When acquiring a new PC, you may have the luxury of fast speeds and most importantly, a huge storage capacity. A few years down the road, your computer starts to lose speed and to salvage the situation you start removing, deleting and uninstalling software.
Yet try as you might, you notice that you are not getting any of the space back. Why? Chances are, there are files that cannot be removed by mere uninstallation; system log files and cache files, to begin with. To do that, you need to find software that can help you scan, detect and find these space-hogging files so you can get them out of the system.
The good news is there are plenty of such softwares to be found online, to top it all off, many of them are free. Here are 5 multiple-solution software applications to help you reclaim storage space in your PC.
1. SpaceSniffer
SpaceSniffer is a file-scanning software that scans through all the files in your hard disk. It arranges them nicely in customizable file display colors and filters in rectangle sizes that represent the file size. You can then determine which file is taking the most space in your computer and delete them from within this software.
It includes drag-and-drop support, zoomable elements, temp-file tagging for easier filtering, multiple scans etc. SpaceSniffer will refresh every few seconds to show you in real-time the data transfer that occurs in your hard disk. Speed, interface and graphical wise.
2. DoubleKiller
DoubleKiller locates every duplicate file that exists in your hard disk via 4 criteria: file name, file size, last modified date and content. The whole file will be scanned to ensure that it is an exact duplicate, so to cut down on the scanning time, you can exclude files, limit the search to specific file formats, or specific directories.
The results of the scans will be presented to you and you get to choose to delete all the duplicates or store them up in a separate folder (which is actually recommended). The program also advises against running it on the Windows directory as some duplicates are necessary for the system to work. You should only delete files that you know you don’t need two or more copies of.
The results of the scans will be presented to you and you get to choose to delete all the duplicates or store them up in a separate folder (which is actually recommended). The program also advises against running it on the Windows directory as some duplicates are necessary for the system to work. You should only delete files that you know you don’t need two or more copies of.
3. UnCleaner
UnCleaner is a one-click cleaner software that scans over your PC in detail to remove unnecessary files on your computer such as Windows Update Downloaded & Log Files, ApplicationData SubItems Logs, Microsoft .NET Framework Logs and many more. It uses an advanced reverse search engine for faster cleaning and optimization of your computer.
UnCleaner also comes with an Auto-Clean feature that will clean the system during every startup without affecting your PC startup time. The best part of this software is that everything is automatic and safe to use, and all that left for the user to do is just to click ‘Clean’ once the initial scan is over.
4. SlimCleaner
SlimCleaner is a fast PC cleaning software and optimizer, but on top of that it also tells you which software to keep or to remove.
As a tool for PC maintenance, it serves its users well in terms of drive optimizer, disk tools, windows tools and hijack log. It can also help you find duplicated files, check and update your many applications and software so you don’t have to.
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