows PC cleaning tool, you'll see all the disks and partitions on your computer, click "Free up" and then "PC Cleaner". 

Step 2. There will be a tip: "Approximate 1.26 GB disk space you can free up", click "Start Scan" to search for junk files.

Step 3. Wait for a while, the tool is scanning your PC.

Step 4. All junk files will be listed, choose the files you want to delete (Some junk files will be choose by default.), then click "Clean All".

Step 5. Click "Back" when the PC cleaning task is completed.

│Advanced: Deeply delete large files to free up PC space

When there's some large files stubbornly stored on your PC, you can deeply scan and delete large files larger than 16MB, duplicate files also cannot escape.

AOMEI Partition Assistant for Cleanup

The Best Windows Disk Partition Manager and PC Optimizer

Free Download
Windows PCs and Servers

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

Step 2. You can either click "Scan System Drive" to start the scan of your system C: drive. Or, click "Custom Scan" to manually select paths to be scanned. (Here, we take the "Custom Scan" as an example.)

Step 3. After clicking "Custom Scan", all local and external drives on your PC and the common Desktop, Documents, and Downloads paths will be displayed. You can manually select paths to be scanned. Once necessary paths are added, you can click the "Scan Now" button to start the scan process.

Step 4. The scan process might take time. After the scan is complete, all large files found will be listed.

Step 5. You can also check the large files and click the button behind to locate them.

Step 6. Tick the files you want to delete, and then click the "Clean Now" button to start the deletion.

Step 7. The deletion might take time. After the process is finished, the selected files will be deleted, and you will get a cleaning completed window displaying how much data you deleted in total. 

Step 5. Just for a while, the large files will be deleted successfully, and then you will see a warm notification suggesting you clean up your PC regularly.

Evaluation

What Windows PC cleaning tools can clean up PC effectively? You can see that AOMEI Partition Assistant for Cleanup is the safest and most efficient computer cleaner. Besides cleaning up your PC, it can also help you wipe hard drive, resize partitions and solve other common computer disk managing problems.