Tips to Free up C drive space on your computer

C drive storage filled up automatically even if you don’t save any files and folders but storage filled up automatically and C drive indicated with a RED bar.

Let’s follow some tips to increase the C drive space where hugely filled and improve the system performance by following such reliable steps.

Step 1: Delete the System store

Here is a guide on how to delete the system restore point I hope this trick works 100% for many PC users.

1. Type recovery in the search bar then opens it from the menu then click on configure

2. Click on Configure

3. click on Delete

4. it will delete the system restore points which generally consume more space.

Step 2: Run Disk Clean up

1. Type disk cleans up in the search bar and open it.

If your computer has multiple partitions then you can see the drop-down and select the particular drive

2. Click on clean up system files

3. Check all the content that you would want to delete to increase the storage space.

• Windows Defender anti-virus
• Windows upgrade log files
• System-created Windows Error Reporting files
• Device driver packages
• DirectX Shader Cache
• Delivery Optimization files
• Language Resource files
• Previous Windows installations
• Temporary files
• Temporary Windows installation files
• Temporary Internet files
• Thumbnails
• Recycle Bin

Step 3: Delete the shadow copy files

1. Type disk cleans up in the search bar and opens it from the menu list.

If your computer has multiple partitions then you can see the drop-down and select the particular drive

2. Click on clean up system files

3. Click on the more options tab and clean up the files

Step 4: Run antivirus this is also one of the reasons the system with some viruses caused invalid storage noticed.

You can run the antivirus scan for a full scan if you installed the McAfee application or other malware scan application you should run it periodically at least a week once to avoid malware attacks or viruses.

There is a reason for showing incorrect data storage or unnecessary eating more storage there is some strange so better you should remove the virus.

if do not have a McAfee application or any no other scan application separately then you have no more worried about such applications, Windows has inbuilt software ie windows Defender you can remove the virus by running windows defender, open windows defender just click on start type Windows defender then run the windows Defender to removing the virus and protect from the virus and malware.

Step 5: Uninstall the unnecessary applications that you have installed on your computer.

Too many applications can cause increased storage unnecessarily so better if you should uninstall the application that you won’t use regularly.

There is also an increase in the performance automatically when you deleted or uninstalled some unnecessary applications and software.

open the task manager and locate the startup tab and select the application that you would disable applications also you can uninstall the application from the control panel programs & features>click on uninstall and reinstall the applications.

Once performed all activity you should restart the system to clean up the system.