Disk Cleanup

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Disk Cleanup ( cleanmgr.exe ) is a computer maintenance utility included in Microsoft Windows designed to free up disk space. It was introduced in Windows 98 and has been a part of Microsoft Windows ever since. In 2018, Microsoft introduced a second cleanup utility 'Storage Sense' in the Settings app with Windows 10 version 1803, but Disk Cleanup remained with Windows. , it is not marked as deprecated. Windows 11 introduced "Cleanup recommendations" as an 'easy to use' alternative to Disk Cleanup, replacing Storage Sense. The utility searches for files that are no longer needed and enables the user to delete them. The candidates for deletion are categorized as: * "Windows Update Cleanup": Copies of Windows updates that are already installed * "Microsoft Defender Antivirus": Temporary files that Microsoft Defender Antivirus no longer needs * "Windows Update log files": Log files that Windows update has created for troubleshooting * "Downloaded Program Files" (deprecated): ActiveX controls and Java applets that Internet Explorer has downloaded from the Internet.…

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