Disk Clean Up

[Spoonboy]

Hello tech fans; my laptop says that I have low disk space and should use the disk clean up to get rid of any temporary or unwanted files; my question is, while doing so, would the operation uninstall any programmes which could be deemed important?

[Buenchico]

It's perfectly safe and can't uninstall anything. It will simply look for files which were created on your computer but which are no longer needed. For example if you watch a Youtube video that video file is dumped onto your hard drive. It might get marked as blank space when you close your browser but that doesn't always happen, so there could be loads of rubbish cluttering up your hard drive.

[Postdog]

No

[Spoonboy]

Thanks Buenchico, and Postdog.

[SeaJayPea]

Is this your Operating System telling you this, or a piece of software that been installed, either knowingly or otherwise?

And do you actually have low disk space?

Might be an idea to let the very clever people on here know what OS you're using and the make of machine.

I'd run Malwarebytes as the very first thing.

[VHG]

Have you checked how many partitions your hard disk has?

Many laptops come with a C and a D, but many people put everything on C and don't realise they may have an empty D on their hard disk.

Note D may be your CD/DVD so make sure your C and D are both on your hard disk.

[Spoonboy]

Thanks methyl, very informative, and useful.

[krytal-1024]

you can try to clear up your temp files on your desktop.
and you can delete the browsing history and cookies on your browsers.
in addition, you can uninstall some unwanted programs from the control penal.
the last step, you need to check if your computer has been infected a virus which may take up much space.