Each computer user over time notices that his device has become a little slower, responds worse to keystrokes, and files and folders do not open as quickly. What happened? Why, for no noticeable reason, did the size of C drive decrease? There are several answer options, but we will consider one. During the operation of the PC, it accumulated a lot of different “junk” that needs to be removed. For this, there are programs for cleaning the computer of garbage.
Why do I need to clean my computer from garbage
What prevents the normal operation of the device? These are unnecessary, temporary files that have formed over time. They remained after you removed and installed software, games, utilities, surfed the Internet, etc. Now they have filled up a lot of space on your computer’s hard drives and interfere with its normal operation. And if you do not periodically clean these disks on time, then you can get at least a malfunction in the system, and at the most - the crash of the OS and the need to reinstall it.
In specialized stores there are a wide variety of programs for cleaning your computer from debris, for every taste. Both paid and free. With the help of them, most often you can perform registry cleaning. Let's consider some of them.
Safe system debris removal
First you need to understand that without special software you can’t do the cleaning. Not only is it impossible to know all the places where all this trash is hidden, so even part of it is in hidden folders and files. In addition, there is always a big risk to delete the files you need or system files. Therefore, if you are a novice user, then use the built-in system utility. This can be applied in case of unwillingness to install third-party software on the computer.
Windows has its own cleanmgr.exe program that helps you safely clean your computer. It is in the list of service, you do not need to download and install it. We start it, select the disk we want to service, and wait for the utility to scan it. After some time, we get the result - the number of files that can be deleted without harming the system. We tick off the items that we want to clear, and click OK. The task is completed.
Using this utility, you can also delete everything from the recycle bin and compress old files, get rid of unused components of the operating system, and unnecessary games and programs. It is possible to delete all system restore points except the most recent. All this will significantly increase the amount of free disk space.
Paid programs to clean your computer from debris
It is clear that the best quality cleaning PC provides paid software. Let's look at a few examples. First of all, you need to pay attention to the professional Wise Disk Cleaner pro, which is designed to easily and quickly remove garbage from hard drives and free up free space.
This program easily detects over 50 types of junk files. You can also add your own species that you think is trash. After scanning, it is possible to view each file proposed for deletion and make the final decision whether to leave it or not. You can configure the deletion in fully automatic mode.
Glary Utilities and TuneUp Utilities
Cleaning your computer from unnecessary programs, fine-tuning it and much more is done well with Glary Utilities. This application will allow you to delete unnecessary files, clean the registry and your internet travel history. Using various plugins, you can achieve compatibility of this program with almost fifty different software.
The utility will help optimize system memory, detect, remove or fix broken shortcuts, edit the list of programs launched with the operating system. Like the previous one, it supports the Russian language.
One of the newest with a wide range of different tools is TuneUp Utilities. In addition to optimizing and tuning the system, it can be used to clean disks, defragment the registry and delete invalid entries from it, manage startup, and optimize RAM.
A characteristic feature of the TuneUp Shredder utility is the ability to delete data without the possibility of further recovery, change the appearance of the OS, and restore deleted files. All the many programs of this package are combined under a single shell. We find the name we need in the list and run it.
Cleaning your computer with free software
Many of us cannot or do not want to pay for such software. Such users can use free programs to clean the computer, of which there are a lot. They can be useful for all occasions. Let's consider some of them.
Revo Uninstaller will help optimize your computer and clean the system of unnecessary files. When working with this utility, be careful, as it works very deeply, cleans all traces of deleted programs, keys to them, forgotten folders. It even removes software that cannot be uninstalled normally. It's good that Revo Uninstaller creates a checkpoint and you can always roll back to the previous state of the PC. Do not forget to select the Russian language only during installation.
There is a good program for cleaning the registry - Vit-Registry-Fix. Having performed a scan using it, you may be afraid of its result - you will be asked to fix thousands of errors. No need to be afraid of this, everything is completely correct. In addition, a breakpoint is created, so nothing bad will happen.
User Review Winners
If you read reviews of users who use various programs to clean their computers from garbage, then you need to pay attention also to Auslogics BoostSpeed, Ccleaner and Unlocker.
The first of these programs contains more than 15 utilities designed for a wide variety of purposes: garbage removal, system settings for fast and stable operation, and registry cleaning. Auslogics BoostSpeed can work both in manual mode and in automatic mode.
The main purpose of Ccleaner is high-quality cleaning of hard drives and the registry. In addition, the kit includes the ability to remove unnecessary software and other standard functions. The paid version has more advanced and powerful capabilities.
Users often find that they cannot delete a file or program due to the fact that they are blocked. So, the Unlocker utility removes this lock, and you can easily complete the task.