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How I free up Windows disk space and shred sensitive data for free with open-source BleachBit

ZDNet5 min read

Running low on hard disk space or just want to get rid of junk files? The free BleachBit utility can easily handle that assignment. Here's why it beats Storage Sense.

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Want to free up hard disk space on your Windows PC? Sure, the built-in Storage Sense feature can tackle that task. But it doesn't offer much control or flexibility over what to delete. Instead, I use a free Windows utility called BleachBit. With this open-source tool, you can review potentially unnecessary files for certain installed apps and Windows features, and then choose what to remove. For example, you can opt to delete the cache, cookies, history, passwords, or other data from your web browser or the backup…

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