📎 AI Summary:
The thread discusses managing storage in the Downloads folder, with the original poster asking if deleting downloads affects installed programs and how to free up disk space from failed downloads. Respondents advise that deleting downloaded installers after installation is safe and recommend sorting files by date for cleanup, as well as using the Disk Clean utility for comprehensive cleanup. Overall, the guidance aims to help users efficiently free up disk space while safely managing downloaded files.
The thread discusses managing storage in the Downloads folder, with the original poster asking if deleting downloads affects installed programs and how to free up disk space from failed downloads. Respondents advise that deleting downloaded installers after installation is safe and recommend sorting files by date for cleanup, as well as using the Disk Clean utility for comprehensive cleanup. Overall, the guidance aims to help users efficiently free up disk space while safely managing downloaded files.
Solution
As soon as you installed the program, especially when we are talking about programs downloaded from the internet, you can safely delete the downloaded installation file from the Downloads folder. As a method, to help you identify the older files, you can sort the files in the Downloads folder by date, in ascending order (that is, from the oldest to the newest), by opening Files Manager, going to the Downloads folder and clicking on the Date Modified field, on the right side panel, once or twice. When you'll see a small arrow, on the right side of Date Modified, pointing up, then you will have the files sorted from the oldest to the newest and you can start deleting without worrying.
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kemical
Essential Member
You can always run the advanced Disk Clean.
To set it up open an admin command prompt.
Type:
cleanmgr/sageset:1
Press enter and you'll see the Disk Clean dialogue box open but with many more options.
Check off the sections you want cleaning and click ok.
To run the now set up Disk Clean, go back to the admin command prompt.
Type:
cleanmgr/sagerun:1
Press enter and the app will cycle through the various stages. To run it again you need simply to type the last line as it's already set up.
To set it up open an admin command prompt.
Type:
cleanmgr/sageset:1
Press enter and you'll see the Disk Clean dialogue box open but with many more options.
Check off the sections you want cleaning and click ok.
To run the now set up Disk Clean, go back to the admin command prompt.
Type:
cleanmgr/sagerun:1
Press enter and the app will cycle through the various stages. To run it again you need simply to type the last line as it's already set up.