Windows 11 22H2: How to Clean up Disk Space Without the Disk Cleanup Tool

2023-06-05 07:39:00

The disk cleanup tool is one of the traditional built-in functions of Windows, but after the user updates the system to the 22H2 version of Windows 11, they may find that the disk cleanup method used in the past has been modified by Microsoft without prior notice. Therefore, we have to find other ways of operation. Fortunately, the problem is not difficult to solve. It is worth noting that various system tools with traditional interfaces seem to be gradually disappearing in the new version of Windows. Perhaps one day even Disk Cleanup will be fully integrated into the “Settings” App.

Step 1 In the past, on the disk drive of the file manager, when you click the right mouse button and view the content, the “Disk Cleanup” option should appear in the lower right corner, but it has been replaced in Windows 11 22H2.

Step 2. If you click the “Details” button in Step 1, you will be redirected to the storage space management screen of the “Settings” App.

Step 3. To invoke the traditional disk cleanup tool, first select the disk to clean up files in the file explorer.

Step 4. Then click the “…” icon in the upper right corner, and press “Clear”.

Step 5. Then the Disk Cleanup tool will be called out, just check, analyze and safely remove unnecessary files according to the previous process.

Step 6. Considering that the disk cleaning tool may be removed in the future, another way to clean the disk is to click “Temporary Files” on the screen in Step 2, check the items below, and then click “Remove Files”. Can.