How to Delete Unused Files. Although media applications make your business PC more useful, the files they generate -- including photo images, videos and sound clips -- can eventually clog your ...

Image: Mark Kaelin/TechRepublic. Previously, we discussed how to delete files and overwrite them with random numbers using the Format command in Windows 11.

That takes system resources and, for any sufficiently large disk image, also causes older versions of files to get dumped more rapidly to keep newer updates that include the changed disk image.