Best free disk cleanup method

[Loozher]

So i know Ccleaner is a good disk cleaner, but i've heard that it got attacked by malware and runs in the background.. So in 2020 what is currently a good free disk cleanup??

[Haro]

What do you mean by that ? 

Like how can you wipe the drive or what ?

[Loozher]

2 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

What do you mean by that ? 

Like how can you wipe the drive or what ?

Not wipe, But like clean it.. My PC is being dragged down by files but i dont really wanna do a hard reset.. And i just wanna free up space and delete the useless files

[nox_]

1 hour ago, Loozher said:

Not wipe, But like clean it.. My PC is being dragged down by files but i dont really wanna do a hard reset.. And i just wanna free up space and delete the useless files

Windows clean up tool does that just fine.

[loadironmania]

open RUN and type 'cleanmgr' let it do its job ,select and clear all the temp files. if you use a hard drive I'd suggest you run windows disk defragmentation tool too. 

[homeap5]

If you want to be super clean, buy very big drive, but use only 10% of it. Rest will be nice and clean. :)

 

Seriously, is your drive full? Then you need bigger one. Cleaning, formatting etc gives you nothing except you lose some files. Most of them are, what may be a big surprise for you, your files, not some mysterious unknown files. Browser cache speed up loading of websites, some files store your game progress, downloadable content etc. Other files are needed for other programs to run proper. Your music, movies etc are your important files too. So if you're out of space, do not waste your time and do not try to find magic cleaners, but buy bigger drive - you need it apparently.

 

But if we're talking about situation where you have 50% full, just ask yourself one question - do you pay for drive or for empty space?

[The Flying Sloth]

Just defrag the disk, it's not that complicated.
If it's filling up, delete some stuff you don't need like your downloads folder.
If you've still got space free, don't fret.

Hell, I have 3 TB of spinning rust in my rig and I keep those drives at roughly 50% utilisation just so I don't ever worry about filling them up.