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How to save storage space: Delete several GB in one go!

Updated: April 14, 2022
Published: April 30, 2008
Quick overview:

Are you running out of hard disk space? You don't have to resort to drastic measures and delete large programs, games or files (such as films). It's so easy to find memory hogs! [By Sandro Villinger]

1. click on the address http://newsletter.tuneup.de/re?l=6m8w74I2270aeI9 and download the test version of the TuneUp Utilities down.

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2. install TuneUp Utilities and start the program by double-clicking on...

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3. confirm the instructions for the update function at this point and click on "Continue testing" to continue testing the utilities or click "Buy" to purchase TuneUp. Then click on... in the main window of TuneUp Utilities.

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4. then click below on Windows_Vista-221 . Now select all drives on which you want to save disk space, such as :

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5. the TuneUp Disk Space Explorer now scans all selected hard disks for large files! Depending on the size, this may take several minutes. As soon as the process is complete, click on Windows_Vista-223 !

6. then click to switch to the list of Windows_Vista-224 . This can look like this, for example:

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7. you can now decide which of these giant files you want to keep or which you want to delete. Deleting is very simple: select a file and press the "Delete" key on your keyboard!

In this way, you can easily find the real memory hogs. Further information about You can find TuneUp Utilities 2008 here!

Sincerely,
Yours, Sandro Villinger

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in 2001 and still runs the site as editor-in-chief. His helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write for international publications such as PC-Praxis, Computerbild, PCWorld in the USA, IMTEST.de and Hifi.de. Sandro's main job is as Global Product Marketing Lead and Consultant for various global tech companies, including Microsoft, AVG, Avast, Nero, TeamViewer, Swiss IT Security Group and now currently in the fintech sector for Gendigital. But he can't get rid of his passion and shares his tweaks here again. Privately, he enjoys traveling the world and loves Asia, especially Japan, Singapore and Korea, but also natural places like Iceland and the Nordics. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.
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