Tuesday, December 1, 2015

What's in Your Downloads?

Many Internet surfers download numerous files over the years. Those files usually go into a Downloads folder, are run/installed/examined, and then ignored. I just noticed that my Downloads folder contains over 9000 files, if you count extracted subfolders, totaling more than 22 GB. (That's only a little more than 1% of my hard drive's capacity, but still. 22 GB.)

The Properties window of my Downloads folder
The vast majority - perhaps even all - of those files are no longer needed. If they are needed, I should organize and move them to a more suitable location so I can find them later. If they were just a one-off thing, well, the space could go to something useful.

What's in your Downloads?

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