96 PCWorld SEPTEMBER 2020HERE’S HOW HOW TO CLEAN UP YOUR PC
concerned. If you’ve downloaded a few
games via Steam, for example, Windows can’t
recognize how much space they take up.
As my colleague Brad Chacos explains
(go.pcworld.com/chcs), WinDirStat solves
this problem by offering a top-down view of
your hard drive, with a graphical
representation of the size and type of your
files. Want to find out how much space is
consumed by .MP4 video files? WinDirStat
can tell you. It presents this information to you
in a File Explorer-like interface coupled with agraphical UI, so you may need to dig through
and find any hidden Steam games, for
example, that may have escaped your notice.
The combination of Windows’ own
Storage settings and WinDirStat might not
magically clean up your hard drive, but they’ll
help you make an informed decision on what
to keep and what to delete. And if you still
don’t have enough storage space, perhaps
you’d like to refer to our roundup of best
external hard drives (go.pcworld.com/exdr)
to find some more?WinDirStat is powerful, though intimidating.