Open the Start menu by clicking the start button or the Windows key on your keyboard Type Disk Cleanup to search for the tool Select the drive you want to clean and click ok Select the files you want to delete and click ok Repeat the process and select “clean up system files” at the bottom Select other files to delete and click ok
Find the recycle bin on your desktop Right-click on it and click properties Select a maximum size for the bin (lower means it’ll store less before it fully deletes) Or click “don’t move files to the recycle bin. Remove files immediately when deleted.” Click ok
Open the Start menu by clicking the start button or the Windows key on your keyboard Type Add or Remove Programs Click to open the app From there you’ll see a list of installed apps, you can filter them by size or date installed to see which to delete Click the three dots on anything you don’t need Click uninstall and follow any further instructions that pop up Repeat the process for anything else you don’t need
Plug the drive into your PC Open File Explorer Find the files you want to move Click CTRL+X to cut the files Open the external drive in Windows Explorer Press CTRL+V to paste onto the external drive