How to clean up the C drive

Don't run Disk Cleanup from c: properties.

Instead:

Note: It's generally safe to run Disk Cleanup on an SSD, but you should review the selected files before confirming to make sure you don't delete anything important

1. Click the windows orb or press the Windows key + S
2. In "Search programs and files type: "disk cleanup" or "di" is probably enough
3. Right click "disk cleanup" and choose "run as administrator"
4. Choose c:
5. Select everything

Also the c:\Windows\Temp folder accumulates loads of stuff. Just delete it (57gb on the 6th of December 2017)

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