How to Add a Disk Clean-Up Option to the Local Disk Context Menu in Windows 11
Windows 11’s Disk Clean-Up tool can help clean up unwanted data, which can take up gigabytes of hard drive space. Therefore, it’s a good idea to purge your junk files with the Disk Cleanup tool now and then.
When you right-click a drive in File Explorer, the context menu includes bothDefragmentandFormatoptions… but there’s no Disk Clean-Up option. And while it’d be great if Microsoft added it as an official feature, you can still add a Disk Clean-Up shortcut to the right-click menu with the methods below.
How to Add a Disk Clean-Up Context Menu Option With the Registry Editor
This method for adding Disk Clean-Up to the context menu involves manually editing the registry with Windows 11’s Registry Editor. If you don’t feel entirely comfortable about modifying the registry, you can set up aSystem Restore pointbeforehand. However, this registry tweak is a pretty basic one to apply. Just follow these steps exactly as outlined:
Now you can select theDisk cleanupoption on the Local Disk icon’s classic context menu. PressWin+E, and selectThis PCin File Explorer. Right-click theLocal Diskdrive and selectShow moreoptions at the bottom of the context menu. SelectDisk Cleanupon the classic context menu to open it.
If you decide you want to get rid of the option, you can delete thediskcleanupregistry key to remove theLocal Diskoption from the context menu. Just return toHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellin the registry, right-clickdiskcleanup, and selectDelete. SelectYeson the deletion confirmation dialog box.
How to Add a Disk Clean-Up Context Menu Option With Context Menu Tuner
Context Menu Tuner is freeware that lets you add many new options to the context menu. As such, if you’re not fond of poking around within the registry, you can utilize this software to add a Disk Clean-Up command to the context menu instead.
Here is how you may add a Disk Clean-Up option to the right-click menu with Context Menu Tuner:
Once you’re in, you can now use Context Menu Tuner to add a shortcut to Disk Clean-Up. Here’s how:
you’re able to now select theClean-upoption that’s now on the Local Disk icon’s classic context menu. When you do, it opens the Disk Clean-Up tool. It also has a small icon by it, which is a nice touch you won’t get with the manual registry tweak method above.
You can add many other options to the right-click menus in Windows 11 much the same with Context Menu Tuner. Have a good look through what options are available in the Command column. You can even add custom options by selecting.
Open Disk Clean-Up From the Context Menu
Adding Disk Clean-Up to Local Disk’s context menu will give you a quicker way to open it. It’s a convenient shortcut for one of Windows 11’s more important tools. Selecting that context menu option to clear superfluous data every month will free up more storage space for new software and user files.
Temporary files aren’t meant to stick around, but sometimes they do anyway. Here’s how to delete temporary files on Windows 11 and free up space.
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