Windows 10的Storage Sense是一款出色的工具，可用于密切关注驱动器上存储的数据量，以及清理连接到 PC 或设备的存储设备。如果您用大量数据填充硬盘驱动器，或者如果您拥有Windows 10设备（如平板电脑或存储容量较小的二合一设备），则驱动器的自动清理可能还不够。这意味着您可能想要使用Storage Sense提供的手动清理选项。继续阅读以了解如何清理驱动器并手动重新获得可用空间：
注意：(NOTE: )本指南适用于Windows 10 October 2020 Update (20H2)或更新版本。以前版本的Windows 10包含本指南中讨论的一些功能，但不是全部。另外，请注意，本指南并未提及如何“管理Windows 10 存储空间(Spaces Windows 10)”——虽然存储空间(Storage Spaces)听起来很像Storage Sense，但它是一个完全不同的工具(an entirely different tool)。
如何从Windows 10访问(Windows 10)Storage Sense选项
要访问Storage Sense选项，您必须打开“设置”(Settings )应用。单击或点击“(Click)开始”菜单(Start Menu)中的齿轮按钮，或按照此处所述的任何方法进行操作：打开 Windows 10 设置的 15 种方法(15 ways to open Windows 10 Settings)。
在 Windows 10 中打开设置
在“设置”(Settings)应用中，打开“系统(System)”类别。
设置(Settings)应用程序中的系统(System)类别
选择左侧的Storage，在窗口的右侧，您应该会在开头找到Storage Sense 。
设置中的Storage Sense面板
如何使用Storage(Storage) Sense手动清理空间
在Storage Sense部分，您可以使用一个开关来打开或关闭它。如果你想自动释放空间，你应该启用它。有关如何自动清理存储空间的更多信息，请阅读：设置 Windows 10 以使用 Storage Sense 自动清理不必要的文件(Set up Windows 10 to automatically clean up unnecessary files with Storage Sense)。
出于本指南的目的，单击或点击Storage Sense开关下的“配置 Storage Sense 或立即运行”(“Configure Storage Sense or run it now”)链接。
配置 Storage Sense或立即运行
在“配置 Storage Sense 或立即运行”(“Configure Storage Sense or run it now”)面板中，您可以设置Storage Sense在清洁驱动器时的工作方式。首先(First)，向下滚动到Temporary Files部分，然后选择是否要：
- “删除我的应用程序未使用的临时文件”(“Delete temporary files that my apps aren’t using” )
- “如果它们在我的回收站中已经存在超过(“Delete files in my recycle bin if they have been there for over:”) ，请删除它们：” 1、14、30、60 天(1, 14, 30, 60 days)或从不(Never)删除它们
- “如果我的下载文件夹中的文件未打开超过：” (“Delete files in my Downloads folder if they haven’t been opened for more than:”) 1、14、30、60 天(1, 14, 30, 60 days)或从不(Never)删除它们，请删除它们
Windows 10的存储感知中的临时文件(Files)清理选项
接下来，向下滚动一点以找到OneDrive部分。在这里，Storage Sense告诉您，如果您的内容未打开超过您指定的天数，它可以使您的内容仅在线。(make your content online-only)如果您的OneDrive中有大量数据，这会特别有用，这会在您的(OneDrive)SSD或硬盘驱动器上占用大量存储空间。就像(Just)临时文件一样，您可以在1、14、30、60 天(1, 14, 30, 60 days,)或从不(Never)之间进行选择。
Windows 10存储感知中的 OneDrive 清理选项
通常， Storage Sense(Storage Sense)使用我们之前讨论过的设置来运行驱动器的自动清理。但是，在窗口底部，还有一个名为“立即清理”的选项。(“Clean now.”)它允许您手动清理存储，使用与自动清理相同的设置。由于这正是您想要做的，请单击或点击立即清理(Clean now)按钮。
(Cleanup)使用 Storage Sense清理Windows 10
单击/点击立即清理(Clean now)按钮后，Storage Sense将开始删除临时文件并将 OneDrive 文件设置为仅在线（如果它们符合之前选择的条件）。只要这样做，您就会在下面的屏幕截图中看到消息：“清理文件。这可能需要几分钟”(“Cleaning up files. This may take a few minutes”)。
Windows 10 正在清理文件
该过程完成后，Windows 10 会告诉您它设法恢复了多少空间。
Windows 10 的 Storage Sense 已清理完您的存储空间
这还不是全部！还有更多：
如何删除以前版本的 Windows
此外，如果您最近升级到新版本的Windows，或者您安装了主要的Windows 10更新，您还可以选中一个名为“删除以前的 Windows 版本”的选项。(“Delete previous versions of Windows.”)如果您也选择启用此设置，那么在您的设备上找到的任何旧版Windows都会立即被删除。
删除(Delete)以前版本的Windows (10)
如果您不需要返回到旧版本，此选项通常会释放您的计算机或设备上的大量空间。如果您不选择此选项，Windows 10 无论如何都会自动删除旧的Windows版本，但仅在十天之后。
奖励：如何手动清理单个驱动器上的空间
Windows 10 还允许您检查 PC 的存储空间是如何在各种类型的文件之间分配的。例如，您可以查看应用和游戏如何使用您的存储空间、操作系统使用了多少等。更重要的是，您还可以随时查看临时文件占用了多少空间并手动清理每种类型的临时文件。
要访问所有信息和选项，请在“设置”应用程序中，从“(Settings)系统(System)”类别返回“存储(Storage)”部分。在那里，在窗口的右侧，您可以看到安装了Windows 10的(Windows 10)C:系统驱动器。您可以查看其大小、已用空间和可用空间。驱动器上的数据被分类并拆分为不同的类别，例如图片、应用程序和功能、OneDrive、音乐、临时文件(Pictures, Apps & features, OneDrive, Music, Temporary files,)等。如果您想查看比默认显示更多的类别，您可以单击/点击列表末尾的“显示更多类别” 。(“Show more categories”)
Windows 10系统驱动器的存储使用情况
如果您打开这些类别的数据，每个类别都会提供不同的信息。例如，如果您打开“应用程序和功能”类别，您将被带到“(Apps & features )设置”(Settings)应用程序的同名部分，您可以在其中从 Windows 10 PC卸载桌面程序和应用程序。(uninstall desktop programs and apps)但是，如果您打开像Pictures这样的类别，您所得到的只是有关其大小的信息以及在File Explorer中打开(File Explorer)Pictures用户文件夹的按钮。
通过卸载不再需要的应用程序或删除不再需要的文件，所有这些都有助于手动释放计算机上的空间。但是，例如，大多数人不想删除图片、视频、文档或卸载游戏。大多数人更喜欢删除无论如何都不会保留很长时间的临时文件。因此，单击或点击临时文件(Temporary files)类别。
Windows 10中的临时文件存储使用情况
临时文件(Temporary files)窗口可让您查看在 Windows 10 PC 上找到的临时文件占用了多少空间，如果您想删除它们，它还允许您删除这些文件。这是这个窗口的外观：
可以清理的临时(Temporary)文件类型
您可以检查要删除的每种类型的临时文件。对于每个临时文件类别，Windows 10 还共享描述它们的信息：
- Internet 临时文件(Temporary Internet Files)：“Internet 临时文件文件夹包含存储在硬盘上的网页，以便快速查看。您的网页个性化设置将保持不变。”(“The Temporary Internet Files folder contains webpages stored on your hard disk for quick viewing. Your personalized settings for webpages will be left intact.”)
- 交付优化文件(Delivery Optimization Files)(Delivery Optimization Files)：“交付优化文件是以前下载到您的计算机的文件，如果交付优化服务当前未使用，则可以将其删除。”(: “Delivery Optimization files are files that were previously downloaded to your computer and can be deleted if currently unused by the Delivery Optimization service.”)
- Windows 更新清理(Windows Update Cleanup)(Windows Update Cleanup)：“Windows 会保留来自 Windows 更新的所有已安装更新的副本，即使在安装了较新版本的更新之后也是如此。Windows 更新清理会删除或压缩不再需要并占用空间的旧版本更新。（您可能需要重新启动计算机）。”(: “Windows keeps copies of all installed updates from Windows Update, even after installing newer versions of updates. Windows Update cleanup deletes or compresses older versions of updates that are no longer needed and taking up space. (You might need to restart your computer).”)
- 缩略图：“Windows 会保留所有图片、视频和文档缩略图的副本，以便在您打开文件夹时快速显示它们。如果您删除这些缩略图，它们将根据需要自动重新创建。”(Thumbnails: “Windows keeps a copy of all of your picture, video, and document thumbnails so they can be displayed quickly when you open a folder. If you delete these thumbnails, they will be automatically recreated as needed.”)
- 下载文件夹(Downloads folder)(Downloads folder)： “警告：这些是您个人下载文件夹中的文件。如果您想删除所有内容，请选择此项。这不尊重您的 Storage Sense 配置。”(“Warning: These are files in your personal Downloads folder. Select this if you’d like to delete everything. This does not respect your Storage Sense configuration.”)
- 回收站(Recycle Bin)(Recycle Bin)：“回收站包含您从计算机中删除的文件。在您清空回收站之前，这些文件不会被永久删除。”(: “The Recycle Bin contains files you have deleted from your computer. These files are not permanently removed until you empty the Recycle Bin.”)
- DirectX 着色器缓存：“清理由图形系统创建的文件，可以加快应用程序加载时间并提高响应能力。它们将根据需要重新生成。”(DirectX Shader Cache: “Clean up files created by the graphics system which can speed up application load time and improve responsiveness. They will be re-generated as needed.”)
- Windows 错误报告和反馈(Windows error reports and feedback )诊断(diagnostics)(diagnostics)：“从 Windows 错误和用户反馈生成的诊断文件。”(: “Diagnostic files generated from Windows errors and user feedback.”)
- Windows 升级日志文件：“Windows 升级日志文件包含有助于识别和解决 Windows 安装、升级或服务期间出现的问题的信息。删除这些文件会使解决安装问题变得困难。”(Windows upgrade log files: “Windows upgrade log files contain information that can help identify and troubleshoot problems that occur during Windows installation, upgrade, or servicing. Deleting these files can make it difficult to troubleshoot installation issues.”)
- 以前的 Windows 安装：“来自以前的 Windows 安装的文件。可能与 Windows 安装冲突的文件和文件夹已移至名为 Windows.old 的文件夹中。您可以访问此文件夹中以前 Windows 安装的数据。”(Previous Windows installation(s): “Files from a previous Windows installation. Files and folders that may conflict with the installation of Windows have been moved to folders named Windows.old. You can access data from the previous Windows installations in this folder.”)
选择要删除的临时文件类型，然后单击或点击列表开头的删除文件(Remove files)按钮。
删除选定类型的临时文件
最后，在临时文件(Temporary files)类别中，Windows 10 还会向您显示操作系统更新(Updates)占用的存储空间。
Windows 10 更新存储详细信息
在更新大小下方，有一个名为“查看更新设置”的链接。(“View update settings.”)单击或点击它会将您带到“设置”应用程序的“ (Settings)Windows 更新”(Windows Update)部分。在那里，您可以单击或点击“查看更新历史记录”(“View update history”)链接，然后单击“卸载更新”(“Uninstall updates)。”旧的控制面板(Control Panel )打开并带您进入已安装的更新(Installed Updates)。您可以在此处删除计算机或设备上已安装的操作系统更新。这是一条漫长的道路，但它仍然有效。
卸载 Windows 10 更新
注意：(NOTE:)您也可以通过单击/点击“更多存储设置”下的(“More storage settings.”)“查看其他驱动器上的存储使用情况”(“View storage usage on other drives”)链接来访问其他驱动器的相同信息和选项。
查看其他驱动器上的存储使用情况
您多久使用 Storage Sense 清理一次 Windows 10？
现在您几乎了解了有关如何使用Windows 10的(Windows 10)Storage Sense功能手动清理存储空间的所有信息。您知道如何手动删除临时文件，也知道如何摆脱旧的Windows版本。你喜欢这些工具的工作方式吗？您多久使用Storage Sense清理一次Windows 10？您将如何改进此功能？在下面的评论部分让我们知道。
How to clean up Windows 10 using Storage Sense -
The Storage Sense from Windows 10 is an excellent tool for keeping tabs on the amount of data stored on your drives, as well as for cleaning the storage devices connected to your PC or device. If you filled your hard drive with lots of data, or if you have a Windows 10 device like a tablet or a 2-in-1 with a small storage capacity, the automatic cleaning of your drives might not be enough. This means that you might want to use the manual cleaning options that Storage Sense offers. Read on to learn how to clean up your drives and regain free space manually:
NOTE: This guide applies to Windows 10 October 2020 Update (20H2) or newer. Previous versions of Windows 10 include some of the features discussed in this guide, but not all. Also, note that this guide doesn’t refer to how to “manage Storage Spaces Windows 10” - while Storage Spaces might sound a lot like Storage Sense, it’s an entirely different tool.
How to get to the Storage Sense options from Windows 10
To get to the Storage Sense options, you have to open the Settings app. Click or tap on the gear button from the Start Menu, or follow any method described here: 15 ways to open Windows 10 Settings.
Opening Settings in Windows 10
In the Settings app, open the System category.
The System category from the Settings app
Select Storage on the left and, on the right side of the window, you should find Storage Sense right at the beginning.
The Storage Sense panel from Settings
How to manually clean up space with Storage Sense
In the Storage Sense section, there is a switch that you can use to turn it on or off. If you want to free up space automatically, you should enable it. For more information about how to clean storage spaces automatically, read: Set up Windows 10 to automatically clean up unnecessary files with Storage Sense.
For this guide’s purpose, click or tap on the “Configure Storage Sense or run it now” link under the Storage Sense switch.
Configure Storage Sense or run it now
In the “Configure Storage Sense or run it now” panel, you can set how Storage Sense works when cleaning your drives. First, scroll down to the Temporary Files section, and choose whether you want it to:
- “Delete temporary files that my apps aren’t using”
- “Delete files in my recycle bin if they have been there for over:” 1, 14, 30, 60 days or Never delete them
- “Delete files in my Downloads folder if they haven’t been opened for more than:” 1, 14, 30, 60 days or Never delete them
Temporary Files cleanup options in Windows 10's Storage Sense
Next, scroll a bit further down to find the OneDrive section. Here, Storage Sense tells you that it can make your content online-only if not opened for more than the number of days you specify. This can be especially helpful if you have lots of data in your OneDrive, taking a lot of storage space on your SSD or hard-disk drive. Just like for the temporary files, you can select between 1, 14, 30, 60 days, or Never.
OneDrive cleanup options in Windows 10's Storage Sense
Typically, the settings we’ve talked about until now are used by Storage Sense for running automatic cleanups of your drives. However, toward the bottom of the window, there’s also an option called “Clean now.” It allows you to clean up storage manually, using the same settings you use for the automatic cleaning. As that’s exactly what you want to do, click or tap the Clean now button.
Cleanup Windows 10 with Storage Sense
Once you click/tap the Clean now button, Storage Sense begins removing the temporary files and setting OneDrive files as online-only if they meet the criteria selected earlier. As long as it does that, you get the message seen in the screenshot below: “Cleaning up files. This may take a few minutes”.
Windows 10 is cleaning up files
When the process is finished, Windows 10 tells you how much space it managed to recover.
Windows 10's Storage Sense finished cleaning up your storage space
And that’s not all! There’s more:
How to delete previous versions of Windows
Additionally, if you recently upgraded to a new version of Windows, or you installed a major Windows 10 update, you can also check an option called “Delete previous versions of Windows.” If you choose to enable this setting too, any older version of Windows found on your device is getting deleted right now.
Delete previous versions of Windows (10)
If you do not need to go back to your older version, this option usually frees up a lot of space on your computer or device. If you do not select this option, Windows 10 deletes old Windows versions automatically anyway, but only after ten days.
Bonus: How to manually clean up space on individual drives
Windows 10 also lets you check how your PC’s storage space is split between various types of files. For instance, you can see how your storage space is used by apps and games, how much is used by the operating system, and so on. What’s more important is that you can also see how much space is occupied by temporary files and clean each type of temporary file manually, whenever you want.
To get access to all the information and options, in the Settings app, go back to the Storage section from the System category. There, on the right side of the window, you can see your C: system drive, on which Windows 10 is installed. You get to see its size, used space, and free space available. The data on the drive is categorized and split into different categories such as Pictures, Apps & features, OneDrive, Music, Temporary files, and so on. If you want to see even more categories than those displayed by default, you can click/tap on “Show more categories” at the end of the list.
Storage usage for the Windows 10 system drive
If you open these categories of data, each offers different information. For instance, if you open the Apps & features category, you are taken to the section with the same name from the Settings app, where you can uninstall desktop programs and apps from your Windows 10 PC. But, if you open a category like Pictures, all you get is information about its size and a button that opens the Pictures user folder in File Explorer.
All these can be useful to free up space on your computer manually by uninstalling apps that you no longer need or delete files that you no longer want. However, most people don’t want to delete pictures, videos, documents, or uninstall games, for instance. Most people prefer deleting temporary files that are not meant to be kept long anyway. So, click or tap on the Temporary files category.
Temporary files storage usage in Windows 10
The Temporary files window lets you see how much space is occupied by temporary files found on your Windows 10 PC, and it also allows you to delete those files if you want to get rid of them. Here’s how this window looks:
Types of Temporary Files that can be cleaned up
You can check each type of temporary files that you want to be removed. For each of the temporary files categories, Windows 10 also shares information describing them:
- Temporary Internet Files: “The Temporary Internet Files folder contains webpages stored on your hard disk for quick viewing. Your personalized settings for webpages will be left intact.”
- Delivery Optimization Files: “Delivery Optimization files are files that were previously downloaded to your computer and can be deleted if currently unused by the Delivery Optimization service.”
- Windows Update Cleanup: “Windows keeps copies of all installed updates from Windows Update, even after installing newer versions of updates. Windows Update cleanup deletes or compresses older versions of updates that are no longer needed and taking up space. (You might need to restart your computer).”
- Thumbnails: “Windows keeps a copy of all of your picture, video, and document thumbnails so they can be displayed quickly when you open a folder. If you delete these thumbnails, they will be automatically recreated as needed.”
- Downloads folder: “Warning: These are files in your personal Downloads folder. Select this if you’d like to delete everything. This does not respect your Storage Sense configuration.”
- Recycle Bin: “The Recycle Bin contains files you have deleted from your computer. These files are not permanently removed until you empty the Recycle Bin.”
- DirectX Shader Cache: “Clean up files created by the graphics system which can speed up application load time and improve responsiveness. They will be re-generated as needed.”
- Windows error reports and feedback diagnostics: “Diagnostic files generated from Windows errors and user feedback.”
- Windows upgrade log files: “Windows upgrade log files contain information that can help identify and troubleshoot problems that occur during Windows installation, upgrade, or servicing. Deleting these files can make it difficult to troubleshoot installation issues.”
- Previous Windows installation(s): “Files from a previous Windows installation. Files and folders that may conflict with the installation of Windows have been moved to folders named Windows.old. You can access data from the previous Windows installations in this folder.”
Select the types of temporary files you want to remove and then click or tap on the Remove files button from the beginning of the list.
Removing the selected types of temporary files
Finally, in the Temporary files category, Windows 10 also shows you the storage space occupied by the operating system Updates.
Windows 10 updates storage details
Under the size of the updates, there is a link called “View update settings.” Clicking or tapping on it takes you to the Windows Update section of the Settings app. There, you can click or tap on the “View update history” link, and then on “Uninstall updates.” The old Control Panel opens and takes you to Installed Updates. That’s the place where you can remove already installed operating system updates on your computer or device. It is a long road to do that, but it works nonetheless.
Uninstalling Windows 10 updates
NOTE: You can get access to the same information and options for your other drives too, by clicking/tapping on the “View storage usage on other drives” link under “More storage settings.”
View storage usage on other drives
How often do you clean up your Windows 10 using Storage Sense?
Now you know pretty much everything there is to know about how to manually clean up storage space with the Storage Sense feature from Windows 10. You know how to delete temporary files manually, and you also know how to get rid of old Windows versions. Do you like the way these tools work? How often do you clean up Windows 10 with Storage Sense? How would you improve this feature? Let us know in the comments section below.
