


Uncheck any files or folders you want to leave on the cloud storage only and not download.Select the folders you want to save to your computer.Choose folders to sync from the Account tab.Right-click on the cloud icon and choose Settings.Instead, you can choose which folders you want to download and save to your computer any time you need access. You may not wish to keep copies of everything you have on your computer and on the cloud. If you are using cloud storage to save your photos and files and keeping a copy of them on your hard drive, you are double-storing. Remember that if you manually delete a file (such as pressing the Delete key on your keyboard or right-clicking a file and clicking “Delete”), the file will sit in the recycle bin and continue to take up storage space until you tell Windows to empty it.Click Clean now to enable Windows 10 to create more disk space on your hard drive by getting rid of clutter. The second is “Delete files that have been in the recycle bin for over 30 days.” Any files in the recycle bin will be automatically cleaned out if it is still there after thirty days. As a result they sit around taking up space without actually doing anything useful! Checking this option will allow Windows to locate and clean up said files in order to unlock more space. Usually, software cleans up these files after they’re no longer needed, but in some cases, some files get left over. The first is called “Delete temporary files that my apps aren’t using.” As you use, install, and uninstall software and apps, there are files that get “left behind” that are no longer needed. If you’d like to see what Storage Sense is cleaning and enable or disable what it can do, you can do so by clicking the link underneath the switch that says “change how we free up space.” Here you’ll see several options for Storage Sense. If you’re happy with Windows taking care of everything for you, you can close out of all windows.īy ticking this option on, Storage Sense will automatically clean everything that it can. Find the category that says “Storage Sense” and turn this switch to “On.” This enables the automatic cleaning.
