It happens that there are processes and folders created on our computer normally by the Microsoft Windows operating system, these folders and files that are processes that often end up taking up space both on the hard drive and in the RAM of our computer, affect the process and the speed with which our computer operates.
Basically creating a set of digital junk that takes up more space than it should, these files are lost. These ghost files or junk files that are created by our computer are usually temporary files or folders that are used by the computer for specific processes at some point.
The appearance or creation of these folders or files may vary depending on our operating system, be it Windows 7, Windows 8 or the large number of versions that Windows 10 has, since the latter, being the most recent, is usually the one that processes the most in background has by default, thus occupying more space and memory.
The problem with these files can be the following, they normally take up a lot of space but they are quite camouflageable with files that are important and that if they are deleted they can jeopardize the optimal functioning of our computer, leaving the Windows system incomplete, affecting the indirectly the functionality of this, that is, it can present failures.
How do I identify Windows temporary files?
Windows is made up of a set of huge folders within your system, so it works correctly, many of these folders are identified with their function, others not so much, there are a lot of files that are there for the sole reason that they are residues of some old system application or process, these files are saved in a folder called Temp.
The Temp folder is located within Windows and, as its name indicates, it is responsible for grouping temporary system files in order not to leave them scattered throughout the system, but rather to archive them and save them in a folder that is rarely used. recurs, these files are forgotten and end up taking up space avoiding installing or updating Windows.
The main problem or the reason for deleting these files and folders normally lies in the fact that they take up too much space on the hard drive, so when we have a hard drive full of information or files and there is little space left, a large part of this space will be occupied by temporary files that are system junk.
How to delete temporary files from Windows?
Windows 8 and Windows 10
These two systems, being the most recent, share many similar functions and aesthetics when it comes to organizing folders in Windows, tools and their locations are the same or similar so they are easier to locate and are almost always occupying the same amount of space on the disk, for this you must have Windows activated, otherwise it will block the command.
- Go to the start screen and next to this you will locate two keys, the Windows key which is the key with the Windows logo on the keyboard and the R key.
- Press these keys simultaneously and a run window will appear. This window allows us to quickly navigate through the system.
- In the writing bar, that is, in the available field you write the following command %TEMP%, it has to be written in this way, otherwise it will end up giving us an error and it will not find the location.
- Inside the Temp folder select all the files and press delete on the keyboard to delete all the files in this folder.
Windows 7
- Look for the Windows button on the screen and select it, in the program and file browser type temp and press enter.
- Proceed to delete all the contents of the folder in this way you would be deleting all the temporary files of the system.
Keep in mind that when you delete these files system search histories are cleared and the cookies too, in addition to the logs, everything goes back as if certain things had never been accessed or searched for, leaving the system’s search engines and browsers as if they had been installed for the first time.
