Your Question: Why Does Windows 10 Take up So Much Disk Space?
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A fresh install of Windows 10 takes up about 15 GB of storage space. Most of that is made up of system and reserved files while 1 GB is taken up by default apps and games that come with Windows 10. … All of these strategies work in previous versions of Windows, except for uninstalling Windows 10 default apps.

How do I make Windows 10 use less disk space?

Free up drive space in Windows 10

  1. Open the Start menu and select Settings > System > Storage. Open Storage settings.
  2. Turn on Storage sense to have Windows delete unneccesary files automatically.
  3. To delete unnecessary files manually, select Change how we free up space automatically.

How much space should Windows 10 take up?

Windows 10 Now Requires a Minimum of 32GB Storage Space.

Chloe Bennett

Chloe Bennett

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