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cleanmgr — Clear unnecessary files from the computer's hard disk. Deprecated in newer Windows versions and repl

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Problem

How to use the cleanmgr command: Clear unnecessary files from the computer's hard disk. Deprecated in newer Windows versions and replaced by "Storage Sense". More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/cleanmgr>.

Solution

cleanmgr — Clear unnecessary files from the computer's hard disk. Deprecated in newer Windows versions and replaced by "Storage Sense". More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/cleanmgr>.

Open Disk Cleanup for a specific drive:

cleanmgr /d {{C}}

Open Disk Cleanup with all options selected by default:

cleanmgr /d {{C}} /lowdisk

Clean up all files automatically without user prompts:

cleanmgr /d {{C}} /verylowdisk

Configure which files to clean and save the settings to a specific profile:

cleanmgr /sageset:{{profile_number}}

Run Disk Cleanup using a previously configured profile:

cleanmgr /sagerun:{{profile_number}}

Clean up files left after a Windows upgrade:

cleanmgr /autoclean

Clean up files from a previous Windows installation:

cleanmgr /setup

Display help:

cleanmgr /?

Code Snippets

Open Disk Cleanup for a specific drive

cleanmgr /d {{C}}

Open Disk Cleanup with all options selected by default

cleanmgr /d {{C}} /lowdisk

Clean up all files automatically without user prompts

cleanmgr /d {{C}} /verylowdisk

Configure which files to clean and save the settings to a specific profile

cleanmgr /sageset:{{profile_number}}

Run Disk Cleanup using a previously configured profile

cleanmgr /sagerun:{{profile_number}}

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