Computer geeks tell us that, for optimal performance, we should clean up the files on our computers on a regular basis. Dump the old emails. Disable or uninstall the programs and apps you never use.

Clearing out your computer's temporary files helps increase performance and frees up space for more data; however, whenever you delete files on your PC, there's always a risk of inadvertently causing ...

If you haven't been organizing and discarding files as you go, it's likely your hard drive is stuffed with downloads, unwanted photos, file copies and other digital dust bunnies. This can reveal ...

Digital junk piles up too quickly. Look no further than your phone and all those blurry photos and old screenshots in your gallery. What you don't see are the invasive tracking cookies saved in your ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Many families have welcomed new PCs into their homes, thanks to back-to-school and Labor Day sales, leaving older ...

(WHTM) — Since the year 2000, the second Monday in February has been National Clean Out Your Computer Day. It’s the day to spend a little time (or a lot of time) cleaning out the physical and digital ...

Spring has arrived, which means it is time to clean up and get organized - not that anyone should have waited for spring to do that. Before you go into the more manual task of cleaning your home, you ...

After a few years, it's normal for your PC to start slowing down. All those half-downloaded files and old drivers can really bog down performance. However, just because your computer is slowing down ...

As Marie Kondo fever sweeps the nation, many of us are in an intense tidying up mode. We’re bidding adieu to clothes, books and miscellany that doesn’t “spark joy,” as organizational guru Kondo would ...

(NBC News) Today is the day set aside for your cleaning up your digital devices. National “Clean Out Your Computer Day” promotes cleaning out files that should have been dealt with years ago. “For ...