How to Start Disk Cleanup with a Command Line

This article was previously published under Q181701

SUMMARY

This article describes how to start the Disk Cleanup tool and specify the hard disk to clean by using a command line.

To start the Disk Cleanup tool and specify the hard disk to clean by using a command line, use the following steps:

Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type the following line and then press ENTER

c:\windows\cleanmgr.exe /d<drive>

where <drive> is the drive letter of the hard disk you want to clean.

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