{"id":740,"date":"2019-11-07T09:59:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T16:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/?p=740"},"modified":"2019-11-07T09:59:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T16:59:13","slug":"download-folder-removed-from-disk-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/download-folder-removed-from-disk-cleanup\/","title":{"rendered":"Download Folder Removed from Disk Cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To free up hard disk space on computers, users often refer to Windows 10 Disk Cleanup. This will remove any unnecessary files cluttering your hard drive and free up for future needed files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, Brandon LeBlanc from Windows Insiders announced that they will be removing the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2019\/11\/05\/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-19018\/#UPzcS6pHCGoxzkVz.97\">Download option from Disk Cleanup<\/a>. He writes in a released statement, <em>&#8220;Based on feedback, we\u2019ve decided to remove the downloads folder from disk cleanup.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Annotation-2019-11-07-103451.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Annotation-2019-11-07-103451.png 390w, https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Annotation-2019-11-07-103451-251x300.png 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The feedback responses included many users challenging the necessity of having the option to remove files from the Downloads folder. 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