Introduction

When you have too much clutter stored on your desktop or laptop PC, you can experience some serious performance issues. If you’re experiencing lag, freezing programs, or difficulty finding important documents, it may be time for thorough cleaning of your computer’s hard drive.

For many computer users, most of the disk space used is by applications and games. If you find that you no longer use certain programs, you can uninstall and remove them from your hard drive.Again, Windows provides the ability to easily get rid of any unwanted programs that we may have on our computer.

Here’s how to clear disk space and increase storage on your desktop or laptop, even if you’ve never done it before.

Things to keep in mind

  • Removing useless files
  • Deleting screenshots that aren't going to be used
  • Emptying recyle bin