Exterminate Internet Junk Files

The most frequently opened website contents are stored on your hard disk to prevent downloading of contents every time you visit the site. Undoubtedly, this improves browsing and enables quick viewing, Over times, your hard disk gets flooded with these unnecessary files resulting in poor internet performance and browser errors. This should be dealt after some time.

Why it is important to clean temp files regularly?

There are several benefits associated with the cleaning of temporary files. Some of them re given below:

• Recovers prestigious amount of HDD space
• User gets rid of frequent “low disk space” notifications
• Speeds up overall PC performance
• Fixes frequent “not responding” dialogs; interrupting freezes/lags
• Improves startup-shutdown performance
• Prevents occurrence of error messages, crashes, unexpected reboots and BSODs

Delete Web Files Using inetcpl.cpl

The Internet Properties dialog enables deleting browsing history, temporary files, cookies, saved passwords, saved form details, and so on. To begin with, use the “inetcpl.cpl” command in Search/ Run; and then click Delete button under General tab. In subsequent dialog, check-up all boxes and then begin the process. Recommended: Check-up the box named “Delete browsing history on exit” to ensure everything is automatically cleared up after completion of your web session.

Clear Temp Folder Contents

One by one go to following directories, select all files and delete the contents:

• C:\Windows\Temp
• C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files
• C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download
• C:\Users\[User_Name]\AppData\Local\Temp

Use Disk Clean-Up Tool

This basic utility in Windows lets you get rid of all sorts of temporary files, including installer-extracted files, system cache, offline webpages, system archived Windows error reporting, Recycle Bin contents, old System Restore points, and so on.

To begin with, open up File Explorer and right click the partition you want to clean. Select Properties > General > Disk CleanUp. Let the tool analyse the size of junk files so that you can choose to delete individual items and start the process.

Use ST Cleaner to Delete Third Party Temp Files

Besides the system created temporary files, there are innumerable other files that the Disk CleanUp fails to analyse and delete. Using ST Cleaner you can recover prestigious amount of disk space, refresh your PC and make it faster than ever.

Download ST Cleaner, install and run the tool. Start scanning for junk, and you should see results divided into several sections such as system cache, software junks, web and privacy, social and multimedia. Unlike Disk CleanUp that scans one drive at a time, ST Cleaner analyses all partitions of your hard disk to provide better results.