Reasons why C drive is full and detailed ways to free up C drive space

Hard drives of computers and laptops getting full after a long time of use is a common problem for many people. Freeing up C drive space would be a suitable solution. Follow the article to learn more ways to free up C drive space on your laptop!

1. Reasons why C drive is full

- Installing too much software

The first common reason why your computer's C drive is full is that the computer contains too much software. Users often do not have the habit of deleting unused software or software that is not necessary for their work, thereby causing these "redundant software" to take up a fair amount of space on the hard drive. computer.

Users do not often delete unnecessary software

- Trash cans are not cleaned

Did you know, when you delete any file, that file will not immediately disappear forever but will be stored in the Recycle Bin? If you don't delete those files for too long, the capacity of your C drive will be greatly reduced.

C drive capacity will be reduced if files in the Recycle Bin are not deleted

- Too many junk files and temporary files

During operation, the computer will generate a lot of temporary files and junk files, because the computer often stores all user activities. These temporary files will be moved to drive C. If these files become more and more, it will not only fill up drive C but also affect the performance of the computer.

Junk files also affect computer performance

- Due to Virus

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Viruses are also a cause for great concern and concern. Viruses coming from many different sources will enter the C drive and reproduce continuously every second. They will cause the C drive to become more and more corroded, thereby reduces hard drive capacity.

The virus will continuously produce and erode the C drive

- Due to Windows update file

Windows update files are one of the reasons why C drive is full. Normally, Microsoft will release updates for Windows 10 to improve and upgrade the device's performance. But, after these files are updated, they still do not delete themselves but are stored in drive C, taking up storage space and wasting memory.

Microsoft regularly releases many updates

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2. How to free up C drive space in detail

- Cleanup trash

To empty the trash, click on the Recycle Bin icon on the screen > Press Ctrl + A > Right click and select Delete.

Perform a trash cleanup

See more cleaning software in the following article:

• 13 free and effective software to clean and speed up Windows 10 computers

- Remove unnecessary software

While using, sometimes you will accidentally download software and programs to your computer that you may not use and it takes up a lot of space on drive C or other drives. So please remove them to have more space for other important software and applications.

You can refer to the following article to know how to properly remove the software:

• 3 ways to remove software on Windows 10, 8, 7 computers quickly and effectively

- Delete temporary files

Step 1 : To find the temporary file, press the key combination Windows + R > Enter %temp% > Click OK .

Perform a temporary file search

Step 2 : In the folder containing temporary files, press the key combination Ctrl + A > Click Delete .

Delete temporary files

- Clear browser memory

Every time you access the web browser, the system will automatically store it and will take up a lot of disk space and reduce page loading speed. Therefore, to free up drive C, providing larger storage space, you should also clear browser memory.

Not clearing browser memory will take up disk space and reduce page loading speed

Visit the article below to see how to clear browser memory:

• [Video] Extremely simple way to delete cache and cookies on any browser

- Delete unnecessary and duplicate files

Note : You should only delete really unnecessary files or duplicate files, avoid deleting important files that lead to system errors.

Let's start finding and deleting these duplicate files by using Ccleaner software and following the steps below:

Step 1 : Open Ccleaner software > Select Tools > Click Duplicate Finder > Select the hard drives you want to scan (C/D/E) > Select Search .

Perform a search for unnecessary files

Step 2 : Select duplicate files > Click Delete Selected to delete.

Select duplicate files and delete

- Delete files in Downloads section

To delete files in the Downloads section, first move to the Downloads folder in drive C, then check to see if there are any unnecessary files. If so, delete them by clicking on the file . want to delete > Click Delete .

Or if you want to delete everything, press Ctrl + A > Click Delete .

Delete the file in the Downloads section

- Delete Windows Update update files

Windows Update update files are also one of the common causes of filling up the C drive. To free up the C drive, you should delete these files periodically, not wasting the drive.

See detailed instructions on how to delete Windows Update update files here:

• How to delete updates, uninstall updates on Windows 10 computer

- Use external storage

Another optimal solution to help overcome the situation of C drive being full is to use USB , memory card or external hard drive for storage to avoid overloading the computer's hard drive at an appropriate cost and storage space. Extremely large, up to tens of GB, allowing you to comfortably store a lot of software and data.

Besides, you can use cloud storage services such as: OneDrive , Google Drive , Dropbox ,... with the outstanding advantage of being free of charge, easy to download and use provided the computer has can connect to the Internet.

Offload disk memory from external storage solutions

- Delete Delivery Optimization Files

Delivery Optimization Files are data of files previously downloaded on your computer. You can delete Delivery Optimization Files, following these simple steps:

Step 1 : Right-click drive C > Select Properties .

Right click on drive C

Step 2 : In the General section, click Disk Cleanup .

Click on Disk Cleanup

Step 3 : Check the box at Delivery Optimization Files > Click OK .

Check the box at Delivery Optimization Files

- Use the Disk Cleanup feature

Disk Cleanup is a tool available on Windows that helps you reduce the memory load on the C drive from that junk data. To use this feature, first do the same 2 steps as deleting Delivery Optimization Files.

Then, in step 3, check the files you find unnecessary > Click OK to complete.

Select unnecessary files and click OK

- Turn off Hibernate feature (Hibernate)

Hibernate is a feature similar to Sleep. However, in Hibernate mode, the current session's data will be saved on the hard drive, the computer will not use electricity, and will turn off completely like when you shut down the computer. Turning this feature off will prevent data from being saved to your device's hard drive.

You can turn off the Hibernate feature by following these steps:

Step 1 : Select the ^ icon (Show hidden icons) on the taskbar > Right click on the battery charging icon > Select Power Options .

Open Power Options

Step 2 : Select Choose what the power button do .

Select Choose what the power button does

Step 3 : Click on Change settings that are currently unavailable .

Click on Change settings that are currently unavailable

Step 4 : Uncheck the Hibernate box > Select Save changes to turn off this feature.

Uncheck the Hibernate box and select Save changes

- Delete unused Windows accounts

To delete an unused Windows account, follow these steps:

Step 1 : Open the Settings application > select Accounts .

Select Accounts in the Settings app

Step 2 : Select Family & other users > In the Other users section, select an account you want to delete and select the Remove button to complete.

Select the account you want to delete and click Remove

- Scan and remove viruses for computers

To avoid wasting drive C, you should scan and remove viruses on your computer. Removing computer viruses not only provides data storage space but also helps the computer operate better, avoiding more risks during use.

See now how to scan and remove viruses for your computer in the article below:

• [Video] How to remove viruses on Windows 10 computers simply and quickly

Scanning and removing viruses is a useful method for computers

3. Answer some questions

- What if drive C has many large files that cannot be deleted forever?

Answer : Because these are important files or files that are being used in an open program, if deleted, it will affect the computer system, so you should not delete those files to avoid causing damage. error.

Do not delete important files

- Tried many ways but C drive is still full?

Answer : In this case, you should delete unnecessary software - software that you feel is not used for any purpose at all, wasting drive C.

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