How I free up Windows disk space and shred sensitive data for free with open-source BleachBit
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Want to free up hard disk space on your Windows PC? Sure, the built-in Storage Sense feature can tackle that task. But it doesn't offer much control or flexibility over what to delete. Instead, I use a free Windows utility called BleachBit. With this open-source tool, you can review potentially unnecessary files for certain installed apps and Windows features, and then choose what to remove.
For example, you can opt to delete the cache, cookies, history, passwords, or other data from your web browser or the backup files, history, and logs from Windows Defender. The goal is to give you control over what to keep and what to remove. As an added bonus, you can securely shred sensitive or confidential folders and files so that they can't be recovered.
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