Disk Cleanup
E182429
Disk Cleanup is a built-in Windows utility that frees up disk space by finding and removing unnecessary files such as temporary data and system cache.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Disk Cleanup canonical | 1 |
| Storage Sense | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows utility
ⓘ
system maintenance tool ⓘ |
| allowsUserTo |
select drive to clean
ⓘ
select file categories to delete ⓘ |
| canBeRunFrom |
Start menu
ⓘ
command line ⓘ |
| canClean |
system files
ⓘ
user profile temporary data ⓘ |
| category |
disk space management
ⓘ
system optimization ⓘ |
| commandName | cleanmgr.exe ⓘ |
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distributionModel | bundled with Windows ⓘ |
| executablePathPattern | C:\\Windows\\System32\\cleanmgr.exe ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Windows 10
ⓘ
Windows 11 ⓘ Windows 2000 ⓘ Windows 7 ⓘ Windows 8 ⓘ Windows 8.1 ⓘ Windows 98 ⓘ Windows Vista ⓘ Windows XP ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Windows 98 ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| primaryFunction |
free up disk space
ⓘ
remove unnecessary files ⓘ |
| provides | estimated space to be freed ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Disk Defragmenter
ⓘ
Disk Cleanup self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Storage Sense
|
| removes |
Windows log files
ⓘ
downloaded program files ⓘ old Windows update files ⓘ recycle bin contents ⓘ system cache files ⓘ system error memory dump files ⓘ system error minidump files ⓘ temporary Internet files ⓘ temporary Windows installation files ⓘ temporary files ⓘ |
| requires | NTFS or supported Windows file system ⓘ |
| runsWith | administrative privileges (for some options) ⓘ |
| statusInWindows10 | superseded by Storage Sense for some scenarios ⓘ |
| supports | scheduled operation via Task Scheduler ⓘ |
| targetUsers |
Windows end users
ⓘ
system administrators ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Storage Sense