Deleting Unnecessary Files - Gateway MX6452 User Manual

Deleting unnecessary files

Help and
Support
For more information
about keeping the
hard drive space free
of unnecessary files,
click Start, then click
Help and Support.
Type the keyword disk
cleanup in the
Search box, then click
the arrow.
Delete unnecessary files, such as temporary
Windows files, to free hard drive space.
To use the Windows Disk Cleanup program:
Click Start, then click My Computer. The
1
My Computer window opens.
Right-click the hard drive that you want to
2
delete files from, for example Local Disk
(C:), then click Properties. The Properties
dialog box opens at the General tab.
Click Disk Cleanup. The Disk Cleanup
3
dialog box opens.
Make sure that the check box beside each
4
file type you want to delete is selected. For
more information about file types you can
delete, read the descriptions in the Disk
Cleanup dialog box.
Click OK, then click Yes.
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