Easy Ways to Delete Junk Files or Cache in Ubuntu
Junk files or junk files are files cache the result of processing or use on the system that is no longer needed. This junk file can be cache using browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, cache from apt when you install the app, or kernel old ones you no longer need and so on.
These junk files can be annoying, sometimes subconsciously these junk files will make your storage media full without you knowing it, even though you don’t save or add new data files.
Even cache of apt used to install applications can be hundreds megabytes. Besides, having too much cache can make your computer slow
If you are a good computer user, you will notice this. By deleting these junk files, you can free up storage space on your device so that the storage media has more free space that you can use to store other more important data.
And of course by deleting junk files and cache, Your computer will be faster because memory you are empty and free from caches which is no longer used.
Don’t forget to be careful in deleting this junk file, make sure you really don’t need the file anymore.
There are several ways that you can use to delete these junk files so that your computer can work better. But the easiest way is to use an application that you can use to delete trash.
By using the app, you don’t need to manually delete those junk files and it won’t harm your device. You can also choose junk-junk that you want to remove just by doing a click.
You can delete junk files and cache on Ubuntu by using an application called Ubuntu Cleaner.
How to Delete Junk Files and Cache in Ubuntu Using Ubuntu Cleaner
Ubuntu Cleaner is a utility or tools which works to remove junk files in Ubuntu. By using Ubuntu Cleaner, you can remove junk files in an easy and effective way.
To remove junk files in Ubuntu by using Ubuntu Cleaner. You must have Ubuntu Cleaner first. If you haven’t installed Ubuntu Cleaner on your Ubuntu, first install Ubuntu Cleaner by following this tutorial.
If you already have or install Ubuntu Cleaner on your Ubuntu. Open Ubuntu Cleaner via the Ubuntu Dash or the applications menu in Ubuntu.
After the Ubuntu Cleaner application opens, you will see a display like in the following image:
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| Ubuntu Cleaner Appearance |
To do scanning or check the junk files on your device, select the menus on the left side of the application. There are many types of junk files that you can choose to check such as, cache browser, apt cache, old kernel etc.
Select the type of junk file you want to check by ticking the type of junk file. You can check all the menus if you want to check all types of junk files, or you can just select a few menus, like the following:
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| Scan and Scan Results for Junk Files |
Then after selecting the type of junk files you want to check, Ubuntu Cleaner will automatically check all the junk files on the system. Wait for the junk file scanning process to finish. When it’s finished, it will display the trash files that were found as follows:
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| Select Junk Files You Want To Delete |
All the lists on the main menu are all the junk files that Ubuntu Cleaner has found, you can delete the junk files as you wish.
Select the junk files you want to delete by ticking the files you want to delete, then to delete the selected files, select the button Clean which is in the lower right corner of the application.
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| Removing Junk Files in Ubuntu |
Then wait for the cleaning or deletion of the junk files to finish. If it’s done, you’ve successfully deleted the junk files on your Ubuntu.
Perform regular cleaning of junk files. You can do it every 2 weeks if you often install applications, do updates, or delete apps and so on.
