How to Clean Your Windows Computer from Temporary Files

*PERFORM AT YOUR OWN RISK*

Many of us experience degrading performance overtime when we use our computers. Many factors contribute to the degradation of performance, they range from computer viruses to corrupt driver files. One of the easiest ways to fix this problem is to delete the temporary files.

Some temporary files store information like your login information on some website for example. It is ok to proceed if you are ok with losing that type of information.

Step 1:         Log in to your desktop and press the windows-key+r. that will open the “run” window.

Step 2:         In the white box type in “%temp%” without the quotation marks.

Step 3:         A window will open with many files and folders I it. Press the ctrl-button+A to select all the files in the window, then press the delete button (some files will not be deleted because they are in use).

Step 4:         Close the window.

Step 5:         Go to the desktop and open recycling bin.

Step 6:         Empty recycle bin.

And you are done! This does not mean that your computer is free from temporary files. There exists on the, market some programs that are made for removing these files, however, their usefulness is not something that I know of.