Learn how you can free up drive space in Windows. Keep your PC running smoothly and up to date by increasing the disk space.

Storage Sense can automatically free up drive space for you by getting rid of items that you don't need, like temporary files and items in your Recycle Bin. Here’s more info on how it works and how to set it up to meet your needs.

Windows will prompt you to free up disk space or use external storage to temporarily extend the storage on your PC. If you use an external storage device, Windows won’t need as much free space on the system drive as it temporarily uses your external storage.

Windows 10 Storage Sense works with OneDrive to automatically free up space by making locally available OneDrive files that you aren't using anymore online-only again. Try it! Important: Storage Sense is a silent assistant that works on your behalf with very little setup.

You have 5 GB of free cloud storage with your Microsoft account shared across your files and photos in OneDrive, attachments in Outlook.com and your Microsoft 365 apps. Microsoft 365 subscribers get 100 GB of space.

Outlook accounts can have up to 100GB of storage per mailbox (Exchange Online mailbox storage limits). Administrators can reduce maximum mailbox sizes per user or globally, see: How to set Exchange Online mailbox sizes and limits in the Microsoft 365 environment for details .

How do I get back under my storage quota? You'll need to delete some files or buy more storage. Your files will be read-only, but you can download or delete files to get back under your storage limit. Sign in. View Manage your OneDrive storage to empty your Recycle bin and see what's taking up space.

Storage Sense can automatically free up drive space for you by getting rid of items that you don't need, like temporary files and items in your Recycle Bin. To learn more, see Manage drive space with Storage Sense .

Windows Storage Sense is a silent assistant that works with OneDrive to automatically free up space by making locally available files that you aren't using anymore online-only again. Online-only files stay safe in OneDrive and are visible on your device.

You can open a locally available file anytime, even without Internet access. If you need more space, you can change the file back to online only. Just right-click the file and select “Free up space.” With Storage Sense turned on, these files will become online-only files after the time period you've selected.