Open Storage settings. Select the temporary files, unused files, files synced to the cloud, or unused apps you want to remove, then select the Clean up button for each section. Move files to another drive. Connect your removable media to your device. Open File Explorer from the taskbar and find the files you want to move.

Windows 11 Windows 10. Storage Sense can automatically free up drive space for you by getting rid of items that you don't need, like temporary files and items in your Recycle Bin. Here’s more info on how it works and how to set it up to meet your needs. How Storage Sense works. Turn on Storage Sense. Choose your Storage Sense settings.

Windows 11 Windows 10. Disk Management in Windows helps you perform advanced storage tasks like initializing a new drive and extending or shrinking volumes. Here’s some info on things you can do using Disk Management: Initialize a new drive. Extend a basic volume. Shrink a basic volume. Change a drive letter. Troubleshoot Disk Management.

Free up space with Storage Sense. Free up space with Cleanup recommendations. Free up space to install the latest Windows 11 update. Delete personal files or move them to an external storage device. Save new personal files to another drive. Turn on OneDrive Files On-Demand. Run antivirus software. Get additional help.

Use Disk Cleanup. Uninstall desktop apps you no longer need. Uninstall Windows Store apps you no longer need. Archive or delete files you're no longer using. Reduce the size of the WinSxS folder. Make OneDrive files online-only. To make files online-only using the OneDrive app. To make files online-only using File Explorer.

Check your storage. Select the Start button > Settings > System > Storage.

In the search box on the taskbar, type disk cleanup, and select Disk Cleanup from the list of results. Select the drive you want to clean up, and then select OK. Under Files to delete, select the file types to get rid of. To get a description of the file type, select it. Select OK.

Click the OneDrive cloud icon up in your Menu bar, click the three dots to open the menu, and select Preferences. Go to the Account tab. Select Unlink this PC. Hide or uninstall OneDrive. On some versions of Windows, you can also hide or uninstall OneDrive. You can also uninstall the OneDrive mobile app from Android and iOS devices.

To create and format a new partition (volume) To format an existing partition (volume) Learn about creating and formatting hard disk partitions in Windows.

Windows 11 Windows 10. Storage Spaces helps protect your data from drive failures and extend storage over time as you add drives to your PC. You can use Storage Spaces to group two or more drives together in a storage pool and then use capacity from that pool to create virtual drives called storage spaces.