Be sure to click the 'Clean up system files' option to run Disk Cleanup as Administrator.

This app is your main line of defense and lists all kinds of things it can clean up.

Now, run 'Free up disk space by deleting unnecessary files' which is the Disk Cleanup desktop app.

I don't bother with anything under 100 megs.

If you click 'See my app sizes' you'll go to this screen where you can quickly uninstall apps.

It'll also give you a decent idea of how your personal files take up space. You can also empty your recycle bin from here. From here you can see how much space your Windows Store apps take up, as well as pictures, Videos, etc.First 'Free up disk space on this PC' which runs full screen as a 'modern app.'.

Press Windows Key + W and type 'Free up.' You'll see a few options.However, if you take a few minutes, read carefully and do even a few of these tips or just run Disk Cleanup, you'll get lots of space back. Please read carefully and with all things you find on a random blog, be careful because you have no one to blame but yourself.

I've got a 256 gig C: drive that is an SSD, but things add up and I've noticed that in the last week or so I've only got about 20 gigs free and it was feeling cramped. This is an ' updated for Windows 8.1' version of my popular original article Guide to Freeing up Disk Space under Windows 7.

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