{"id":2673,"date":"2022-11-09T11:06:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T18:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/?p=2673"},"modified":"2022-11-09T11:06:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T18:06:24","slug":"helpful-tip-free-up-space-on-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/helpful-tip-free-up-space-on-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpful Tip: Free Up Space on PC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Media files are the biggest space hogs on a computer&#8217;s hard drive. It is suggested to put them away temporarily. Files can be stored in the cloud using OneDrive, a feature built into Windows 10 and Windows 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cloud storage space provided by OneDrive makes it simple to copy large files off your local hard drive and into the cloud, where they can be accessed from any computer with an internet connection. 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