HDD getting full? Try deleting cookies!

HBrutusH · 04-08-2008, 04:19 PM

I tryed this on my dad's laptop a couple of months back, and it cleared up half a gig.

concr3te just tryed it on his pc, and it freed up 6Gb!

As far as I know, there are two ways to do this:

1. If you run firefox: Go to tools -> clear private data. Or, if you want to schedule it to clear 'private data' (*cough*Santa*cough*) when you close firefox go to
Tools->options->privacy and check the boxes you want.

2. Download This tool and use it to wipe out all the crap on your pc. Only problem I had with it was that I accidentaly deleted the passwords saved in my browser...which was actually quite a hinderence and I spent days making new e-mails etc..

Anyway, enjoy

Concr3te · 04-08-2008, 04:43 PM

Thanks, it helped me clean up my HD alot indeed

**BHack** · 04-08-2008, 05:00 PM

LOL. "I spent days setting setting up new emails."

**Darksteel525** · 04-08-2008, 05:04 PM

I use this too, and love to use it. It's easy and fast. There are two more free programs that you can download from this site: http://www.piriform.com/

You can also use CCleaner to uninstall programs and delete things you don't want to run at start up.

If you don't want to delete certain cookies: open CCleaner, options, cookies, select the cookies you don't want to delete, and push the arrow pointing to the right.

**jaymind** · 04-08-2008, 08:06 PM

I've been using CCleaner for years to keep my PC's tidy. It's always worked well, and I highly recommend it.

**BHack** · 04-08-2008, 08:49 PM

Yes, I use cc cleaner as well, it is great. It also has a handy 'ignorelist' feature so you can keep cookies that you want. You can see it above in darksteel's screenshot.

P.S. Warez bb Dark? CARE TO EXPLAIN THAT.

**icky** · 04-08-2008, 09:33 PM

I think Warez is just a town in Mexico.

**Darksteel525** · 04-08-2008, 09:43 PM

It's where I get my music and other stuff

...for free.