One of the problems that we have always encountered as soon as we installed Windows 10 for the first time is the large amount of space that it can take up, especially if we do not do a clean installation but do it on top of the previous version of the operating system that we had installed, whether Windows 7 or Windows 8. The first thing we have always recommended since Windows Noticias is to perform a file cleaning through the option offered by Windows 10, in order to delete the files from the previous operating system.
But it is not the only way we have to free up space on our PC, since on the internet we can find a large number of applications that allow us to free up space on our PC, space that is freed mainly by deleting the oldest files in addition to the cache stored in different browsers and large files.
Since the launch of Windows 10, Microsoft is trying to make users less and less dependent on third-party applications. The first first novelty that Windows 10 brought us was a kind of antivirus, Windows Defender, with which in theory and making regular use of the internet, we can prevent our PC from being infected by threats.
The next update of Windows 10, will bring us a new integrated application, rather a function. This function will automatically take care of freeing up space on our hard drive without us having to intervene. I have never been a supporter of this type of application since, if we have knowledge at all times of the information that we store on our PC, the application will not know it, and will offer to delete certain types of content, such as movies or files that we have not played for a long time, something that can lead to more than one dislike.
Fortunately, this function ise can be deactivated and configured to suit our needs, for example, not delete the recycle bin after the 30 regulatory days that any operating system supports its content. It will also allow us what type of files or access paths we want to exclude from the analysis that this application will automatically perform.