How to reclaim space by deleting hidden folders in windows 10

Having enough space on our computer is always important. There are users who constantly check to make sure they have enough space on their hard drive. No one wants to run out of available space. For this reason, for some users it is important to be able to find ways to recover some space. It always helps to have some extra space available on your hard drive, especially if you don't have a large capacity SSD. In that case, being more limited, it is appreciated to be able to free up space.

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How to reclaim space by deleting hidden folders in Windows 10

Windows 10 offers different ways to recover some space. One of them, which may sound familiar to many, is to delete hidden folders. These are folders that are hidden in the system. Before starting to delete anything, there is a previous step that we must do.

Open the file explorer and go to drive C where the system is installed. You have to check if you can see first the following folders with the name of $ GetCurrent, $ SysReset, $ Windows. ~ WS, $ Windows. ~ BT or $ Hyper-V.tmp. Can you see them? If so, you are ready to start. Those who cannot see them have to check whether the option to show hidden files is activated or not. Just go to view and in the Show or hide section you have to select the option to show hidden files. Thanks to this option you will be able to see the existing hidden folders.

Delete hidden folders in Windows 10

Once the previous step is done, we can see everything in the system. We can differentiate hidden folders from normal folders in a simple way. The hidden ones are somewhat more transparent than the others, so they can be easily differentiated and avoid making mistakes in the process.

Once this is cleared up, you need to go back to drive C. Now, once you have activated view hidden folders, you will see that the folders with the names mentioned previously have come out. You have four new folders named $ GetCurrent, $ SysReset, $ Windows. ~ WS, $ Windows. ~ BT or $ Hyper-V.tmp. In general these folders are very large, so they are taking up a lot of space. But what are these folders? WS and BT are folders created by the system itself. Usually after an update. In most cases they contain a multitude of data. We do not need to have them on the computer, unless you are going to return to an earlier version of Windows. Only then should you have them on your computer. If not, you can delete them, but it is your own decision.

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Erase with space freer

So the next step is to go to the Windows 10 space freer. Thanks to this option we will be able to delete all these folders, in addition to other files that are useless in our system. If there is anything left in it after using the releaser, you can always delete files manually. But the liberator is the fastest and most effective option. It is important that if you are going to use the space liberator select the Clean system files option and then select to delete temporary files from the Windows installation or update. In this way we guarantee that these hidden folders will be removed from our system. Once we accept, the space liberator will do its job and everything is ready. We can now enjoy extra space on our hard drive.

It is also possible to delete them manually. Although it is necessary to have the administrator permissions to be able to do it. If this is the case, simply remove them as normal. But it is important that then you also delete them from the recycle bin, because otherwise they will still take up space on your system. What do you think of this way of freeing up space on your hard drive? Have you ever deleted hidden folders?