How do I clear my temporary files

If you are on windows - go to your start menu and click on search - search all folders and files.
In the files to search for box type *.tmp
It might just bring up a few and ask you if it's getting what you want - click to continue.
Then just aim and delete at will

Elizabeth

Try this CCleaner - Home - completely free and very widely used!! It will do exactly what you want (almost effortlessly) and more.

HTH

Oh - by the way -- you can rinse and repeat with *.log

You can get CrapCleaner (free) and control a lot of internet temp file build up.

Also turn off system restore, right click and "delete" - won't delete restore - just all the old logs, which can build up to many GB's over time. Then you can turn it back on and set a new restore point without all the old ones still clogging up your machine.

OOPS - posted this after the CC advice. CC does a lot of the temp files but you have to actually go into your computer to get them all and it doesn't touch .log files which can really add up to some serious space after awhile.

Also go to your email if you use a program like firefox and click "file" on the menu and then go to compact files and run that - you'd be surprised at how much space that's eating, too.

I don't know what system or browser you are using.

But if you go to this website: How do I clear my web browser's cache and cookies? - Knowledge Base
it explains how to clear your temp files for different browsers
in Mac or Windows.

Hope this helps,
james

P.S. I used the info myself. I have no affiliation with the website

It does? LOL - never saw that. I run my CC once almost every day, but every 5 - 6 months I do a more thorough clean and there is a lot that CC doesn't touch. I don't think I could have kept my computer running til I learned other pieces without the daily stuff CC gets rid of though. Still thanking my partner for introducing me to it.

When I said go in and get them, I meant to use the search from your start menu and search al files and folders for *.tmp and *.log files. I have used a combination of tools - advanced window care, disk cleanup, CC, etc - yet after a few months if I do a search, I sitll find a few that for some reason the software programs didn't pick up. Such as my awil .log file (avast) that was well over a thousand KB, yet untouched by any of my other programs.

I know she just asked about temp files, but I got the feel she was trying to do a cleanup and free more space as well as just dump cookies, internet histories, etc. All those things can slow a computer down, so I just gave some other examples of deletable files that can add unnecessary bulk.

Oddly enough, pj - the last time I went to defrag, I found so much space used it made my head spin. At first I thought "big virus" and started trolling all my folders to see what could be taking up so much darned space. Come to find out after a long time of looking here and deleting that - I used defrag even though I had less space (13%) than is optimal for defrag. Then I checked the frag log. What I found is that my Thunderbird email was really tanking my system -- so I went and compacted those files - and it cleared up an extra 17%. Nothing I use regularly ever touched that email file. So in one click I went from a slow computer at 13% space to a smooth running machine with 30% space. Go figure.

Someday I might just get good at this crap.