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When your computer’s hard drive begins to fill up, you will start wondering what’s taking up all the available space, and this is when “Storage sense” will come in handy.
On Windows 10, most people know Storage sense as a feature to free up hard drive space. While this is true, it is also a tool you can use to analyze the content of a drive to figure out how space is being utilized to know where to start cleaning up files you cannot remove using this feature.
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Find out what files are taking up space on Windows 10
To see the files taking up space on the hard drive on Windows 10 version 1903 all the way to 20H2 and 21H1 (and later), use these steps:
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- Open Settings on Windows 10.
- Click on System.
- Click on Storage.
- Under the “(C:)” section, you will be able to see what’s taking up space on the main hard drive.
- Click the Show more categories option to view the storage usage from other file types.
- (Optional) Under the “More storage settings” section, click the View storage usage on other drives option.
- If you have multiple hard drives, select the one that you want to see its storage usage.
- See storage usage for the other drive.
Once you complete the steps, you will understand what files take up most of the space on your device.
Find out what files are taking up space on Windows 10 1809 and older
To see how the hard drive space is being used on Windows 10 version 1809 or older releases, use these steps:
- Open Settings.
- Click on System.
- Click on Storage.
- Under the “Local storage” section, click the drive to see the storage usage.
- While on “Storage usage,” you can see what’s taking up space on the hard drive. Also, you can click each item to get more details and take additional actions.
For instance, if you notice that some of the apps are taking most of the space, you can click the “Apps & games” item to see and uninstall apps you no longer need.
If temporary files are the items consuming most of your storage, you can use this guide to free up space quickly.
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