You probably have a hard drive on your Windows 10 computer, which has a reduced storage capacity. This causes it to fill completely in a short time. Which forces us to have to free up space on occasion, One way to reduce the space that is occupied on that drive is to delete temporary files.
Temporary files are generated by the own use and operation of Windows 10. It is something that we cannot fight, it happens at all times. Therefore, we can delete them with a certain frequency, to free up space that is used uselessly.
The first thing we have to do is find their location on the computer. Luckily, it is usually the same in almost all cases, unless you have several hard drives, in that case, they will be located in the one where you have the operating system and applications installed. But the way to find these temporary files are easy.
We open a run window in Windows 10, using the Win + R key combination and we write in it:% temp% This is the command we have to use to get to the location of the temporary files on our computer. As you can see, it is really easy to get there.
If we want, we can also get there manually. The usual location of this folder where temporary files are located in Windows 10 is: C: \ Users \ \ AppData \ Local \ Temp
Delete temporary files in Windows 10
There are several ways to delete such temporary files. All of them work well for us, so we can use the one that is most comfortable for us. These are the ways we currently have available.
Manually
In the folder where we have the temporary files, we can select all the files that are in it. Before deleting, it is good to make sure that we have the ability to view hidden files in it. Since in this way we are going to make sure that we delete all the temporary files that are stored in Windows 10.
We select everything, and then we proceed to its elimination. The folder will be empty, and we will see how we have obtained some more storage space on our Windows 10 computer. Very simple, although it is not the only way we have in this regard.
Cleaning applications
In a previous article, in which we have talked about seeing the occupied space and free up space on the computer, we have shown you some applications with which you can delete files on your computer. Thanks to this type of application we can also delete the temporary files that we have on the computer. We can make use of these types of programs that will help us free up space.
They are undoubtedly a good tool, which make these processes much simpler at all times, as well as taking less time. The good thing is that we have many cleaners for Windows 10 that are free. So we will be able to delete all temporary files easily without having to pay anything for it.
Windows 10 Cleaner
If we don't want to use any program, the operating system itself gives us the ability to delete temporary files In a simple way. We have a file cleaner that comes by default. It is the same process that we have used in the other tutorial to see the space that we have occupied in the operating system.
Therefore, We go to the configuration of Windows 10. We enter the system, the first section of the screen, and within it we look at the column on the left. There we must click on the storage option. Then we click on the hard drive that we use and we will see the occupied space.
In the list that comes out we find temporary files. We then click on them, and then we will see that a button appears in which we have the ability to remove temporary files from Windows 10. After a few seconds the files will have been removed from our computer.