Look Out: Windows 10’s ‘Free Up Space’ Can Empty Your Downloads Folder
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Quote:Windows’ built-in cleaning tool can now empty out your Downloads folder, so make sure you don’t check that option if you keep anything important there.
We’ve shown you how to clean up hard drive space using Free Up Space in Windows10. As of this week, with the Windows 10 October 2018 update, this cleaning tool can clean out your Downloads folder. The option isn’t checked by default, but we all know how tempting checking everything can be when using an app like this.
RELATED: Use Windows 10’s New “Free Up Space” Tool to Clean Up Your Hard Drive
Full reading: https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/look-out-w...ds-folder/
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Look Out: Windows 10’s ‘Free Up Space’ Can Empty Your Downloads Folder - by harlan4096 - 04 October 18, 08:24

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