It may not run constantly, and some older operating systems-notably Windows XP-don’t even support the TRIM command. Not all garbage collection (as the erasing used cells and consolidating data in an SSD’s NAND is known) is created equal. So yeah, if you install and remove programs frequently expect some substantial amount of leftover garbage you’re never getting rid of.NAND memory inside an Intel enterprise-class X-25E Extreme SATA SSD. There’s a reason programs like Revo uninstaller exist. Windows may have gotten better, but some developers like to put stuff on your registry and windows-reserved folders and not remove it upon uninstall. Also remember that some people are running on 128GB SSDs! While storage is cheap, it is no excuse to stuff the users’ disk with no option to cut down a bit. I don’t know if there’s a setting to let windows know you don’t want it putting their garbage there. Also windows does that to multiple disks. There are unsupported tools for this, but then you’re at risk of bricking your system.

There’s no official way of cleaning it up (cleanmgr and dism didn’t cut it for me, but helped). It is more than happy to accumulate dozens of gigabytes of update installers / whatever they keep at WinSxS and similar folders. Also it seems that it ships with telemetry now, so you may want to disable that too. I think it’s fine if you’re careful to not install some adware alongside with it and can endure being bugged to pay for it constantly. CCleaner works with more applications, which is nice. It works on Windows too and works decently. This adds up fast, but dare you not complain about it because “storage is so cheap nowadays loool”.

Check your disk with WinDirStat and you’ll very easily spot those already enormous 300MB electron-based instant messengers keeping copies of previous versions of their software in the install location. But I expect programs and my OS to be reasonable (they’re usually not) on the amount cache they keep around. Many people will tell you that cleaning it does no good and can make your experience slower. Fight the placebo and do that too.Ĭache has a purpose, yeah. In MY experience, they’ve never caused any harm, but I didn’t really notice any real improvements. Microsoft advises against registry cleaners.

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