Its great that Liron does not assume that people know about restore or backup options and actually shows it at the beginning when mucking about the OS.
It amazes me how my mind forgets so many of these things, but finding videos like yours reminds me what I keep forgetting day in and out. Thank you much.
You can save time scrolling through a lot of files by doing this: If the file you are looking for begins with "s" press the keyboard "s" key and it will take you to all the files beginning with that letter. Then scroll down to the specific file and press "enter" to open it.
but if you're fast enough at typing, and you know some of the letters beyond s, like, say, sillystrings.txt....... if you can type si or sil or sill fast enough, you'll get to *the* file you're looking for.
Yes, those temp files are used by programs, but as I like to say, sometimes they forget to pick up their toys when they're done. Then we need to do what you're describing.
Disk Cleanup does much of this automatically when you run it... It does leave a few things behind, but it is much better for people not sure about doing this stuff, or don't want to install third party stuff.
If you don't have Liron's level of computer literacy, I highly recommend doing a *full image backup* in addition to setting a system restore point before starting this. It takes longer, but can fix almost anything that can go wrong. There's no guarantee that system restore will work in every situation.
@Sahil Bhandari My experience (20+ years) with system restore shows it to be unreliable, even in simple situations. To the point where I don't use it at all any more. Better to be safe.
@Sahil Bhandari Quoted from another commenter "Your advice is going to be helpful to most people, but it completely wrecks things for anybody using XBox Game Pass on PC in such a way that System Restore cannot help." Image backups are great for when restore points won't fix problems.
Wish I'd read this comment before I tried Liron's suggestions. I set a system restore beforehand, tried his suggestions and stuff started crashing. went for the restore and most of my apps,all of my saved bookmarks and passwords are now gone. Took me ages to just get my external bluetooth dongle to work again. I started working on this over 8 hours ago.... still not completely back to normal
I allocate 1gb as ramdisk and change cache/temp variable to Z:\ ramdisk. Once shut down, all cache/temp files are automatically deleted. Furthermore, it saves SSD life a little as all these files are not written on SSD and it also makes browser run faster when it needs to access cache files.
Thank you so much! I had trouble updating and uninstalling a certain game, yet my storage wasn't increasing until I have found out that the big sized patches and miscellaneous were actually in Temp. Once again, you have my thanks. Subbed
Thanks for mostly great advice. I did have an issue with trying to purchase System Mechanic, they insisted that I upgrade and pay a monthly fee. My understanding was that initially there was a one time charge but the salesperson would not relent so I was forced to be abrupt and hang-up I uninstalled the program and will cancel the credit card payment. This is not an indictment of the product just the sales/tech person.
We are sorry to hear about your negative experience with our contact center. The representative's response is not accurate, and more so, their behavior is in clear violation of our policies. We have shared your feedback with our Customer Service Manager. To clarify, the software is an annual license and there is no requirement to upgrade and there is not a monthly fee.
However, there was one area that didn't see a performance boost: internet speed. Iolo claims that System Mechanic can speed up your PC's internet connection via its NetBooster feature, but I didn't see a significant improvement that couldn't be explained by normal fluctuations when I ran Speedtest by Ookla.
That's just what it's called sometimes. If you ordered 100/100 internet speed from your ISP operator, you will have that speed and programs cannot change that speed. Internet speed is set for your location / username by your ISP Operator and has nothing to do with your computer or devices. Programs can change how the webpage opens, how the browser will use the Internet connection, ping optimization etc. If you ordered Internet Speed 100/100 and the Speed Test shows only 90/80, yes, it is possible that such optimizations can help. When the Internet is not in use! Of course Speed Test is done like this. 1) Turn off all devices from the modem (Wi-Fi and Cables) When all devices are turned off... 2) Turn off the modem for at least 30 seconds ( power supply from the wall ). A) Also restart your computer 3) Wait for the computer to boot into the OS and the modem to establish an Internet connection ( Lights on the modem ). 4) Now connect the computer and the modem with a cable. !Do not connect other devices! 5) Once your computer is connected to the Internet, open the Speed Test website and select your ISP Operator for the speed test. Speedtest by Ookla will definitely have your ISP listed. This is the best internet speed test website as server distance is very important for accurate measurement. If the internet speed is not the same as the one you ordered or almost the same, do the same test later or next day and if the difference is still very large, call your ISP operator. You can try speed test on another computer to be sure. A cable connection is required for accurate measurement. If you cannot change the server, the internet speed test website is useless because the measurement will not be accurate.
There's one more thing you can do to speed up your computer. Every browser, and most large programs, like Microsoft Office, use a software program to update the application, keeping it fresh and exciting. However, many updating programs run every hour of every day, regardless of whether there is an update. The programs are started by the Window scheduler. Simply and meticulously go through every entry looking for these hourly cycle hogs and change the setting to a once-a-day trigger. The browsers and large programs will still update to the latest version, but without interfering with your TV time, games, or actual work.
I bought and tried System Mechanic. It seemed to work well enough, but I have removed it from my system due to constant pop-ups trying to get me to upgrade and constant spam mail from them also trying to get me to give them more money. I guess I should have expected as much. Save yourself some money and aggravation and pass on this great offer.
Thank you for your feedback. You CAN turn off notifications by clicking on Settings (the gear icon) and checking or unchecking which notifications/alerts you’d like to see. This includes task notifications, updates, hints and tips, and desktop messaging. In addition to the notification preference for desktop communication, every email has an opt out link, which is strictly observed.
QQQ every time I shut down a message says that “there are others who are on so do I want to shut down anyway” what does that mean to me as I am at home and don’t have any one using my machine… no one lives with me either. Thx! I’m retired.
for cleaning up all disks of junk, use the below steps 1. Open the Administrative command line 2. type "cmd.exe /c cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & cleanmgr /sagerun:65535" without quotes 3. select all the items in the dialog that popsup 4. press enter
I am saving this video to follow these steps again on a monthly basis (at least.) Disk cleanup freed 10GB from my hard drive! I kept pausing to follow your directions through the video because you were moving along quickly, but I appreciate you not dragging directions out to make the video longer. We have the pause and rewind ability at our fingertips afterall. :)
if you are worried about junk files, but have Windows 10 or 11, you need to just delete the whole entire operating system and install something else. Anything after windows 10 is a garbage file in itself.
If your computer is not meant to work 24/7 as a server, your HD computer will colapse in half the time you should be using it, so yes, you should restart it and then shut it down
Every PC i had I never turned off. The last time I turned off my PC was about 2 years ago ( besides restarting when needed ) and everything is copacetic.IT'S better NOT to ever turn off your PC.
*Very* thorough explanations and an incredible compilation of extremely useful suggestions . . . you`re the best. I`ve been using iolo System Mechanic Pro for several years and their primary downside is *constant* attempts at up-selling.
Thank you for your feedback. You CAN turn off notifications by clicking on Settings (the gear icon) and checking or unchecking which notifications/alerts you’d like to see. This includes task notifications, updates, hints and tips, and desktop messaging. In addition to the notification preference for desktop communication, every email has an opt out link, which is strictly observed.
@@LironSegev Hey Liron, this comment is regarding your MTU settings vid from about a year ago but Ive found that RUclipsrs get better notifications on their newer content so Im commenting here instead: After following your directions, I determined I should be at 1495. So I jumped ahead one step & checked what the current setting was. It was set at 1500, so that was too big. How did that number get originally setup incorrectly, by the router maybe? SO, I tried to set it to 1495 w/the word WiFi within the parenthesis' as you showed. It told me the syntax was wrong. After 4-5 tries I typed in Wireless Network Connection instead and it processed further than it previously had telling me the parameters, but that the syntax was still incorrect. Bummer. I sent you an email with the screenshot. I appreciate your time. Thanks!
I purchased a copy of System Mechanic years ago and it maxed out my processor so I had to delete it. The version I had ran constantly in the background and my CPU fan was running constantly. When I deleted it my computer returned to normal. I don't know if the developers have addressed this issue but it made me so angry I never wanted to try it again.
Yes I deleted all those garbage windows files and went to linux ages ago. Got tired of playing whack-a-mole with windows update and debloat scripts. I understand some folks are stuck with windows; you have my condolences.
I thought I knew how to reduce those unwanted files and craps that Microsoft been giving us, I came across and found your video easy to use without any complicated. Microsoft has been and always will give us craps that use up our hard drive. Thank you Liron for your best. You made my day Sir! Thank you!
do NOT delete all older "restorepoints" they dont take space and a lot of Restorepoints dont work! So u need some "backup" i suggest to at least do a manual restorepoint once amonth and name them with a significant name with date.
so everyone's restore point is going to be different based on their system. So for you they may not take up a lot of space, but for others its Gigabytes. If you are going back to very early restore points, are you prepared to redo everything you did from that point onwards? When you have a really active system, restoring a month old system point, actually causes more issues. But as I said, everyone is different. You do you.
Is there a reason why the automated option of deleting files isn't working? I put it on and it should remove the files in the downloads folder every day, but it doesn't.
Excellent! First thing I did was empty the trash, then I did everything you suggested with you right there guiding me along. And must now empty it AGAIN with over 25,000 things in it. Wow - Thank You!
I have a Asus Windows laptop with 32GB memory. It seemed plenty when I bought it several years ago, but the useable memory has been gradually used up so that even an update is precarious. Thanks to your helpful video, I have gained a useful amount of memory back.
an easier way to get to appdata local folder you dont have to go out of the roaming and into local instead type in %localappdata% and it takes you stright there
did you ever create a manual restore point? If you didn't than that's why. Also use Disc Cleanup and choose System files to see what Windows is saving that you can safely delete
That disk cleanup part is a little scarier. I don't know much about how computers work, so I don't know what I'd need to keep... Is getting a "file in use" error when I want to move a file because of deleting one of the things in this video?
Disk Cleanup makes computer run faster. However, you must run it as Administrator. The Option to run it as Administrator shows up on the right sight when you type disk clean up. You can also right-click, and choose - run as Administrator. If you don't run as Administrator. it will not remove old Device Drivers that are slowing your system down.
7:57 Also in %appdata% if you have been doing restore points on your apple device then there could be loads of big files here that can be removed; but only remove the old ones you don’t need.
Space Sniffer is a free tool that breaks your file sizes up into blocks making it easy to identify where all your space is going. But don't just delete files if you don't know what they are!
I have a question, there is somthing like defaultuser100001.desktop in my window 11 it is kinda takes alot of space and make my pc lag sis it dangerous to delete? Please I need a answer my computer is getting laggier each week
Your advice is going to be helpful to most people, but it completely wrecks things for anybody using XBox Game Pass on PC in such a way that System Restore cannot help. It's hard to fix the issues that result, because all the usual immediate ideas (uninstall/reinstall the Xbox app, remove your MS signin and re-enter your account info, sfc /scannow, etc etc)... none of that is going to work, and the user just won't be able to sign in. They'll need admin privileges and Powershell commands to fix the issues, and might need to find out how to reset the Store app. Please let people know upfront that they shouldn't do this if they use Game Pass.
@@LironSegev I don't know which specific files do it, but it could be anything in the "Microsoft" or "Xbox" folders (or perhaps something else entirely?). Your advice is generally great, and the problem will only affect some tiny percentage of users, but if they're using the Xbox app then they'll need to delete folders selectively rather than just emptying the whole contents. Part of getting it working involved restarting and reenabling three key Xbox Services, if that gives you any ideas of what goes wrong?
@@joechapman8208 Sounds like Xbox (and probably other apps) are storing some data in temp files/folders that they should be instead storing in a data folder. They're misusing the temp folder. Hmm.
I'm only 30 seconds into a video for saving space and the first piece of advice is to recreate a system restore point (effectively a copy of your windows installation directory) which are notorious for consuming drive space! He then proceeds to pointlessly explain how to delete lots of windows files which can be cleaned in a matter of seconds with most freeware drive cleaning apps and tries to sell one. A true IT pro would always recommend freeware in this instance, why should someone pay for something which can be done as well for free? Modern SSD and NVME support a function called TRIM. The purpose of this function is to optimise the drive to put the most frequently accessed files together at the start of the drive(fastest point of the drive). This is why an SSD or NVME should always have 25% or more space free(this would have been nice to include), it needs to swap files around and without the space cannot do it quickly enough, if your old enough or still use HDD think defragmentation just on the fly with prioritisation. Prefetch also makes use of this space, so if you do the same tasks over and over again, I would not recommend delete prefetch too much.
Feature update to Windows 10, version 20H2 (2), Last failed install attempt on 7/2/2022 - 0xc1900101 been trying to get this update for a long time do you have any ideas on getting this windows update
I'm having a severe attack of Norton/McAfee bloatware phony virus alerts and pester screens to buy the product. To do anything about it I need to log in as administrator. I want to delete the entire Norton directory in Program files, but I need to be admin. I've followed all the directions I can find, but so far no luck logging in as admin. can you help?
At time mark 8:50, in Windows 10 Pro, EDGE, more tool, does not show 'clear cache'. A lot of the other things did help. The one about Microsoft Store, that one did not help with letting me install HP Smart. It did speed it up.
make note: if you delete files in windows and you have like Iobit unlocker tool and the file is protected by windows DO NOT delete as it can cause a BSOD> Blue Screen of Death
idk if any IT Guy can relate with or not but anyways. I have a question for all those Tech Tutorial RUclips Guys out there : Let say you are at Point A & you want to reach a point F then why tf do you have to travel all the way to the points B,C,D,E. ?????? you can directly jump from point A to F Simple.
I am unable to delete any file or folder from the Temp directory for some reason. Whenever I attempt to do so, File Explorer hangs and I have to restart it with the task manager.
I wish I could get a written copy of everything you just said. I had to run and rerun everything a couple of times. If I had a hard copy, I could proceed at my own pace. Sometimes my brain runs slower than my computer.
Hi Alan. I'm using my phone and if I expand the description of the video and scroll down I can access the transcript of the video. I'm not sure about printing it but you could always copy and paste it into a word document.
tysm for this vid! I've been trying to delete some unwanted junks in my laptop, and the softwaredistribution and downloads just gave me a lot of storage when i deleted it! tysm!!
I've been using System Mechanic since 2008. I miss some of the older versions, especially the 2008 one. I especially miss the "gadgets" that Windows used to have and the SM gadget the software installed along with it, so you could see your system status at all times.
Liron, I came upon your YT channel and am very glad I did. Your tips are amazing and so fast and easy to implement. My PC and laptops are running much smoother now. Thank you!
I wonder if maybe deleting the TEMP folder it's self (make a backup copy somewhere though) might help, No TEMP folder it has no where to be stashing junk again.
STOP! DON'T DO THIS, I tried and couldn't go on when deleting the Temp file showed "couldn't dete because file open in Edge". What would have happened if that Temp file had been deleted when Edge was using it?
Its great that Liron does not assume that people know about restore or backup options and actually shows it at the beginning when mucking about the OS.
It amazes me how my mind forgets so many of these things, but finding videos like yours reminds me what I keep forgetting day in and out. Thank you much.
I'm so glad!
You can save time scrolling through a lot of files by doing this: If the file you are looking for begins with "s" press the keyboard "s" key and it will take you to all the files beginning with that letter. Then scroll down to the specific file and press "enter" to open it.
but if you're fast enough at typing, and you know some of the letters beyond s, like, say, sillystrings.txt....... if you can type si or sil or sill fast enough, you'll get to *the* file you're looking for.
Yes, those temp files are used by programs, but as I like to say, sometimes they forget to pick up their toys when they're done. Then we need to do what you're describing.
haha good way of putting it. Also some developers are just really bad at coding so they leave a mess everywhere 😂
@@LironSegev Can't you do the same thing through the disc cleaner program?
@@Biglover29 Cleanmgr+ is your answer
Disk Cleanup does much of this automatically when you run it... It does leave a few things behind, but it is much better for people not sure about doing this stuff, or don't want to install third party stuff.
If you don't have Liron's level of computer literacy, I highly recommend doing a *full image backup* in addition to setting a system restore point before starting this. It takes longer, but can fix almost anything that can go wrong. There's no guarantee that system restore will work in every situation.
@Sahil Bhandari My experience (20+ years) with system restore shows it to be unreliable, even in simple situations. To the point where I don't use it at all any more. Better to be safe.
I do a full system image backup every week just in case ..
@@paulwarner5395 Excellent idea!
@Sahil Bhandari Quoted from another commenter "Your advice is going to be helpful to most people, but it completely wrecks things for anybody using XBox Game Pass on PC in such a way that System Restore cannot help." Image backups are great for when restore points won't fix problems.
Wish I'd read this comment before I tried Liron's suggestions. I set a system restore beforehand, tried his suggestions and stuff started crashing. went for the restore and most of my apps,all of my saved bookmarks and passwords are now gone. Took me ages to just get my external bluetooth dongle to work again. I started working on this over 8 hours ago.... still not completely back to normal
I allocate 1gb as ramdisk and change cache/temp variable to Z:\ ramdisk. Once shut down, all cache/temp files are automatically deleted. Furthermore, it saves SSD life a little as all these files are not written on SSD and it also makes browser run faster when it needs to access cache files.
I did also using primocache.
I do this all the time especially after a drink on the work work laptops
I think this is singlehandedly the most useful video on the internet.
Appreciate you being here 🔥
Liron! Thanks! I've cleaned up my computer this morning with your brilliant no-nonsense directions - Fab!
Thank you so much!
I had trouble updating and uninstalling a certain game, yet my storage wasn't increasing until I have found out that the big sized patches and miscellaneous were actually in Temp.
Once again, you have my thanks. Subbed
Thanks for mostly great advice.
I did have an issue with trying to purchase System Mechanic, they insisted that I upgrade and pay a monthly fee. My understanding was that initially there was a one time charge but the salesperson would not relent so I was forced to be abrupt and hang-up I uninstalled the program and will cancel the credit card payment. This is not an indictment of the product just the sales/tech person.
Wtf
WI ask them
He can't help, he just got sponsored.
We are sorry to hear about your negative experience with our contact center. The representative's response is not accurate, and more so, their behavior is in clear violation of our policies. We have shared your feedback with our Customer Service Manager. To clarify, the software is an annual license and there is no requirement to upgrade and there is not a monthly fee.
However, there was one area that didn't see a performance boost: internet speed. Iolo claims that System Mechanic can speed up your PC's internet connection via its NetBooster feature, but I didn't see a significant improvement that couldn't be explained by normal fluctuations when I ran Speedtest by Ookla.
That's just what it's called sometimes.
If you ordered 100/100 internet speed from your ISP operator, you will have that speed and programs cannot change that speed.
Internet speed is set for your location / username by your ISP Operator and has nothing to do with your computer or devices.
Programs can change how the webpage opens, how the browser will use the Internet connection, ping optimization etc.
If you ordered Internet Speed 100/100 and the Speed Test shows only 90/80, yes, it is possible that such optimizations can help. When the Internet is not in use!
Of course Speed Test is done like this.
1) Turn off all devices from the modem (Wi-Fi and Cables)
When all devices are turned off...
2) Turn off the modem for at least 30 seconds ( power supply from the wall ).
A) Also restart your computer
3) Wait for the computer to boot into the OS and the modem to establish an Internet connection ( Lights on the modem ).
4) Now connect the computer and the modem with a cable. !Do not connect other devices!
5) Once your computer is connected to the Internet, open the Speed Test website and select your ISP Operator for the speed test.
Speedtest by Ookla will definitely have your ISP listed. This is the best internet speed test website as server distance is very important for accurate measurement.
If the internet speed is not the same as the one you ordered or almost the same, do the same test later or next day and if the difference is still very large, call your ISP operator. You can try speed test on another computer to be sure. A cable connection is required for accurate measurement.
If you cannot change the server, the internet speed test website is useless because the measurement will not be accurate.
There's one more thing you can do to speed up your computer. Every browser, and most large programs, like Microsoft Office, use a software program to update the application, keeping it fresh and exciting. However, many updating programs run every hour of every day, regardless of whether there is an update. The programs are started by the Window scheduler. Simply and meticulously go through every entry looking for these hourly cycle hogs and change the setting to a once-a-day trigger. The browsers and large programs will still update to the latest version, but without interfering with your TV time, games, or actual work.
Can u tell me how to do it?
Okay how? Lol
He just wants to tell you ABOUT it without actually telling you HOW to do it!
I bought and tried System Mechanic. It seemed to work well enough, but I have removed it from my system due to constant pop-ups trying to get me to upgrade and constant spam mail from them also trying to get me to give them more money. I guess I should have expected as much. Save yourself some money and aggravation and pass on this great offer.
Thank you for your feedback. You CAN turn off notifications by clicking on Settings (the gear icon) and checking or unchecking which notifications/alerts you’d like to see. This includes task notifications, updates, hints and tips, and desktop messaging. In addition to the notification preference for desktop communication, every email has an opt out link, which is strictly observed.
QQQ every time I shut down a message says that “there are others who are on so do I want to shut down anyway” what does that mean to me as I am at home and don’t have any one using my machine… no one lives with me either. Thx!
I’m retired.
for cleaning up all disks of junk, use the below steps
1. Open the Administrative command line
2. type "cmd.exe /c cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & cleanmgr /sagerun:65535" without quotes
3. select all the items in the dialog that popsup
4. press enter
I am saving this video to follow these steps again on a monthly basis (at least.) Disk cleanup freed 10GB from my hard drive! I kept pausing to follow your directions through the video because you were moving along quickly, but I appreciate you not dragging directions out to make the video longer. We have the pause and rewind ability at our fingertips afterall. :)
😂 Finally someone who gets it
@@LironSegev i dont see any spotify folder there in local i see SquirrelTemp but not spotify
Thank you so much for this! I just claimed back almost 9 GB of my HD space! I'm hoping my SSD will now perform again like one!
Glad it helped!
if you are worried about junk files, but have Windows 10 or 11, you need to just delete the whole entire operating system and install something else. Anything after windows 10 is a garbage file in itself.
This is was a great I-can’t-sleep find!! Thank you. Can’t wait to do this later!
BEST time to find new content 😂
How to delete your whole system:
Do not try this. This will effect your system, use modified versions of windows instead
What a relief to have straightforward, to the point instructions without senseless guff. 😃
Appreciate you being here
@@LironSegev hey man the spotify one was so so so helpful thank you so much
@@LironSegev umm is it must teacher?
@@LironSegev I can't delete windows.old?
If your computer is not meant to work 24/7 as a server, your HD computer will colapse in half the time you should be using it, so yes, you should restart it and then shut it down
Every PC i had I never turned off. The last time I turned off my PC was about 2 years ago ( besides restarting when needed ) and everything is copacetic.IT'S better NOT to ever turn off your PC.
there's an issue with the restore point. I have a 500gb ssd. At 1% it should register at the megabyte level but it's giving me gigabytes instead.
*Very* thorough explanations and an incredible compilation of extremely useful suggestions . . . you`re the best. I`ve been using iolo System Mechanic Pro for several years and their primary downside is *constant* attempts at up-selling.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for your feedback. You CAN turn off notifications by clicking on Settings (the gear icon) and checking or unchecking which notifications/alerts you’d like to see. This includes task notifications, updates, hints and tips, and desktop messaging. In addition to the notification preference for desktop communication, every email has an opt out link, which is strictly observed.
@@LironSegev Hey Liron, this comment is regarding your MTU settings vid from about a year ago but Ive found that RUclipsrs get better notifications on their newer content so Im commenting here instead: After following your directions, I determined I should be at 1495. So I jumped ahead one step & checked what the current setting was. It was set at 1500, so that was too big. How did that number get originally setup incorrectly, by the router maybe? SO, I tried to set it to 1495 w/the word WiFi within the parenthesis' as you showed. It told me the syntax was wrong. After 4-5 tries I typed in Wireless Network Connection instead and it processed further than it previously had telling me the parameters, but that the syntax was still incorrect. Bummer. I sent you an email with the screenshot. I appreciate your time. Thanks!
I purchased a copy of System Mechanic years ago and it maxed out my processor so I had to delete it. The version I had ran constantly in the background and my CPU fan was running constantly. When I deleted it my computer returned to normal. I don't know if the developers have addressed this issue but it made me so angry I never wanted to try it again.
@@iolotechnologies That has *NOT* been my experience . . . by the way, you sold out to norton . . . *lol*
Yes I deleted all those garbage windows files and went to linux ages ago. Got tired of playing whack-a-mole with windows update and debloat scripts. I understand some folks are stuck with windows; you have my condolences.
When I switched to Linux it came with its own set of issues too. Nothing is perfect for everyone all the time.
I thought I knew how to reduce those unwanted files and craps that Microsoft been giving us, I came across and found your video easy to use without any complicated. Microsoft has been and always will give us craps that use up our hard drive. Thank you Liron for your best. You made my day Sir! Thank you!
thanks
with the help of your video I was able to delete more that 4 GB of useless data on my pc
You sir just got a new sub! Love your vids!
do NOT delete all older "restorepoints" they dont take space and a lot of Restorepoints dont work! So u need some "backup"
i suggest to at least do a manual restorepoint once amonth and name them with a significant name with date.
learn to use a File explorer which is able to show all "Hidden files" + the SIZE of any Directory.
Yes. I've needed previous restore points, and they didn't work. One time, I had to go much further back than I liked in an attempt to fix a problem.
so everyone's restore point is going to be different based on their system. So for you they may not take up a lot of space, but for others its Gigabytes.
If you are going back to very early restore points, are you prepared to redo everything you did from that point onwards?
When you have a really active system, restoring a month old system point, actually causes more issues.
But as I said, everyone is different. You do you.
@@LironSegev Everyone’s a little different, huh? Sounds somewhat racist. I thought we were all human beans.
@@hxd9321 can you even read? If that is how you read that, that is 100% on you
Great tips. You showed a lot of manual cleanup. Will System Mechanic do all of what you manually showed us here?
Thank you so much, for not making this complicated and getting right to the point on everything. Hats off to you my guy 🙏🏽🏆
App you being here!
@@LironSegev How do you gain access to the Prefetch file if it won;t let you see it?
@@stargazer7184 If you hover your pointer over the folder, it'll tell you it's empty. I can only access my Prefetch folder occasionally.
I don't mind watching these sorts of videos occasionally as I generally forget to do a lot of this so it's a great reminder to do so LOL.
I'm so glad!
Is there a reason why the automated option of deleting files isn't working? I put it on and it should remove the files in the downloads folder every day, but it doesn't.
Excellent! First thing I did was empty the trash, then I did everything you suggested with you right there guiding me along. And must now empty it AGAIN with over 25,000 things in it. Wow - Thank You!
I have a Asus Windows laptop with 32GB memory. It seemed plenty when I bought it several years ago, but the useable memory has been gradually used up so that even an update is precarious.
Thanks to your helpful video, I have gained a useful amount of memory back.
an easier way to get to appdata local folder you dont have to go out of the roaming and into local instead type in %localappdata% and it takes you stright there
yup! thanks for that 👍
%Appdata% opens explorer to the roaming folder where you have to backtrack to get to local. %Localappdata% saves those couple of steps.
My Fav IT Guy Always straight to the know with no dilly dally :)
Hi Liron, am thankful for your assisting us with much knowledge on computers. You should know that you have much following in Kenya..
Nothing related to restore points comes up when I put Restore or any iteration thereof into the Search on windows 10. :(
did you ever create a manual restore point? If you didn't than that's why. Also use Disc Cleanup and choose System files to see what Windows is saving that you can safely delete
That disk cleanup part is a little scarier. I don't know much about how computers work, so I don't know what I'd need to keep... Is getting a "file in use" error when I want to move a file because of deleting one of the things in this video?
@7:55 You can also use %localappdata% to get directly to those directories.
Disk Cleanup makes computer run faster. However, you must run it as Administrator. The Option to run it as Administrator shows up on the right sight when you type disk clean up. You can also right-click, and choose - run as Administrator. If you don't run as Administrator. it will not remove old Device Drivers that are slowing your system down.
new subscriber here thank you sir, your tutorial tips is clear and informative godbless you
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Also in %appdata% if you have been doing restore points on your apple device then there could be loads of big files here that can be removed; but only remove the old ones you don’t need.
i like pegasun i use it every time i turn on my computer i love the turbo mode it absolutely works are you familiar?
Space Sniffer is a free tool that breaks your file sizes up into blocks making it easy to identify where all your space is going. But don't just delete files if you don't know what they are!
real statement begins fromm BUT!!
In addition, I often run the Defragment and Optimize feature to speed up my computer
I have a question, there is somthing like defaultuser100001.desktop in my window 11 it is kinda takes alot of space and make my pc lag sis it dangerous to delete? Please I need a answer my computer is getting laggier each week
A First Class tutorial as ever ! Many thansk Liron.
My pleasure!
Your advice is going to be helpful to most people, but it completely wrecks things for anybody using XBox Game Pass on PC in such a way that System Restore cannot help. It's hard to fix the issues that result, because all the usual immediate ideas (uninstall/reinstall the Xbox app, remove your MS signin and re-enter your account info, sfc /scannow, etc etc)... none of that is going to work, and the user just won't be able to sign in. They'll need admin privileges and Powershell commands to fix the issues, and might need to find out how to reset the Store app. Please let people know upfront that they shouldn't do this if they use Game Pass.
dang - I don't game but that sounds insane. I am curious why deleting temp files will impact Game Pass?
@@LironSegev I don't know which specific files do it, but it could be anything in the "Microsoft" or "Xbox" folders (or perhaps something else entirely?). Your advice is generally great, and the problem will only affect some tiny percentage of users, but if they're using the Xbox app then they'll need to delete folders selectively rather than just emptying the whole contents.
Part of getting it working involved restarting and reenabling three key Xbox Services, if that gives you any ideas of what goes wrong?
@@joechapman8208 Sounds like Xbox (and probably other apps) are storing some data in temp files/folders that they should be instead storing in a data folder. They're misusing the temp folder. Hmm.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I got 30GB back! So clear, straight forward, uncomplicated. Brilliant!😘
Let's goooo 🔥
Does it mean something that I have used Spotify for years and I did not find the folder in "appdata" at all?
I have the same issue. I've used Spotify for years and it's not in 'appdata' - 'local'. Looking forward to an answer for this.
excellent tutorial, thanks so much, will be doing this to all 3 of my pc's. just excellent!!
I found this video very useful! I could right away see a marked improvement in the PC start-up time. Thank you!
Appreciate you being here 🔥
I'm only 30 seconds into a video for saving space and the first piece of advice is to recreate a system restore point (effectively a copy of your windows installation directory) which are notorious for consuming drive space! He then proceeds to pointlessly explain how to delete lots of windows files which can be cleaned in a matter of seconds with most freeware drive cleaning apps and tries to sell one. A true IT pro would always recommend freeware in this instance, why should someone pay for something which can be done as well for free?
Modern SSD and NVME support a function called TRIM. The purpose of this function is to optimise the drive to put the most frequently accessed files together at the start of the drive(fastest point of the drive). This is why an SSD or NVME should always have 25% or more space free(this would have been nice to include), it needs to swap files around and without the space cannot do it quickly enough, if your old enough or still use HDD think defragmentation just on the fly with prioritisation. Prefetch also makes use of this space, so if you do the same tasks over and over again, I would not recommend delete prefetch too much.
Excellent video, thanks. One remark though: Cleandisk did not scan and delete my previous windows folder (windows.old).
Any thoughts on that?
For someone like me who knows nothing about computers, Thank you so much I have learnt so much I didn’t know. You are a star
Did the disk cleanup but when I try to open disk cleanup again I cannot. What happened?
It won't allow it a pop up 'can not delete edge is open ' but nothing is open
this guy is on another level about technology
Feature update to Windows 10, version 20H2 (2), Last failed install attempt on 7/2/2022 - 0xc1900101 been trying to get this update for a long time do you have any ideas on getting this windows update
I'm having a severe attack of Norton/McAfee bloatware phony virus alerts and pester screens to buy the product. To do anything about it I need to log in as administrator. I want to delete the entire Norton directory in Program files, but I need to be admin. I've followed all the directions I can find, but so far no luck logging in as admin. can you help?
At time mark 8:50, in Windows 10 Pro, EDGE, more tool, does not show 'clear cache'. A lot of the other things did help. The one about Microsoft Store, that one did not help with letting me install HP Smart. It did speed it up.
make note: if you delete files in windows and you have like Iobit unlocker tool and the file is protected by windows DO NOT delete as it can cause a BSOD> Blue Screen of Death
Great video! 🔥 love the knowledge bomb 💣!
How often should you do these steps to clean up the files in the PC?
thanks for being here!
I do these once a week or when my computer is "acting up"
@@LironSegev I have two hard drives should I be creating a restore point for my Local Disk Drive (C) and (D).
@@LironSegev Why do you do these once a week if you have System Mechanic?
idk if any IT Guy can relate with or not but anyways.
I have a question for all those Tech Tutorial RUclips Guys out there : Let say you are at Point A & you want to reach a point F then why tf do you have to travel all the way to the points B,C,D,E. ?????? you can directly jump from point A to F Simple.
Incredibly relevant! Thanks Liron. Cleaning up restore points was a massive gain in space. Saving this vid for sure 🙂
Microsoft Store and Microsoft Photos are not working--a window pops up then quickly closes. How to fix?
WARNING! System Mechanic will not work due to conflict with other software so check before you buy!
Thank you for your feedback. Do you have a specific example that we can pass on to engineering.
Superb info. Thank you very much
I am unable to delete any file or folder from the Temp directory for some reason. Whenever I attempt to do so, File Explorer hangs and I have to restart it with the task manager.
I wish I could get a written copy of everything you just said. I had to run and rerun everything a couple of times. If I had a hard copy, I could proceed at my own pace. Sometimes my brain runs slower than my computer.
Hi Alan. I'm using my phone and if I expand the description of the video and scroll down I can access the transcript of the video. I'm not sure about printing it but you could always copy and paste it into a word document.
You didnt mention the shadow copies in the disk clean up
Please let us know how clean up an iPhone. I have an iPhone 11.
tysm for this vid! I've been trying to delete some unwanted junks in my laptop, and the softwaredistribution and downloads just gave me a lot of storage when i deleted it! tysm!!
Please which pc software that enables you to delete files from a flash completely without leaving a trace...
Hardly ever did I have any luck restore windows from a restore point.
for some reason it's not opening the prefetch folder when i do it, and when i try to do it manually it just wont let me open the folder, i need help
is there a automatation that does all the tasks when you run the automation and it the app free the use, no subscription?
For SSD's would it be better to have the storage sense run every 30 days?
I use steam for my games
... my linux sbc for litteraly anything else
needless to say things have become a lot more quieter around here
Love this guy, always 100 percent trust his knowledge and always gets me through these situations smoothly. Thanks a million!
Really appreciate you being here 🔥
I've been using System Mechanic since 2008. I miss some of the older versions, especially the 2008 one. I especially miss the "gadgets" that Windows used to have and the SM gadget the software installed along with it, so you could see your system status at all times.
You are correct my friend . . . This is scaring the hell out of me to attempt this.
Very useful info! Question -Wouldn't Disk Cleanup accomplish the same (by also selecting "System File Cleanup")?
Can you make videos, does erasing cookies and cache also erasing saved passwords ?
After watching this video and reading the comments, I am really glad I switched to Linux 4 years ago.
I can't open the prefetch folder. Nothing happens.
Hey have an older pc running Windows 7 Home 32bit how to create a restore point?
Awesome channel, learned a lot of super useful things
Glad to help!
Liron, I came upon your YT channel and am very glad I did. Your tips are amazing and so fast and easy to implement. My PC and laptops are running much smoother now. Thank you!
Welcome aboard!
Awesome post Liron! 2 or 3 I didn't know about. Thank you mate!
No problem 👍
Disk cleanup never seems to remove thumbnails or temporary internet files. Any advice on how to get around this problem?
Thanks, I followed the this video but now for some reason I can no longer run CMD as administrator?
I wonder if maybe deleting the TEMP folder it's self (make a backup copy somewhere though) might help, No TEMP folder it has no where to be stashing junk again.
STOP! DON'T DO THIS, I tried and couldn't go on when deleting the Temp file showed "couldn't dete because file open in Edge". What would have happened if that Temp file had been deleted when Edge was using it?
Browsers create temp files, Microsoft edge is also constantly running on windows 10 you cant get rid of it
Can we do this same procedure on Windows 7? And my Windows 7 lap top is 32 bit. Does this mean that I can't use the system mechanics app?? Thank you.
What happens when the computer doesn't allow you to delete a file, and when in prefetch the same, but prefetch even after cleared repopulating files?