Temporary file or foo file is a file which is created for holding the information temporarily during the creation of the file. One must delete these files after closing the program. If you don’t delete those files; they become junk which can slow down your device. No matter how good your device is; these junk files which are created due to temporary files, unnecessary logs, and data, etc. These junk files can affect your device’s performance in two ways:
- Poor PC performance
The most common problem is low disk space. Low disk space is a potential cause of slowing down the device. Due to low space the loading time of every program gets increase any you may have to face dozens of error message and annoying pop-ups. OS and other programs need some free disk space to breathe. Many software programs such as PhotoShop needs reserved space for holding the huge photos temporarily while working on them. Due to low disk space, the files can’t expand and which results in low PC performance. Your running programs will start crashing and you may get frequent shutdown.
- Bugs and crashes
This issue is directly related to the first one. While working on ant program or Window; if the device runs out of the space then most of your program will not work. You will get freezes, crashes from time to time. BSOD is one of the common issues which you may have to face due to low space.
Here we have discussed some top ways for removing clutter from your device
Use disk cleaners
Windows has its disk cleanup tool which can detect and remove these files:
Temporary files
- Windows updates leftover files
- Old Chkdsk files
- Windows error report files
- Thumbnails and history files
Follow the given steps for using Windows cleanup tool:
- Go to the Start menu
- Type command
- Press Shift and Ctrl keys simultaneously
- Hit the Enter button
- A permission dialog box will appear
- Hit Yes button
- The command prompt will be displayed on the screen
- Type cleanmgr
- Press Enter button
- The disk manager tool start calculating the space
- You will get few checkboxes
- Check all the boxes with unnecessary data; don’t forget to check temporary files box
- Now hit the OK button
After this process, your device will get some free space. If you want to remove more junk then you should go for third party cleanup tools. There are various cleanup tools available in the market; many antivirus programs also provide good cleanup tools. With Activate AVG Internet Security; you can easily remove all your system junk files along with the best security. These tools can remove crash reports, thumbnails, online gaming leftover files, recently used files, cache files, etc from your device.
Clean your browser data
Browsers stores lots of leftover files from your net surfing. These files include cookies, remembered URLs, cached files, stored passwords, etc. Always remove delete all your cookies, history files, and cache from your browser. AVG Internet Security Activation Code can help you to remove all these junk files in a quicker and safer way.
Remove huge files
You can also try removing unnecessary huge files such as movies, videos, etc. You can also store your data in cloud for freeing your disk space.