Finally, if you have any questions, let us know in the comment section below. So far it has taken about twice as long to do the clean up as it will to complete the upgrade, and it's only 2/3 cleaned. Deleted a few GB of ISO downloads and then ran Disk Clean-up for about 400MB. And to learn about the newest Smart App Control feature on Windows 11, follow our detailed explainer. Windows 10.10240 on a 40 GB HDD partition - required to make another 7 GB for upgrade to 10.10586. If you are looking for the best Windows 11 Settings to change, head to our linked article. If you want to clean up system files, click the Run as administrator option. Step 3: Choose the first option to launch Disk Cleanup. Step 2: Type Disk Clean-up in the search bar. Alternatively, click the looking glass icon on the taskbar. At the outset, it may appear as another bloatware for PC maintenance, but it brings much-needed features to boost performance without diving deep into Windows Settings. Here's how you can launch Disk Cleanup from search. So that is everything about the new PC Manager tool from Microsoft.
So to sum up, Microsoft PC Manager is an all-around tool for PC maintenance on Windows 10/ 11, and for less tech-savvy users, it can prove to be super helpful.īoost Performance on Windows 11/10 With Microsoft PC Manager Other than that, at most, it consumes 180 – 200MB RAM and runs seven processes in the background with minimal CPU usage. The app has no junkware, except for the recommendation to switch to Edge. I wouldn’t compare it with the likes of CCleaner as PC Manager is better.