If you don't want to manually clean your PC every month, Windows 11 can do it for you automatically. Open Settings > System > Storage.
Common reasons:
| Method | Ease of Use | Depth of Clean | Automation | Safe for Beginners | |--------|-------------|----------------|------------|---------------------| | Settings | ✅ Very easy | Medium | No | ✅ Yes | | Disk Cleanup | Easy | High | No | ✅ Yes | | Run ( %temp% ) | Easy | Low | No | ⚠️ Yes (skip in-use files) | | Storage Sense | Very easy | Medium | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | | Command Line | Hard | High | ✅ Via script | ❌ No | how to delete temporary files windows 11
3–7 minutes Effectiveness: Very high – can remove update leftovers that Settings misses. If you don't want to manually clean your