Windows 10 包含一项称为Storage Sense的功能，如果您的(Storage Sense)计算机或设备(computer or device)上没有大量可用空间，该功能非常有用。Storage Sense为您提供了一种定期清理 Windows 10(Storage Sense)安装驱动器(installation drive)的自动方式。这样，您不必费力手动擦除临时文件、删除保存在OneDrive中的内容或卸载应用程序以清除杂乱并为其他人腾出空间。在本指南中，我们将向您展示如何打开Storage Sense，以及如何将其配置为自动清理您的Windows 10驱动器：
什么是存储感知？
Storage Sense是Windows 10的一项功能，可让操作系统(operating system)自动释放空间。它会删除您不需要的文件，例如临时文件和回收站(Recycle Bin)的内容。
默认情况下，Storage Sense已启用，Windows 10 会在您磁盘空间(disk space)不足时自动运行它。但是，您也可以将其配置为按计划运行，每天、每周或每月。您也可以随时手动释放空间。
还需要注意的是，Storage Sense只能在安装了Windows 10的(Windows 10)C:驱动器上运行。Storage Sense不适用于您 PC 上可能拥有的其他驱动器，例如D:或E:，无论这些驱动器是物理硬盘驱动器、固态驱动器、光驱还是主驱动器上的分区。
Storage Sense首次包含在Windows 10的 2017秋季创意者更新(Fall Creators Update)中，此后获得了新的功能和选项。在本教程中，我们将介绍Windows (Windows 10)2019 年 11 月10 日(November 2019)更新(Update)中的存储感知(Storage Sense)。如果您使用的是旧版操作系统(operating system)，则本教程中的某些功能和设置可能无法在您的PC 或设备(PC or device)上使用。
如何在Windows 10中打开存储感知(Storage Sense)
您可以从 Windows 10设置(Settings)应用程序访问存储感知(Storage Sense)。因此，对于初学者，请打开“设置”应用(Settings app)。一种快速的方法是打开“开始”菜单(Start Menu)，然后单击或点击左侧的齿轮状图标。或者，如果您的 Windows 10 设备上有键盘，请同时按Windows + I键。在“设置”(Settings)应用中，打开“系统(System)”类别。
在窗口的左侧，转到Storage。
在右侧，您看到的第一部分是Storage Sense。在这里，微软(Microsoft)让你知道“Storage Sense 可以通过删除你不需要的文件来自动释放空间，比如临时文件和回收站中的内容。” ("Storage Sense can automatically free up space by getting rid of files you don't need, like temporary files and content in your recycle bin.")虽然它应该默认启用，但如果没有，您可以通过激活其开关来打开Storage Sense 。
注意：(NOTE:)在Storage Sense部分下，Windows 10 还会向您显示“如何使用您的存储空间以及如何释放空间”。("how your storage is used and how you can free up space.")这包括有关如何在 Windows 10 驱动器上使用空间的详细信息，包括不同类别的列表，例如应用和功能、临时文件(Apps & features, Temporary files)和其他。(Other.)如果您想了解如何使用这些存储(Storage) 信息和工具(information and tools)，我们已经在另一篇文章中介绍了它们：如何像Pro一样清理Windows 10 存储空间(storage space)。
如何在Windows 10中配置(Windows 10)存储感知(Storage Sense)
在Storage Sense(Storage Sense)开关下方，有一个名为“配置 Storage Sense 或立即运行”的链接。("Configure Storage Sense or run it now.")要更改Storage Sense在 Windows 10 PC 上的工作方式，请单击或点击(click or tap)它。
“配置 Storage Sense 或立即运行”("Configure Storage Sense or run it now")页面是您可以配置Storage Sense如何清除 Windows 10 驱动器中不需要的文件的地方。虽然有点多余，但此页面上的第一件事是我们之前看到的相同的Storage Sense开关。(Storage Sense)您可以使用它来打开或禁用存储感知。(Storage Sense)
在Storage Sense On/Off开关下，Windows 10 会显示过去一个月清理了多少存储空间。(storage space)例如，在我们的一台计算机上，它清理了 271 MB。
然后，您可以选择何时自动“运行 Storage Sense”("Run Storage Sense")。默认情况下，Windows 10 在“可用磁盘空间不足期间”运行它。("During low free disk space.")但是，如果您愿意，也可以将Storage Sense配置为每天、每周(Every day, Every week,)或每月(Every month)运行。
然后，您可以选择哪些文件应被Storage Sense视为临时文件并由(Storage Sense)Windows 10自动删除。
在临时文件(Temporary Files)部分中，配置是否希望Storage Sense (Storage Sense)“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.")此设置使 Windows 10 自动删除您的应用在Windows 安装(Windows installation)驱动器上创建的临时文件。
然后，Windows 10 允许您选择Storage Sense是否应该在您选择的时间“删除我的回收站中的文件”("Delete files in my recycle bin if they have been there for over")。这会自动删除您已删除并在回收站(Recycle Bin)中保存超过指定时间（默认设置为30 天）的所有文件。(30 days)如果您愿意，可以将时间更改为1 天(1 day)、14 天(14 days)或60 天(60 days)。
第三个选项称为“删除我的下载文件夹中的文件，如果它们已经在那里了”("Delete files in my Downloads folder if they have been there for over")，Storage Sense使用它来了解您是否要自动从下载文件夹(Downloads folder)中删除所有文件。这是一个默认关闭的设置（设置为Never），因为许多用户将他们从 Internet 保存的重要文件保存在他们的下载(Downloads)文件夹中。这就是为什么自动删除这些文件并不总是一个好主意。但是，如果您不在“下载(Downloads)”文件夹中保留重要文件，并且更关心存储空间(storage space)，则可以打开此选项并将期限设置为1 天(1 day)、14 天(14 days)、30天(30 days)，或60天(60 days)。
Windows 10 OneDrive的按需(Demand feature)文件功能使您可以使用文件资源管理器(File Explorer)访问保存在 OneDrive 云中的所有文件，无论它们是否下载到您的 PC 上。但是，如果您使用其中的许多文件，它们会被下载到您的计算机或设备(computer or device)上，并且可以快速添加并占用您可能需要的空间。Storage Sense也可以提供帮助。如果需要，可以将Storage Sense配置为自动将在指定时间内未打开的OneDrive文件标记为(OneDrive)online-only。这意味着这些文件仍保留在您的OneDrive中(OneDrive)并且可以从文件资源管理器(File Explorer)访问，但它们不再占用您 PC 上的空间。
您可以选择OneDrive 的“内容将在超过(OneDrive "Content will become online-only if not opened for more than") 1 天、14 天、30 天(1 day, 14 days, 30 days)或60 天(60 days)未打开时变为仅在线状态” 。但是，请注意，仅当 OneDrive 文件夹的位置位于安装了Windows 10的(Windows 10)C:驱动器上时，此设置才在Storage Sense中可用。
最后，在页面末尾，Storage Sense包含“立即释放空间”("Free up space now")部分。在其中，微软(Microsoft)告诉你“如果你的空间不足，我们现在可以尝试使用此页面上的设置来清理文件。” ("If you're low on space, we can try to clean up files now using the settings on this page.")如果您需要紧急清洁Windows 10驱动器，请单击或点击立即清洁(Clean now)按钮。这会立即运行Storage Sense，而无需等待其时间表。
这就是使用Storage Sense自动清理 Windows 10 驱动器的全部内容。如果您想深入研究此主题并了解如何手动释放Windows 10 安装驱动器(installation drive)上的空间，请查看本指南：如何像Pro一样清理Windows 10 存储空间(storage space)。
您是否(Are)在Windows 10中使用Storage Sense？
Windows 10 包含一个自动清理磁盘和恢复可用空间的选项，这是一件好事。它可以证明非常有用，特别是对于那些在 Windows 10 计算机和设备上空间有限的用户来说。如果您尚未使用它，请尝试Storage Sense，并在下面的评论中告诉我们您对此功能的看法。
Set up Windows 10 to automatically clean up unnecessary files, with Storage Sense
Windows 10 includes a feаture called Storage Sense that is useful if you don't have a lot of free space available on your computer or device. Storage Sense provides you with an automatic way to regularly clean your Windows 10 installation drive. That way, you don't have to struggle to manually erase temporary files, delete things that you keep in your OneDrive, or uninstall apps to clear the clutter and make room for others. In this guide, we show you how to turn on Storage Sense, and also how to configure it to automatically clean your Windows 10 drive:
What is Storage Sense?
Storage Sense is a feature of Windows 10 that allows the operating system to free up space automatically. It removes files that you do not need, like temporary files and the contents of your Recycle Bin.
By default, Storage Sense is enabled, and Windows 10 runs it automatically whenever you're low on disk space. However, you can also configure it to run on a schedule, every day, week, or month. You can also free up space manually whenever you want to.
It is also important to note that Storage Sense can run only on the C: drive, on which Windows 10 is installed. Storage Sense doesn't work on other drives you might have on your PC like D: or E:, regardless of whether those drives are physical hard disk drives, solid-state drives, optical drives, or just partitions on your main drive.
Storage Sense was first included in Windows 10's 2017 Fall Creators Update and has since then received new features and options. In this tutorial, we are covering Storage Sense from the Windows 10 November 2019 Update. If you have an older version of the operating system, some of the features and settings in this tutorial might not be available on your PC or device.
How to turn on Storage Sense in Windows 10
You can access Storage Sense from the Windows 10 Settings app. So, for starters, open the Settings app. A quick way to do that is to open the Start Menu and then click or tap on the gear-like icon from the left. Or, if you have a keyboard on your Windows 10 device, press the Windows + I keys simultaneously. In the Settings app, open the System category.
On the left side of the window, go to Storage.
On the right side, the first section you see is Storage Sense. Here, Microsoft lets you know that "Storage Sense can automatically free up space by getting rid of files you don't need, like temporary files and content in your recycle bin." Although it should be enabled by default, if it's not, you can turn on Storage Sense by activating its switch.
NOTE: Under the Storage Sense section, Windows 10 also shows you "how your storage is used and how you can free up space." That includes details on how space is used on your Windows 10 drive, in a list of different categories such as Apps & features, Temporary files, and Other. If you want to learn how to use this Storage information and tools, we've covered them in a separate article: How to clean up Windows 10 storage space like a Pro.
How to configure Storage Sense in Windows 10
Right under the Storage Sense switch, there's a link called "Configure Storage Sense or run it now." To change how Storage Sense works on your Windows 10 PC, click or tap on it.
The "Configure Storage Sense or run it now" page is where you can configure how Storage Sense cleans your Windows 10 drive of unneeded files. Although a bit redundant, the first thing on this page is the same Storage Sense switch that we've seen earlier. You can use it to turn on Storage Sense or to disable it.
Under the Storage Sense On/Off switch, Windows 10 shows you how much storage space has been cleaned up in the past month. For instance, on one of our computers, it cleaned 271 MB.
Then, you can choose when to "Run Storage Sense" automatically. By default, Windows 10 runs it "During low free disk space." However, if you prefer, you can also configure Storage Sense to run Every day, Every week, or Every month.
Then, you can choose what files should be considered temporary by Storage Sense and be deleted automatically by Windows 10.
In the Temporary Files section, configure whether you want Storage Sense to "Delete temporary files that my apps aren't using." This setting makes Windows 10 automatically remove temporary files created by your apps on the Windows installation drive.
Then, Windows 10 lets you choose whether Storage Sense should "Delete files in my recycle bin if they have been there for over" a time that you select. This automatically erases all the files you've deleted and have been kept in your Recycle Bin for more than the specified time, which is set to 30 days by default. If you prefer, you can change the time to 1 day, 14 days, or 60 days.
The third option is called "Delete files in my Downloads folder if they have been there for over" and Storage Sense uses it to know if you want to remove all the files from your Downloads folder automatically. It is a setting that's off by default (set to Never), as many users keep important files that they saved from the internet in their Downloads folders. That's why automatically deleting those files is not always a great idea. However, if you don't keep important files in your Downloads folder and you care about storage space more, you can turn this option on and set the period to 1 day, 14 days, 30 days, or 60 days.
The Files-On Demand feature of Windows 10's OneDrive lets you access all the files saved in your OneDrive cloud, with File Explorer, regardless of whether they are downloaded or not on your PC. However, if you work with many of those files, they get downloaded on your computer or device and can quickly add up and eat space that you might need. Storage Sense can help with that too. If you want, you can configure Storage Sense to automatically mark the OneDrive files that you haven't opened for a specified amount of time as online-only. That means that those files are still kept in your OneDrive and are accessible from File Explorer, but they no longer occupy space on your PC.
You can choose whether OneDrive "Content will become online-only if not opened for more than" 1 day, 14 days, 30 days, or 60 days. However, note that this setting is available in Storage Sense only if the location of your OneDrive folder is on your C: drive, where Windows 10 is installed.
Finally, at the end of the page, Storage Sense includes a "Free up space now" section. In it, Microsoft tells you that "If you're low on space, we can try to clean up files now using the settings on this page." If you need to clean your Windows 10 drive urgently, click or tap the Clean now button. That runs Storage Sense immediately, without waiting for its schedule.
That's all there is to say about the automatic cleaning of your Windows 10 drive using Storage Sense. If you want to delve more into this subject and see how to free up space on your Windows 10 installation drive manually, check this guide: How to clean up Windows 10 storage space like a Pro.
Are you using Storage Sense in Windows 10?
The fact that Windows 10 includes an option to clean your disks and recover free space automatically is a good thing. It can prove quite useful, especially for users who struggle with limited space on their Windows 10 computers and devices. If you didn't already use it, try Storage Sense and let us know what you think about this feature in the comments below.
