As a laptop owner, I think everyone has been troubled by the popularity of the C drive these years, and Benfu is no exception. Next, I will share some practical methods I used when cleaning the C drive, mainly I also record it for myself. If I can be lucky enough to help you, that would be great. The following method is based on my win11 system.
Table of contents
Method 1: Configure the storage awareness of win11.
Method 2: Manually clear the cache
Method 3: Turn off the computer hibernation function
Method 4: Modify the storage location of the software cache
Method 5: Install a solid-state hard drive, simple and rude
Method 1: Configure the storage awareness of win11.
Method 2: Manually clear the cache
1. Win+R, enter the "%temp%" command in the pop-up window, click OK, and the folder where the file is located can be opened.
2. After opening the cache folder, ctrl+A to select all, and then press "Shift+Delete" to delete all files, and they will not appear in the recycle bin.
Method 3: Turn off the computer hibernation function
Everyone who uses a notebook knows that when you don’t use your computer for a while, it will automatically enter the hibernation state, but the cache files it generates during this process are all on the C drive, which is what caused the C drive to become popular One big reason, so we can turn off the hibernation function of the computer. It should be noted here that we must use administrator privileges to turn this off.
Open the cmd command window as an administrator, enter "powercfg -h off" and press Enter
Method 4: Modify the storage location of the software cache
If you have software such as QQ, WeChat, and DingTalk installed on your notebook, you must modify the storage location of the file. Due to our high usage rate, the cache generated by it is very large, which is also one of the reasons why the C drive became popular. one. Here only shows changing the cache location of WeChat. Other software is similar.
Method 5: Install a solid-state hard drive, simple and rude
In fact, the above methods can only help you temporarily relieve the space pressure on the C drive. If it is not enough in the future, add a hard disk to physically expand the storage space of the C drive.
The above are some of the more useful methods that I have tried, and I welcome your additions!