Delete these garbage Windows files!

[@Culdcepter]

It amazes me how my mind forgets so many of these things, but finding videos like yours reminds me what I keep forgetting day in and out. Thank you much.

[@LironSegev]

I'm so glad!

[@casaraku1]

Its great that Liron does not assume that people know about restore or backup options and actually shows it at the beginning when mucking about the OS.

[@FortworthYT]

Thank you so much! I had trouble updating and uninstalling a certain game, yet my storage wasn't increasing until I have found out that the big sized patches and miscellaneous were actually in Temp. Once again, you have my thanks. Subbed

[@keithtanner2806]

What a relief to have straightforward, to the point instructions without senseless guff. 😃

[@LironSegev]

Appreciate you being here

[@dboify1234]

@@LironSegev hey man the spotify one was so so so helpful thank you so much

[@abdallatech7230]

@@LironSegev umm is it must teacher?

[@AnthonyManzio]

​@@LironSegev I can't delete windows.old?

[@TheMerkilan]

I am saving this video to follow these steps again on a monthly basis (at least.) Disk cleanup freed 10GB from my hard drive! I kept pausing to follow your directions through the video because you were moving along quickly, but I appreciate you not dragging directions out to make the video longer. We have the pause and rewind ability at our fingertips afterall. :)

[@LironSegev]

😂 Finally someone who gets it

[@johntorhovtor5244]

@@LironSegev i dont see any spotify folder there in local i see SquirrelTemp but not spotify

[@wittwittwer1043]

You can save time scrolling through a lot of files by doing this: If the file you are looking for begins with "s" press the keyboard "s" key and it will take you to all the files beginning with that letter. Then scroll down to the specific file and press "enter" to open it.

[@keithbrown7685]

but if you're fast enough at typing, and you know some of the letters beyond s, like, say, sillystrings.txt....... if you can type si or sil or sill fast enough, you'll get to *the* file you're looking for.

[@phillstarrfamily1st124]

Thank you so much, for not making this complicated and getting right to the point on everything. Hats off to you my guy 🙏🏽🏆

[@LironSegev]

App you being here!

[@stargazer7184]

@@LironSegev How do you gain access to the Prefetch file if it won;t let you see it?

[@kraken_up6416]

@@stargazer7184 If you hover your pointer over the folder, it'll tell you it's empty. I can only access my Prefetch folder occasionally.

[@gen5773]

Liron! Thanks! I've cleaned up my computer this morning with your brilliant no-nonsense directions - Fab!

[@Chiresia]

I think this is singlehandedly the most useful video on the internet.

[@LironSegev]

Appreciate you being here 🔥

[@kaminobatto]

Thank you so much for this! I just claimed back almost 9 GB of my HD space! I'm hoping my SSD will now perform again like one!

[@LironSegev]

Glad it helped!

[@GReaper]

Disk Cleanup does much of this automatically when you run it... It does leave a few things behind, but it is much better for people not sure about doing this stuff, or don't want to install third party stuff.

[@jeremybenisrael]

Liron, I came upon your YT channel and am very glad I did. Your tips are amazing and so fast and easy to implement. My PC and laptops are running much smoother now. Thank you!

[@LironSegev]

Welcome aboard!

[@ralphcardinal2688]

Thanks for mostly great advice. I did have an issue with trying to purchase System Mechanic, they insisted that I upgrade and pay a monthly fee. My understanding was that initially there was a one time charge but the salesperson would not relent so I was forced to be abrupt and hang-up I uninstalled the program and will cancel the credit card payment. This is not an indictment of the product just the sales/tech person.

[@LironSegev]

Wtf WI ask them

[@hwdrlkh]

He can't help, he just got sponsored.

[@iolotechnologies]

We are sorry to hear about your negative experience with our contact center. The representative's response is not accurate, and more so, their behavior is in clear violation of our policies. We have shared your feedback with our Customer Service Manager. To clarify, the software is an annual license and there is no requirement to upgrade and there is not a monthly fee.

[@KristiTalk]

This is was a great I-can’t-sleep find!! Thank you. Can’t wait to do this later!

[@LironSegev]

BEST time to find new content 😂

[@kamolhengkiatisak1527]

I allocate 1gb as ramdisk and change cache/temp variable to Z:\ ramdisk. Once shut down, all cache/temp files are automatically deleted. Furthermore, it saves SSD life a little as all these files are not written on SSD and it also makes browser run faster when it needs to access cache files.

[@Maolana_ModiG]

I did also using primocache.

[@Harzurner]

I do this all the time especially after a drink on the work work laptops

[@billss19]

*Very* thorough explanations and an incredible compilation of extremely useful suggestions . . . you`re the best. I`ve been using iolo System Mechanic Pro for several years and their primary downside is *constant* attempts at up-selling.

[@LironSegev]

Glad it was helpful!

[@iolotechnologies]

Thank you for your feedback. You CAN turn off notifications by clicking on Settings (the gear icon) and checking or unchecking which notifications/alerts you’d like to see. This includes task notifications, updates, hints and tips, and desktop messaging. In addition to the notification preference for desktop communication, every email has an opt out link, which is strictly observed.

[@MasterArmedforces]

@@LironSegev Hey Liron, this comment is regarding your MTU settings vid from about a year ago but Ive found that KZbinrs get better notifications on their newer content so Im commenting here instead: After following your directions, I determined I should be at 1495. So I jumped ahead one step & checked what the current setting was. It was set at 1500, so that was too big. How did that number get originally setup incorrectly, by the router maybe? SO, I tried to set it to 1495 w/the word WiFi within the parenthesis' as you showed. It told me the syntax was wrong. After 4-5 tries I typed in Wireless Network Connection instead and it processed further than it previously had telling me the parameters, but that the syntax was still incorrect. Bummer. I sent you an email with the screenshot. I appreciate your time. Thanks!

[@makeminefreedom]

I purchased a copy of System Mechanic years ago and it maxed out my processor so I had to delete it. The version I had ran constantly in the background and my CPU fan was running constantly. When I deleted it my computer returned to normal. I don't know if the developers have addressed this issue but it made me so angry I never wanted to try it again.

[@billss19]

@@iolotechnologies That has *NOT* been my experience . . . by the way, you sold out to norton . . . *lol*

[@peterschmidt9942]

I don't mind watching these sorts of videos occasionally as I generally forget to do a lot of this so it's a great reminder to do so LOL.

[@LironSegev]

I'm so glad!

[@muriuwangai3617]

Hi Liron, am thankful for your assisting us with much knowledge on computers. You should know that you have much following in Kenya..

[@carlvaz]

I found this video very useful! I could right away see a marked improvement in the PC start-up time. Thank you!

[@LironSegev]

Appreciate you being here 🔥

[@PiltdownSuperman]

Yes, those temp files are used by programs, but as I like to say, sometimes they forget to pick up their toys when they're done. Then we need to do what you're describing.

[@LironSegev]

haha good way of putting it. Also some developers are just really bad at coding so they leave a mess everywhere 😂

[@Biglover29]

@@LironSegev Can't you do the same thing through the disc cleaner program?

[@CesarPeron]

@@Biglover29 Cleanmgr+ is your answer

[@mfb6310]

Excellent! First thing I did was empty the trash, then I did everything you suggested with you right there guiding me along. And must now empty it AGAIN with over 25,000 things in it. Wow - Thank You!

[@64mustangfan]

Incredibly relevant! Thanks Liron. Cleaning up restore points was a massive gain in space. Saving this vid for sure 🙂

[@danoconnell1833]

If you don't have Liron's level of computer literacy, I highly recommend doing a *full image backup* in addition to setting a system restore point before starting this. It takes longer, but can fix almost anything that can go wrong. There's no guarantee that system restore will work in every situation.

[@danoconnell1833]

@Sahil Bhandari My experience (20+ years) with system restore shows it to be unreliable, even in simple situations. To the point where I don't use it at all any more. Better to be safe.

[@paulwarner5395]

I do a full system image backup every week just in case ..

[@danoconnell1833]

@@paulwarner5395 Excellent idea!

[@tr4l1975]

@Sahil Bhandari Quoted from another commenter "Your advice is going to be helpful to most people, but it completely wrecks things for anybody using XBox Game Pass on PC in such a way that System Restore cannot help." Image backups are great for when restore points won't fix problems.

[@NotRowsdower]

Wish I'd read this comment before I tried Liron's suggestions. I set a system restore beforehand, tried his suggestions and stuff started crashing. went for the restore and most of my apps,all of my saved bookmarks and passwords are now gone. Took me ages to just get my external bluetooth dongle to work again. I started working on this over 8 hours ago.... still not completely back to normal

[@skl5838]

From your first video I find your subjects so interesting and useful and educational. I immediately subscribed. More power to you

[@naturallyherb]

Thanks for such a thorough explanation! I was going through the situation where running cleanmgr.exe didn't clear out all temporary files. So I searched and was able to come up with deleting the temp, %temp%, software distribution files, and prefetch files, before I discovered your channel, which helped even more!

[@johntowle]

However, there was one area that didn't see a performance boost: internet speed. Iolo claims that System Mechanic can speed up your PC's internet connection via its NetBooster feature, but I didn't see a significant improvement that couldn't be explained by normal fluctuations when I ran Speedtest by Ookla.

[@dchubworldsharenetwork]

That's just what it's called sometimes. If you ordered 100/100 internet speed from your ISP operator, you will have that speed and programs cannot change that speed. Internet speed is set for your location / username by your ISP Operator and has nothing to do with your computer or devices. Programs can change how the webpage opens, how the browser will use the Internet connection, ping optimization etc. If you ordered Internet Speed​​​​​​ 100/100 and the Speed ​​​​​​Test shows only 90/80, yes, it is possible that such optimizations can help. When the Internet is not in use! Of course Speed ​​Test is done like this. 1) Turn off all devices from the modem (Wi-Fi and Cables) When all devices are turned off... 2) Turn off the modem for at least 30 seconds ( power supply from the wall ). A) Also restart your computer 3) Wait for the computer to boot into the OS and the modem to establish an Internet connection ( Lights on the modem ). 4) Now connect the computer and the modem with a cable. !Do not connect other devices! 5) Once your computer is connected to the Internet, open the Speed ​​​​​​Test website and select your ISP Operator for the speed test. Speedtest by Ookla will definitely have your ISP listed. This is the best internet speed test website as server distance is very important for accurate measurement. If the internet speed is not the same as the one you ordered or almost the same, do the same test later or next day and if the difference is still very large, call your ISP operator. You can try speed test on another computer to be sure. A cable connection is required for accurate measurement. If you cannot change the server, the internet speed test website is useless because the measurement will not be accurate.

[@mikem1851]

Great tips. You showed a lot of manual cleanup. Will System Mechanic do all of what you manually showed us here?

[@chipcobb3779]

This was excellent. It covered much more than I expected.

[@LironSegev]

Appreciate you being here 🔥

[@abdurahmanmohammed6077]

thanks with the help of your video I was able to delete more that 4 GB of useless data on my pc

[@MervynPartin]

I have a Asus Windows laptop with 32GB memory. It seemed plenty when I bought it several years ago, but the useable memory has been gradually used up so that even an update is precarious. Thanks to your helpful video, I have gained a useful amount of memory back.

[@danielstrm5940]

You sir just got a new sub! Love your vids!

[@kermitinmountain6371]

I thought I knew how to reduce those unwanted files and craps that Microsoft been giving us, I came across and found your video easy to use without any complicated. Microsoft has been and always will give us craps that use up our hard drive. Thank you Liron for your best. You made my day Sir! Thank you!

[@kt.hartigan]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I got 30GB back! So clear, straight forward, uncomplicated. Brilliant!😘

[@LironSegev]

Let's goooo 🔥

[@siccmike84]

Great video! 🔥 love the knowledge bomb 💣! How often should you do these steps to clean up the files in the PC?

[@LironSegev]

thanks for being here! I do these once a week or when my computer is "acting up"

[@siccmike84]

@@LironSegev I have two hard drives should I be creating a restore point for my Local Disk Drive (C) and (D).

[@robertheintz8017]

@@LironSegev Why do you do these once a week if you have System Mechanic?

[@LordProteus]

I've been using System Mechanic since 2008. I miss some of the older versions, especially the 2008 one. I especially miss the "gadgets" that Windows used to have and the SM gadget the software installed along with it, so you could see your system status at all times.

[@Dumont1964]

Excellent video, thanks. One remark though: Cleandisk did not scan and delete my previous windows folder (windows.old). Any thoughts on that?

[@Merijn890]

You're an absolute legend, helped me out a lot with your easy to follow video.

[@SpaceWizardCosplay]

Very helpful. Thank you for explaining everything quickly and efficiently. Bootup time after restart is less than 8 seconds. ;)

[@hhvictor2462]

there's an issue with the restore point. I have a 500gb ssd. At 1% it should register at the megabyte level but it's giving me gigabytes instead.

[@hi_suggestnamepls903]

tysm for this vid! I've been trying to delete some unwanted junks in my laptop, and the softwaredistribution and downloads just gave me a lot of storage when i deleted it! tysm!!

[@Watchmuhs6x]

Love this guy, always 100 percent trust his knowledge and always gets me through these situations smoothly. Thanks a million!

[@LironSegev]

Really appreciate you being here 🔥

[@christophersmith5223]

My Fav IT Guy Always straight to the know with no dilly dally :)

[@LordProteus]

Nothing related to restore points comes up when I put Restore or any iteration thereof into the Search on windows 10. :(

[@LironSegev]

did you ever create a manual restore point? If you didn't than that's why. Also use Disc Cleanup and choose System files to see what Windows is saving that you can safely delete

[@AgentSkitz]

For someone like me who knows nothing about computers, Thank you so much I have learnt so much I didn’t know. You are a star

[@vas4739]

QQQ every time I shut down a message says that “there are others who are on so do I want to shut down anyway” what does that mean to me as I am at home and don’t have any one using my machine… no one lives with me either. Thx! I’m retired.

[@jim2611]

I love you no-nonsense videos - it will be great if you can do a video on onedrive management - my onedrive keeps getting stuck one preparing to upload - I've resetting and other tips to no avail - cheers from Sydney, Australia 🙂

[@chrisguli2865]

Very useful info! Question -Wouldn't Disk Cleanup accomplish the same (by also selecting "System File Cleanup")?

[@darkspongebob11]

an easier way to get to appdata local folder you dont have to go out of the roaming and into local instead type in %localappdata% and it takes you stright there

[@LironSegev]

yup! thanks for that 👍

[@bryanbeddingfield5489]

i like pegasun i use it every time i turn on my computer i love the turbo mode it absolutely works are you familiar?

[@uwanttono4012]

Can I create a restore point if I get a message that my battery needs to be replaced? Am I disadvantaged in any way if I do this with my laptop in this condition? I've just recently found your vlog and I just love its practical ideas! Thanks for any help or pointers you can provide!!

[@Krissie-Colton]

This is amazing, thanks so much I got back 13G of space on my hard drive and learnt something never because i've never knowm how to improve the performance. I will say the disck clean up too ages so I knew it must have needed it

[@jorichie601]

A First Class tutorial as ever ! Many thansk Liron.

[@LironSegev]

My pleasure!

[@BimalB]

for cleaning up all disks of junk, use the below steps 1. Open the Administrative command line 2. type "cmd.exe /c cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & cleanmgr /sagerun:65535" without quotes 3. select all the items in the dialog that popsup 4. press enter

[@alanschwartz1157]

I wish I could get a written copy of everything you just said. I had to run and rerun everything a couple of times. If I had a hard copy, I could proceed at my own pace. Sometimes my brain runs slower than my computer.

[@Tiger6Lilly]

Hi Alan. I'm using my phone and if I expand the description of the video and scroll down I can access the transcript of the video. I'm not sure about printing it but you could always copy and paste it into a word document.

[@Bisrocky]

I have a question, there is somthing like defaultuser100001.desktop in my window 11 it is kinda takes alot of space and make my pc lag sis it dangerous to delete? Please I need a answer my computer is getting laggier each week

[@TheTruthcometh]

Great video! Let me ask you this..Is there a way to transfer downloaded games, from a computer to an external hard drive?..If so how can i do that?

[@mnomic8371]

7:57 Also in %appdata% if you have been doing restore points on your apple device then there could be loads of big files here that can be removed; but only remove the old ones you don’t need.

[@AdventureNomadforNature]

In addition, I often run the Defragment and Optimize feature to speed up my computer

[@favloeskobar1826]

new subscriber here thank you sir, your tutorial tips is clear and informative godbless you

[@Blind_Hawk]

Is there a reason why the automated option of deleting files isn't working? I put it on and it should remove the files in the downloads folder every day, but it doesn't.

[@metalfabman5477]

excellent tutorial, thanks so much, will be doing this to all 3 of my pc's. just excellent!!

[@georgekelly9797]

Well I got to say this was a great video. Followed all steps and things are working great. Thank you for your help. Where can I get information on how to do a system image? Thank you.

[@MrAlpinekid]

At time mark 8:50, in Windows 10 Pro, EDGE, more tool, does not show 'clear cache'. A lot of the other things did help. The one about Microsoft Store, that one did not help with letting me install HP Smart. It did speed it up.

[@susanpeters1628]

Please let us know how clean up an iPhone. I have an iPhone 11.

[@runemesa]

Wow! Thanks for all of the info. I didn't need to use the spotify one since I've never used that program (or whatever it is). The very last one about clearing browsing data I couldn't do because I never use Chrome. I know you said all of the browser are the same with this menu, but I use Firefox and there was no "Clear browsing data" option in the "more tools" section. Everything thing else worked though. Thanks loads. :)

[@slickmustang6568]

Feature update to Windows 10, version 20H2 (2), Last failed install attempt on ‎7/‎2/‎2022 - 0xc1900101 been trying to get this update for a long time do you have any ideas on getting this windows update

[@NickyCashAntwerp]

Could you do a video on Ownership for internal and external Hard disks please ? Permissions and such, all very confusing. Thank You

[@AndyAKratz]

@7:55 You can also use %localappdata% to get directly to those directories.

[@jhawk3547]

Awesome post Liron! 2 or 3 I didn't know about. Thank you mate!

[@LironSegev]

No problem 👍

[@davidviner5783]

Very comprehe,nsive. Norton regularly tells me I have gb of files slowing me down. I use advice like yours to try and delete them. Next month I get another similar message from Norton!!!

[@susanb5812]

Did the disk cleanup but when I try to open disk cleanup again I cannot. What happened?

[@Alice_Longinuse]

Can you make videos, does erasing cookies and cache also erasing saved passwords ?

[@Hermanus2024]

Hey have an older pc running Windows 7 Home 32bit how to create a restore point?

[@Christos6300]

Can we do this same procedure on Windows 7? And my Windows 7 lap top is 32 bit. Does this mean that I can't use the system mechanics app?? Thank you.

[@portman8909]

For SSD's would it be better to have the storage sense run every 30 days?

[@jakeaustin2379]

You are correct my friend . . . This is scaring the hell out of me to attempt this.

[@cwildcat5622]

Appreciate the info. Question, can you do a video on how to install Firefox on a newer microsoft / edge operated laptop?! I can’t stand edge..

[@bapsteruk]

Thanks, I followed the this video but now for some reason I can no longer run CMD as administrator?

[@adb6638]

Liron, thk you so much for this great advice! I have a small tablet + laptop and it cannot carry much data, often problems with new downloads, so I constantly have to remove old data, your tips are super and I have been able to detect and delete additional `garbage` of windows. I have a question, as you explained about removing old Spotify data, I noticed in same location the local temp folder, can I also delete all the files from this folder? Plse let me know, thks!

[@nusratjahan3705]

Jazakallahul Khairan brother 🌿it helped alot

[@michaeludeze8470]

Disk Cleanup makes computer run faster. However, you must run it as Administrator. The Option to run it as Administrator shows up on the right sight when you type disk clean up. You can also right-click, and choose - run as Administrator. If you don't run as Administrator. it will not remove old Device Drivers that are slowing your system down.

[@truckermikemct1]

Hello sir from the Philippines. Have you yet made a video regarding issues with the windows search box in the task bar? When I hit enter ater typing something it disapperas as well as the large app box above it. Thanks

[@SixteenTonesStudio]

I'm not particularly a fan of hiberfil, I never hibernate so I typically shut off that feature and free up quite a bit of room

[@viaexcellence]

Do you have any advice for Debian Linux users?

[@GHagar2024]

Most useful video, I’ve learned a lot, thank you!

[@paulhotson5820]

"Advanced Systemcare" by IOBIT is great for cleaning up and is free to download.

[@PolizeiPaul]

I wonder if maybe deleting the TEMP folder it's self (make a backup copy somewhere though) might help, No TEMP folder it has no where to be stashing junk again.

[@saafewolf69]

Does it mean something that I have used Spotify for years and I did not find the folder in "appdata" at all?

[@harrykerr2608]

I have the same issue. I've used Spotify for years and it's not in 'appdata' - 'local'. Looking forward to an answer for this.

[@signal404]

Awesome video! I liked Here to mentioned, it made me smile to hear about Spotify (Not everyone uses that services)

[@qormi1000]

Excellent tips. Thank you so much. Your explanations are easy to follow.

[@danielteyehuago1633]

Please which pc software that enables you to delete files from a flash completely without leaving a trace...

[@BeowolfNindoJournal]

Thanks for the tips! I used a similar program called Auslogics, but it ended up messing up some of my system files. What are the chances of System Mechanic doing the same?

[@Smart-Skippy]

Yeah, Auslogics F***ed up one of my pcs

[@HotGates]

Great video I'll look into system mechanics but what about Glary Utility? Also is system mechanics buy in full or is it year to year?

[@vasilismanatos8288]

You didnt mention the shadow copies in the disk clean up

[@robbietorkelsonn8509]

I use steam for my games ... my linux sbc for litteraly anything else needless to say things have become a lot more quieter around here

[@rfburns5601]

Yes I deleted all those garbage windows files and went to linux ages ago. Got tired of playing whack-a-mole with windows update and debloat scripts. I understand some folks are stuck with windows; you have my condolences.

[@LironSegev]

When I switched to Linux it came with its own set of issues too. Nothing is perfect for everyone all the time.

[@repairman2be250]

Hardly ever did I have any luck restore windows from a restore point.

[@rakeshs3761]

Awesome channel, learned a lot of super useful things

[@LironSegev]

Glad to help!

[@BasicMike]

There's one more thing you can do to speed up your computer. Every browser, and most large programs, like Microsoft Office, use a software program to update the application, keeping it fresh and exciting. However, many updating programs run every hour of every day, regardless of whether there is an update. The programs are started by the Window scheduler. Simply and meticulously go through every entry looking for these hourly cycle hogs and change the setting to a once-a-day trigger. The browsers and large programs will still update to the latest version, but without interfering with your TV time, games, or actual work.

[@seepassthebs]

Can u tell me how to do it?

[@ZyklonBeast12]

Okay how? Lol

[@decal2756]

He just wants to tell you ABOUT it without actually telling you HOW to do it!

[@lalisa2945]

Since I did it my pc got corrupted I'm having blue screen every 10 min