The temp folder sometimes grows to an incredible size. What is stored in it and can it be cleaned?
It happens that some folders located in the system partition grow to enormous sizes and make it difficult for the computer to work. It is necessary to periodically delete unnecessary files, but many users are afraid to climb into folders, the contents of which are unknown to them.
One of these folders is called Temp and is located in the Windows system folder.
Content
The folder contains temporary files. They are created by programs for their work, the same programs must then delete all temporary files. Unfortunately, they often forget to clean up after themselves, and files start piling up.
Sometimes you can find distributions, fragments of documents, files with different extensions in the temp folder. In general, garbage accumulates there.
Can the folder be cleaned?
Yes, you need to clean folders with temporary files. This will help free up disk space without any complications and losses. Moreover, sometimes the size of this folder can become completely indecent. In especially severe cases, it can take up to half of the disk space.
It is worth knowing that the temp folder does not always contain completely useless files. Sometimes there lies what the programs still need to work. Deleting these files can lead to errors.
There are several ways, including safe ones, which will prevent you from deleting something you need, even if you are an inexperienced user.
Basically, you can just select all the files in the temp folder and delete them. Those that are not removed are needed for work, the rest will be scrapped. Although this method does not give a 100% guarantee that you will not delete any part of the document that is not used now, but will be needed later.
You also need to remember that the folder itself cannot be deleted in any case. This is the system folder that windows needs to run. Removing it can lead to errors and instability of the operating system. Trash is only the contents of the folder.
Folder location
It is very easy to find it. Open any file manager, for example, standard explorer and select the disk on which the system is installed.
Next, find a folder named windows. This is the main system folder. Open it and find the temp folder. Sometimes this folder can also be located in the root of the disk on which the operating system is installed.
Depending on the user's settings in windows, you may be asked for administrator access. Come with these rights and feel free to remove digital junk from your computer.
