#cleanup

23 solutions

Find Your Biggest Folders with du
macOScleanupstoragedisk-space

du measures folder sizes; sorted through sort -rh and cut with head, it shows the top space consumers.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Find Leftover Files After Uninstalling an App
macOScleanupFilesapplications

One find command sweeps ~/Library for the caches, preferences, and support folders a deleted app left behind.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Empty the Recycle Bin with Clear-RecycleBin
Windowscleanuprecycle-binpowershell

Purge deleted files from the Recycle Bin in one PowerShell command, with optional per-drive scoping.

Medium risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Clear Your Temp Folder with One PowerShell Command
Windowsdisk-cleanupcleanuppowershell

Empty %TEMP% safely from PowerShell to reclaim disk space and clear stale installer caches.

High risk ✓ 2026-09-19
Uninstall an App from the Command Line with winget
Windowscleanupwingetsystem

Remove installed programs by ID or name with winget uninstall — scriptable, exact and faster than hunting through Settings.

Medium risk ✓ 2026-09-19
Reset the Microsoft Store Cache with wsreset
Windowscleanupcmdapps

Fix a Microsoft Store that won't open or fails to download apps by clearing its cache with the built-in wsreset command.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Uninstall Preinstalled Store Apps (Bloatware) with PowerShell
Windowscleanupappspowershell

Remove preinstalled Windows apps that lack an Uninstall button using Get-AppxPackage piped into Remove-AppxPackage.

Medium risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Compare Subfolder Sizes with du -d 1
macOScleanupstoragedisk-space

One-line disk usage breakdown of every folder one level deep.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Reclaim Disk Space with brew cleanup
macOScleanupbrewdisk

brew cleanup removes old version kegs and cached downloads; -s also scrubs the download cache, --prune=all removes everything cached.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-17
Delete files older than N days with forfiles
WindowscleanupFilescmd

Windows' forgotten find -mtime equivalent — selects files by age and runs a command on each one.

High risk ✓ 2026-09-17
Clear the Recent Files History from the Command Line
WindowscleanupFilesprivacy

Delete the shortcut files that power Quick Access's Recent files, jump lists, and Office's recent-documents list in one command.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Find empty files and directories with find
macOScleanupempty-filesfind

Use the find command with the -empty primary to locate zero-byte files and folders that contain nothing, a forgotten corner of the tool most people never use.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-17