Completely clean the laptop and load everything you need. Cleaning your computer from junk: why clean it, what programs to use and how to do it. We remove everything unnecessary from

As you know, timely cleaning of Windows will be the key to high performance of your computer and the versatility of its software resources. We reviewed the best programs that can perform a complete cleaning of the system. Which of the above utilities should you choose?

The undisputed leader among computer system cleaning programs is Computer Accelerator. This program has amazing capabilities that are only partially available to other analogues. Manage the cleaning process, optimize the Windows registry as efficiently as possible, and forever get rid of any software glitches and problems that have been bothering your computer for a long time. The Computer Accelerator is able to quickly increase the performance of all computer resources, ensuring reliable stability and multifunctional performance of all its important system resources!

System Mechanic can be recommended for both beginners and professionals, however, specialists will like the product more. Its reliability and quality are captivating; only the English language on the menu is a slight hindrance. In the West, the utility package is widespread and popular; development has been going on for more than 20 years, so all functions have been honed to perfection.

An inexpensive alternative is Wise Care 365. The software is distinguished by the most convenient controls in comparison with analogues, powerful tools for ridding the system of computer junk, as well as an optimal ratio of the cost of the license and the high quality of the productivity tools offered by the developer.

CCleaner is one of the most common computer junk and junk cleaners in the world. The utility gained its popularity thanks to its user-friendly interface and rich built-in capabilities. Owners of CCleaner receive virtually the entire list of most paid modern analogues among “cleaners” and “optimizers” of the operating system. Using Advanced SystemCare Free will help you not only clean the platform, but also seriously overclock the power of your computer. Thanks to the presence of a whole range of specialized tools, the program can increase the performance level of RAM and processor, which will have a great impact on the performance of the entire OS.

In addition to the common functions of cleaning the system from unnecessary and damaged files, Glary Utilities will provide you with proper protection of all confidential data, increasing not only the performance, but also the level of security of the operating system. The program can even correct incorrectly entered links, as well as find any errors in the registry and correct them correctly. If you have to share your computer with several other users, Comodo System Cleaner will help get rid of even the slightest suspicion of theft of your information, the utility can delete any confidential data without the possibility of their subsequent recovery. Komodo System Cleaner has a simple interface and will quickly remove all unnecessary files, in addition, it will analyze the system for duplicate files.

Wise Registry Cleaner is one of the leading registry cleaning utilities. The program does not have such extensive functionality compared to its main competitors, but it will cope with its direct responsibility perfectly. The application will give you the possibility of both manual and automatic control modes. There is no need to worry that Weiss Registry Cleaner will clean up anything important automatically, because the developer has introduced a convenient option for creating a registry backup. Using Wise Care 365 Free, you can quickly clear cache and cookies within web browsers. The utility features a convenient ability to customize the (already simple interface) to suit your preferences. Vice Care 365 will protect user personal data, defragment the required disks and clean the system of excess garbage.

As you use your computer, various kinds of unnecessary files inevitably accumulate on it. Especially a lot of such files accumulate on . Over time, there are so many such files that the free space on the disk runs out and the computer begins to slow down. If you are faced with a similar problem, then you have come to the right place. Now you will rid your computer of unnecessary files.

Method number 1. Disk Cleanup function.

Windows operating systems have a feature called Disk Cleanup. This function is designed to search and delete unnecessary files on the disk. In order to launch it, open “ ”, right-click on the drive you need and select “Properties”.

After the “Disk Properties” window appears in front of you, click on the “Disk Cleanup” button.

You can also run disk cleanup using the command. To do this, open the Run menu, enter the command “cleanmgr.exe”, and then select the disk you want to clean.

After running Disk Cleanup, the operating system will analyze the files on the disk and show a list of files that can be deleted without harm to the system or the user. In this window you need to mark the files that need to be deleted and click on the “OK” button

After this, the system will ask you to confirm the deletion of files, after which it will begin deleting unnecessary files from your computer. This method is quite effective and allows you to free up from several tens of megabytes to several gigabytes of disk space.

Method number 2. CCleaner program.

Another way to quickly remove unnecessary files is the CCleaner program. This program works the same as Disk Cleanup, but finds more files that are no longer needed, which means it can free up more disk space.

CCleaner is completely free. Download its latest version from the official website and install it on your computer.

The CCleaner program interface consists of several tabs: Cleaning, Registry, Tools and Settings. Here we are only interested in the first tab “Sedum”. Open it and click on the “Analysis” button.

After this, CCleaner will analyze your system and show a list of unnecessary files that can be easily deleted. Then you just need to click on the “Cleaning” button.

After which CCleaner will delete all found files.

Method number 3. Removing unnecessary programs.

Uninstalling programs is an opportunity to clean up your computer, which in most cases is simply ignored. During the operation of the operating system, the user constantly installs new programs, while forgetting to remove old programs. As a result, a large number of installed programs accumulate on the computer, which have not been used for a long time and simply take up disk space.

To remove unnecessary programs, go to the “Remove Programs” section.

After this, you will see a list of all installed programs. In order to delete a program, just select it and click on the “Delete” button, which is located above the list.

After this, the program uninstaller will open, with which you can easily remove the selected program.

Method number 4. User folders.

Often the cause of system clutter is the user's own files. If your goal is not just to clean your computer of unnecessary files, but to free up as much space on the system drive as possible, then you should definitely check the user folders on the system drive.

These folders are:

• Desktop – at C:\Users\Username\Desktop;
• The “Downloads” folder is located at C:\Users\Username\Downloads;
• The “My Documents” folder is located at C:\Username\Aleks\Documents;

If you move the contents of these folders to another drive, you can free up a lot of occupied space on your system drive.

The task of cleaning a computer, and even more so a laptop, from unnecessary programs and files is always relevant for any user. If you can use special utilities - uninstallers - to remove the “tails” of various software, then to get rid of unnecessary system objects you need to specifically understand the reason for the increase in the size of each directory.

All kinds of optimizers can compromise the integrity of Windows. We will list for you actions that will free up space and are guaranteed not to lead to incorrect operation of the operating system.

Cleaning temporary files using system cleaner

Windows developers have provided an excellent tool for deleting unnecessary files - a cleaning manager integrated into the operating system. To launch it, press the combination “Win” + “R”, enter the value cleanmgr and click “OK”. After which the application will analyze the system and display a list of data available for deletion, as well as the planned amount of freed space. By the way, this manager can even handle an update to Windows 10 downloaded in the background. And that’s as much as three Gigabytes.

Emptying the Trash

A trivial tool, but very effective - removing garbage from the Recycle Bin. We have met users with Gigabytes of unnecessary data placed there long ago. Don’t forget to check the contents of the container and empty it with the “Empty Trash” command.

Disabling hibernation

Convenient mode for quickly starting your computer. It is especially active on laptops. When using it, the entire contents of RAM are written to the local disk in the hiberfil.sys file. Most likely, you won’t be able to delete it simply by pressing the “Delete” key. The solution is to disable the mode via the command line.
To do this, press the combination “Win” + “R” that is already familiar to us, copy or enter the text “powercfg -h off” in it and click “OK”. You can turn this mode back on simply by changing the text “off” to “on”.

Cleaning up user files

We recommend checking and deleting unused user accounts. They are located in the “Control Panel”, item “User Accounts”. Here you should also disable the operating system guest account.

After restarting the computer, you can “clean up” the remaining folders. By default, they are located on system media in the root “Users” folder.

Removing temporary objects from browser cache

Supporting program files are located in the “Temp” folders located in the following locations:

• C:\Users\(user_account_folder)\AppData\Local\Temp
• C:\Users\All Users\Temp
• C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Temp
• C:\Windows\Temp
• C:\Users\All Users\Temp

• C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\History
• C:\Windows\Temp
• C:\Documents and Settings\(user_account_folder)\Local Settings\History
• C:\Documents and Settings\(user_account_folder)\Local Settings\Temp

Internet browsers like to “store” various information that they need to launch certain functions faster or simplify the authorization algorithm. If these two factors are not critical for you, you can safely delete cache files.

We list the locations for popular browsers:

Opera
C:\users\(user_account_folder)\AppData\Local\Opera\Opera\cache\

Mozilla Firefox
C:\Users\( )\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

Google Chrome
C:\Users\(user_account_folder)\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache and C:\Users\(user_account_folder)\AppData\Local\Bromium\User Data\Default\Cache

Internet Explorer
C:\Users\(user_account_folder)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\

Of course, you can do all these manipulations through the menu of the web browser itself, but the forced cleaning tool is the most reliable.

Local copies of recently opened office documents can also be deleted. They are located at
C:\Users\(user_account_folder)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\

It is possible that not all directories will be available for cleaning. The reason for this is that some software is accessing the folder at this moment. If the situation does not change immediately after starting the operating system, try deleting data in safe mode. To do this, when loading the operating system, press the “F8” key and select “Safe Mode” from the list provided.

Clearing game saves

Recently, games are increasingly using not their own directory, but a separate folder in “Documents” to save user data. Finding these objects is very simple - go along the path “Computer” - “Documents” and find the names of the directories in which the name of games that are deleted or unnecessary to you is found. We check that they do not contain useful data and remove garbage. Of course, we don’t touch the catalogs of current games.

Please note that if you have previously installed various multimedia software or graphic editors, you should also check the folders with the names of unused programs - these applications also like to leave behind garbage in documents.

Reducing the paging file size

If free space is critical to you, try to force a limit on the size of the local file that is used in case of low RAM. You can limit its size in the “Control Panel”, “System” section, “Advanced Settings” tab. Then in the “Performance” item you should select the “Advanced” attachment. However, we recommend not making the file size smaller than 500 MB, especially on machines with little RAM. There is a risk of encountering “brakes” during work.

Good day.

Whether the user wants it or not, sooner or later any Windows computer accumulates a large number of temporary files (cache, browser history, log files, tmp files, etc.). This is most often called “garbage” by users.

Over time, the PC begins to work slower than before: the speed of opening folders decreases, at times it pauses for 1-2 seconds, and there is less free space on the hard drive. Sometimes, an error even pops up that . So, to prevent this from happening, you need to clean your computer of unnecessary files and other junk (1-2 times a month). Let's talk about this.

Cleaning your computer from junk - step-by-step instructions

Built-in Windows tool

You need to start with the fact that Windows already has a built-in tool. True, it doesn’t always work perfectly, but if you don’t use your computer very often (or there is no way to install a third-party utility on your PC (more about it later in the article)), then you can use it.

Disk cleaner is available in all versions of Windows: 7, 8, 8.1.

I’ll give you a universal way to run it in any of the above OSs.

Result: the hard drive was very quickly cleared of most unnecessary (but not all) and temporary files. All this took was min. 5-10. The only downside, perhaps, is that the standard cleaner does not scan the system very well and misses many files. To remove all garbage from your PC, you need to use a special one. utilities, read about one of them further in the article...

Using a special utility

In general, there are quite a lot of similar utilities (you can find the best ones in my article:).

In this article, I decided to focus on one utility for optimizing Windows - Wise Disk Cleaner.

Why on her?

Here are the main advantages (in my opinion, of course):

1. There is nothing superfluous in it, only what is needed: disk cleanup + defragmentation;
2. Free + supports 100% Russian language;
3. The speed of operation is higher than that of all other similar utilities;
4. Scans your computer very thoroughly, allowing you to free up much more disk space than other analogues;
5. Flexible system for setting up scanning and removing unnecessary things; you can turn off and turn on literally everything.

Step by Step Actions

Defragmenting a hard drive in Windows 7, 8

In this subsection of the article it is necessary to make a small reference to make it more clear what we are talking about...

All files that you write to your hard drive are written to it in small pieces (more experienced users call these “pieces” clusters). Over time, the spread of these pieces on the disk begins to grow rapidly, and the computer has to spend more time reading this or that file. This moment is called fragmentation.

In order for all the pieces to be in one place, arranged compactly and quickly read, you need to carry out the reverse operation - defragmentation (more details

When you surf the Internet, the history of all your visits in various browsers is saved on the drive on which the browsers are installed; by default, this is the “C” drive. Gradually, these folders “swell” and clog up our disk space. The Mozilla browser especially clogs up my computer; when I changed it, there was less garbage, although webmasters love it very much))

I work in Chrome, Opera and am currently testing the Yandex browser, I really like it so far, but I can’t find yet where to install it and whether they are even available for the Yandex browser. If you know any convenient ones, write in the comments, I will be grateful.

2. Watch videos, music, images online

Fans of social networks who watch videos, “like” or “dislike”, and listen to music through VKontakte players and similar services suffer greatly from this. Understand that to watch or listen to a video or audio file, your computer first downloads it from online services and only then plays it. And all these files are temporarily stored on your computer and require deletion.

3. When you remove programs from your computer, a lot of garbage remains in the registry

I gave a link to the official website, but you can find a free copy on the Internet quite easily, just type it into a search engine and find it. This program deletes, along with the program itself, a bunch of garbage that remains in the register and history. Learn how to properly remove unnecessary programs, this is very necessary, especially for those who often test new programs and remove unnecessary ones manually.

To uninstall using the Your Uninstaller program, select the desired program and click “Uninstall”, then everything will be clear in order.

4. When downloading various files to your computer

Quite often, we need to temporarily transfer a file to our computer for printing or viewing (a document, a video file, photos, wallpaper, etc.) and then we forget about it, it lies like a dead weight, and we don’t even remember where it was saved, does this happen to you?

So, to store such files, create a “temporary” folder or something similar and clean it regularly. Just create it not on the “C” drive!

5. Empty the Recycle Bin on your PC regularly!

How often do you throw out trash at home? So on your computer, clean your trash can every few days. Remember that by simply deleting a file, you do not delete it from your computer, but only move it to the trash and it still clogs up the disk on your computer, with the exception of large files.

We've sorted out those who clog up your PC, let's decide how to clean your computer of junk for Windows 7

What program to clean your computer from junk?

There are several most common programs, but they all have the same principle - cleaning junk files.

I will tell you everything using the example of a program that I use myself - this is Win Optimizer, the screenshots show version 10 of the program.

It’s very easy to find it on the Internet, if you want a paid version, download it, or if you want a free version, it’s your choice. What can she do? Let's figure it out.

Clearing your browsing history

If you click on the “Favorites” button, you can see in my case that in this program I most often use:

I remove unnecessary programs from startup (StartUp Tuner), clean the browsing history (Drive Cleaner), clear the registry of unnecessary files (Registry Optimizer) and perform defragmentation (Defrag 3).

Clearing history is very easy. After installing the program, a very convenient shortcut will appear on your desktop:

By clicking on it, you will immediately begin cleaning your computer of debris. Here's what you'll see in a minute when the program analyzes the contamination on your PC:

The numbers circled in green in the screenshot show the number of files that require cleaning. By clicking on the icons pointed to by red arrows, you can view all files in detail.

After checking, go back with the “Back” button at the top left and click “Delete”

After cleaning you should see the following window:

Now your computer will breathe a sigh of relief and will work more quickly, especially if you do not have the newest build, but an old one, like my PC))

What else do I use to clean my computer?

1. Separate drive “C” for the operating system and we don’t load anything extra!

The most important thing when installing an operating system is to create a separate system drive, usually “C” and a drive for all other files “D” or other Latin letters. So you must make sure that all the files that you download to your computer are loaded onto any drive, just not “C”.

There must always be free space for the computer to operate normally. Checking the availability of free space on drive “C” is very simple. Click "Start" and click "Computer":

On my work computer, I have as many as 100 Gigabits allocated for the “C” drive, and 56.6 of them are still free, there is no reason to worry. And on my home computer, I could afford to allocate only 40 Gigabytes for the system, and recently I manually cleaned this disk, since it was glowing red, this is a signal for mandatory cleaning. If you have Windows 7 or 8, then leave at least 50 GB for the system, since hard drives are now large, 1 TB or more.

If you have less than 10% free space left on drive “C”, be sure to clean the drive of unnecessary files! To do this, you can go to the “START” menu => “Programs” => “Accessories” => “Utilities” and select “Disk Cleanup”, then select the desired disk to clean.

These could be sections “temporary files”, “recycle bin”, game statistics, various videos, photos that you accidentally downloaded to drive “C”.

It is important!

Never download photos, videos, movies, and other large files to the system drive “C”. This disk should contain only the operating system and programs necessary for the computer to operate.

2. Clean the autorun menu

After installing the operating system, you begin to constantly install more and more new programs. Many of them obsessively go into startup, that is, when you turn on the computer, this program automatically starts running.

Such programs include Skype, download master, all kinds of torrent clients, updates for all sorts of browsers, search engines, translators, cleaners, readers, acrobats and many others. Gradually, your computer begins to boot not in 20 seconds, but the loading continues for 3-5 minutes and over time more and more.

To change this disgrace, I go to the startup or StartUp Tuner section in winoptimizer or CCleaner

Next, go to the autorun menu:

Now uncheck the boxes if these programs should not be loaded when the computer starts. Just, Attention! You must be absolutely sure that this is a program or application that can be removed from startup; do not remove all kinds of software applications or files.

Now you will need to run programs that you disable in startup manually, but you will significantly speed up your PC.

I was once on vacation at the seaside, renting an apartment, and the owners allowed me to use their computer; when I started it up, I was horrified. Going to the panel of running processes at the bottom right, I saw a huge pile of shortcuts for all kinds of mail ru games, Skype, programs for playing files and downloading, mail ru cloud, and from them the system performance was zero, the browser opened bookmarks slowly, files were not played.

After cleaning the startup and computer, everything started working much faster. After this story, I realized that not everyone is okay with the cleanliness of their computer disks and decided to write a note about it.

3. Be sure to use an antivirus

It's like brushing your teeth in the mornings and evenings; antivirus on Windows is a must. Some people love Kaspersky, please load the system to its fullest, others prefer nod-32, but I like it free antivirus Avast , it doesn't matter, as long as it is effective and regularly updated.

I chose the free version for my home PC and am satisfied, I’ve been using it for 4 years, it is updated regularly, viruses do not bother or infect my hard drive.

Remember that going online without running an antivirus is very dangerous; it should always start when your computer starts and work constantly.

4. Use the task manager when your PC freezes

It often happens that during operation the computer freezes and does not respond to anything. To solve this problem, the key combination “Ctrl” + “Alt” + “Delete” often helps and then you can see which process is crashing the system (click on “memory”) and terminate it.

Select the process and click on “End Process”.

5. Be sure to defragment your disks once a month

Defragmentation- ordering the distribution of memory on the hard drive (hard drive) of a computer, can be carried out by date, name, frequency of accessing files, and so on.

Defragmentation can be done with win Optimizer, with the native defragmenter on your computer, everyone has one, with the O&O Defrag program, with anything, just make sure it’s once a month. In simple words, these are arranging files in a certain order so that access to them is faster and allows information to be evenly distributed on the hard drive.

Here are all the necessary actions that I perform and advise you, friends, on my PC. I am sure that the performance of your personal computer will increase if you carry out such cleaning, but do not forget to do it regularly.

Now you know what program you can use to clean your computer from debris and what actions you can use to increase the speed of your PC. There are many similar programs, but they have the same principle, the main thing is to create a system restore point before deleting files and programs in order to avoid glitches and system crashes.

How do you clean your computer, when was the last time you installed the operating system, please share, mine has been working for 4 years already, it’s time to re-upload it))

Now, according to tradition, there is a new crossword puzzle and the topic corresponds to the title of today's post.

Crossword No. 5 of the Erudite-4 marathon on the topic “My Computer”

To solve the crossword puzzle, click on the picture with the image of the rebus. A puzzle will open in a new window, which must be solved. Then make a keyword from the numbers in the picture.

To start solving, click on the picture!

>> Submit keyword<<

I hope everyone has a personal computer at home and the crossword words did not cause any difficulties. There are only 2 crossword puzzles left until the end of the marathon, we will sum up the results soon.

I look forward to your answers and feedback on the topic of the post and the new crossword puzzle.