How to Wipe Free Space Windows 10?

How to Securely Wipe the Free Space on Your Windows PC

Once youve downloaded CCleaner and installed it, or updated it, open the program and click Tools on the left pane. Choose Free Space Only from the Wipe dropdown list. Make sure you DO NOT select Entire Drive, as this will erase ALL the files on your hard drive—unless that is what you mean to do.

How do I Clear up Free Space on Windows 10?

Open the Start menu and select Settings > System > Storage. Open Storage settings.
Turn on Storage sense to have Windows delete unnecessary files automatically.
To delete unnecessary files manually, select Change how we free up space automatically. Under Free up space now, select Clean now.

Is it Good to Wipe Free Space?

Wiping free space will not help you get better performance or better defrag results. It will just make harder for others to recover data from your disk. If you want to boost the computer speed, you can check this post to get workarounds.

What does Wiping Free Space Do?

Wiping free space is just permanently erasing the files already deleted. To make more free space on a hard drive you actually need to delete files. Wiping free space is just permanently erasing the files already deleted.

How do I Clear Empty Space on my Hard Drive?

Open Disk Cleanup by clicking the Start button .
If prompted, select the drive that you want to clean up, and then select OK.
In the Disk Cleanup dialog box in the Description section, select Clean up system files.
If prompted, select the drive that you want to clean up, and then select OK.