Very often, acquaintances ask you to clean your computer from unnecessary junk, go into the download folder or the trash can and find about 10GB of unnecessary junk. Most of the downloaded files that are needed one-time remain in the “Downloads” folder and are forgotten, and not everyone remembers to periodically empty the trash. In Windows 10, the functions of automatic cleaning of the trash can and the download folder appeared, and not everything is deleted, but only files that have not been used for more than 30 days. In today’s article, we’ll look at how to enable automatic deletion of files from the Downloads folder and from the Trash folder in Windows 10.

1. Open the Start menu and go to Settings (or press Win + I to open options).

2. Go to “System” => on the left side select “Storage” on the right side click on the radio button next to “Windows can automatically free up disk space by getting rid of files that are not required, such as temporary files and the contents of the recycle bin”, so that it becomes in On position => click on “Change how you free up space”.

3. Check the box next to “Delete files that have been in the trash for more than 30 days” and next to “Delete files in the Download folder that have not changed for 30 days”. Close the system settings, now all files that are older than 30 days will be removed from the recycle bin and from the Downloads folder.

That’s all for today, if you know other methods – write in the comments! Good luck ?