Today we’re going to use a free program that’s pre-installed on all Windows computers called CCleaner to get rid of these duplicate files.
- Open CCleaner by double clicking the icon on your desktop (or wherever it’s stored on your particular machine.
- Click on the Tools icon within CCleaner.
- Click Duplicate Finder.
- Click the Search button to begin the search for duplicate files.
- Click the OK button once the search has completed.
- Once CCleaner finds your duplicates, go through the list and check the box next to each of them that you’d like to delete.
- Click Delete selected.
- Click OK on the prompt that reminds you that this process will permanently delete these files from your system.
- Click OK once CCleaner confirms the files are deleted. Credit: Laptop Mag
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