How can I know which files I can delete safely on my C drive?

I was told to delete some files as they took too much space, they told me to go to my computer, then click on my C drive... 1 million files showed up... how can I know which ones to remove?

I was told to delete some files as they took too much space, they told me to go to my computer, then click on my C drive... 1 million files showed up... how can I know which ones to remove?

See other responses, you got and let me add the following. If you are short on disk space, it is likely that there are some files that you don't need and you can delete them. But this generally record only a small amount of disk space and doesn't really help the problem. The only real solution to buy a bigger hard drive. Fortunately, they are very cheap these days.

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