# Clearing unwanted files **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 16, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-unwanted-files/666386 "2013-08-16T03:34:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-unwanted-files/666386/21 "2013-08-17T17:38:59Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Mission accomplished! I now have 60GB available for use. 🆒 > > Thanks for all of you, here and elsewhere, who recommended CCleaner. I had never heard of it, and it seems to be the only disk cleaner that really works. did it indicate what was taking all of the space? 60 GB is a _lot_ of junk… ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-unwanted-files/666386/22 "2013-08-17T17:47:58Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > did it indicate what was taking all of the space? 60 GB is a _lot_ of junk… For some reason, this post reminds me of a post I saw on another board about a mother who took her 14-year-old daughter’s laptop in because it had a virus they couldn’t get rid of, and the technician found gigabytes of gay male porn. :eek: :dubious: Maybe it was accidentally leaked or infected, but having once been a 14-year-old girl, I doubt it. Anyway, the technician just told the mom that maybe she should monitor her kids’ Internet use a little more closely. Honest, that’s not what took up all that space! 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-unwanted-files/666386.md?page=1)