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The 13-Step Digital Declutter
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The 13-Step Digital Declutter

Darien Graham-Smith
The Guardian, 2017
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8

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  • Well Structured
  • For Beginners

Recommendation

Even some of the tidiest people are digital hoarders. If your computer or smartphone have become unbearably slow and you’re finding it increasingly difficult to locate the files you need, it may be time for some housekeeping. Tech journalist Darien Graham-Smith has compiled a 13-step list that will help you clean out files, detect unnecessary applications and optimize your computer’s efficiency. getAbstract recommends that everyone take time to go through his list step by step.

Take-Aways

  • Clean out your caches, browser history and stored website information. 
  • Prevent space-sucking app permissions, notifications, browser extensions and automatic app launch settings from using up data in the future. 
  • Use storage management utilities, third-party apps and file searches to remove all documents, applications and media files that unnecessarily take up space on your computer or smartphone.  

About the Author

Darien Graham-Smith, PhD, is a technology journalist and is deputy editor of PC Pro magazine.

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