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title: "My computer is telling me my startup drive is nearly full, how to I make room?"  
description: "My computer is telling me my startup drive is nearly full, how to I make room?"  
author: "Richardson hayes"  
published: 2018-09-19  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50024/my-computer-is-telling-me-my-startup-drive-is-nearly-full-how-to-i-make-room  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["mac troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# My computer is telling me my startup drive is nearly full, how to I make room?

My computer is telling me my [startup](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/324582/how-to-build-up-a-successful-startup-by-avoiding-these-5-mistakes) drive is nearly [full](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12893/experience-the-full-power-of-suitecrm), how to I make room?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

The one thing that will work here is to **clean some data:**

1. **Select Settings > System > Storage** from the Start menu. Open the Storage options.
2. **Turn on Storage Sense** to have [**Windows**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50532/how-to-fix-a-hacked-or-virus-infected-iphone-8-malware-removal-and-prevention) automatically erase files that are no longer needed.
3. Change how we clear up space automatically to eliminate unwanted files manually. **Select Clean now under Free up space now.**
4. now your problem should be solved

## [Read more](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49901/what-to-do-if-you-see-a-grey-screen-at-startup)


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