"User file history" in Disk Cleanup list, at bottom

Wisewiz · Apr 16, 2023

No idea when this list item appeared, but I don't use File History and never did. FH is pre-set to make copies of files in the so-called User folders, on the C: drive, under <username>, and I don't ever use those folders. I store all of my programs and "user" files on another drive entirely, in my own catalog system, and I make images of everything important to me almost every night, so File History copies would be superfluous bloat on my machines. I'm sure File History can be adapted to store copies of different folders' contents, but I see no point, since I'm a dependable backer-upper.

Just wondering whether there's a reg key that holds Disk Cleanup categories, or another editable list somewhere that would let me delete "User file history." (BTW, it's only in the DC list on one of my four active machines running W11 and W10, so something must have added it to a list, and that means the list can be modified somehow.)

OAT · Apr 16, 2023

If you use run;

cleanmgr /sageset:1

You will find some added options you can select.

Wisewiz · Apr 16, 2023

Thanks, @OAT. I don't need any of the additional ones; I was just wondering whether there's an editable list somewhere that would let me remove some of the list items that I never use. Appreciate the input.

TM21 · Apr 16, 2023

I don't have it handy, but there is a process by which you can turn plain old Disk Cleanup into "Extended Disk Cleanup". In that process you can select just what you want Disk Cleanup to remove. The possible list is extensive.
Google "Extended Disk Cleanup" .
I've used Extended Disk Cleanup on my own PC's for years.
Cheers mate!
TM

Wisewiz · Apr 16, 2023

Thanks, TM. I think maybe that's what OAT's suggestion showed me: a DC with lots more choices. Impressive.

I'd just like to find a way to REDUCE the number of choices in the checklist. But it probably doesn't exist. Ah, well. No big deal.

Cheers, Mate!

Bree · Apr 16, 2023

TechnoMage2021 said:
I don't have it handy, but there is a process by which you can turn plain old Disk Cleanup into "Extended Disk Cleanup". In that process you can select just what you want Disk Cleanup to remove. The possible list is extensive.
Google "Extended Disk Cleanup" .

Extended Disk Cleanup is Option Two here:

Open and Use Disk Cleanup in Windows 10

How to Open and Use Disk Cleanup in Windows 10

www.tenforums.com

Wisewiz said:
I was just wondering whether there's an editable list somewhere that would let me remove some of the list items that I never use.

Not sure, but generally once I've cleaned an item on the list it doesn't reappear on the list unless there's something new to clean up.

Haydon · Apr 16, 2023

Wikipedia says that the old Disk Cleanup app has been deprecated, although it is still part of Windows.

I think the current app is Storage Sense > turn it ON if it isn't ON by default. Maybe it will help in getting rid of unused File History crud.

Disk Cleanup - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

TM21 · Apr 17, 2023

Wisewiz said:
Thanks, TM. I think maybe that's what OAT's suggestion showed me: a DC with lots more choices. Impressive.

I'd just like to find a way to REDUCE the number of choices in the checklist. But it probably doesn't exist. Ah, well. No big deal.

Cheers, Mate!

My friend, that's what Check Lists are for....so you can select what you want and ignore the rest. Altering the list itself, would be akin to cheating, and would actually serve no purpose.
Just create an Extended Disk Cleanup, for yourself, and forget the rest. Finis!

But, when you've done all that, I can tell you, from my own 40+ years of experience, that even running DC every day, you'll still be accumulating several thousands of Temporary Internet files, like from Edge and Firefox, daily, that someday you'll have to deal with. Unless of course, you just wipe your HD and reinstall Windows, like some do. I know about that, but I could never figure out the Logic of it.

I just so much more like the idea of keeping my PC running like a Swiss Watch, instead of a Farmall Tractor. Instead of loading up with junk, and eventually dying, it just keeps getting Betterer and Betterer.

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