How to Delete Temp Files in Windows 10 or Windows 7?

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How to Delete Temp Files in Windows 10 or Widows 7?

30 July 2019 Ashley S. Miller Specialist of Customer Service Dept.

Summary
Temporary files are produced in Windows 7/10 as we are viewing web pages, running apps or editing files. Too many temporary files will take up too much space, and eventually run out of storage space. How to delete these temporary files safely? In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to delete these files and to recover important files if they are mistakenly deleted.

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How to Delete Temp Files in Windows 10?

Method 1: Using Disk Cleanup to Delete Temp Files (Applicable to Widnows 7)
Method 2: Using Command Lines to Open Temp Files and Delete (Applicable to Windows 7)
Method 3: Using Windows Settings to Delete (Applicable to Windows 7)

How to Recover Files in Windows7/10?

Tmp, temp files, including those leftovers after viewing the web pages, running apps or editing documents, can take up much disk space. To keep enough space, we should regularly delete these temp files in Windows7/10.

How to delete tmp, temp files in Windows7/10? Here are some methods for you.

How to Delete Temp Files in Windows 10?

Method 1: Using Disk Cleanup to Delete Temp Files (Applicable to Windows 7)

① Start up the computer. Press the group keys [Win+R] to open Run, and then type and run the command [cleanmgr].

② In Disk Cleanup, select the target drive and click [OK]. Basically, we prefer to the C disk.

③ Then the disk will be scanned. As it is finished, select the temporary files and click [OK] to delete.

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④ At last, click [Delete Files].

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Method 2: Using Command Lines to Open Temp Files and Delete (Applicable to Win7)

① Press the group keys [Win+R] to open Run and then type and run the command [%TEMP%].

② It goes to the Temp folder where some temporary files are saved. Select the target Temp files or press [Ctrl+A] to select all.

③ Right-click at these files or press the key to [Delete].

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④ In this process, if the window pops up, like “Files in use”, click [Skip].

⑤ Finally, go to [Recycle Bin] and empty it.

If you are sure that you won’t use these temp files anymore, you can press the key Shift when deleting them. It can skip the part of Recycle Bin and delete files permanently.

Method 3: Using Windows Settings to Delete (Only for Win10)

① In the Start menu, click the Settings button.

② Click [System].

③ Then go the tab [Storage] and click [Free up space now].

④ Select the files you want to delete and click the button [Remove files].

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We hope these three methods can help you delete the temp files in Windows7/10. Yet, if you mistakenly delete the useful files in this process, how to recover them? The following will tell you.