Your Chromebook has quickly become your everyday computer. Using it for almost everything, including web browsing, word processing, gaming, and social media, we bet there will come a time when you need to delete some files from your computer. Not only will this allow you to store more media locally, but it should also help improve the performance of your go-to Chromebook.
Deleting files on a Chromebook is very easy, and we’ve put together this guide to help you through the process.
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How to delete files through My Files
Step 1: Open My documents.
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Step 2: Right-click the file you want to remove from the system and select Delete option.
It should be noted that the Chromebook-based device does not have a recycle bin. As such, once you delete any file, it cannot be recovered and will be completely removed from the system.
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How to delete pictures on a Chromebook
If you’re trying to delete pictures on a Chromebook, there’s only one way to do it. You will not be able to delete them via Images map. Similarly, files from Recently or Video folders cannot be deleted. Instead, locate them along the way My documents and delete them there.
Step 1: Open My documents.
Step 2: Now open the location where the images were originally uploaded. If it is inside Downloads folder, open it and proceed to delete the image(s).
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How to delete downloads on a Chromebook
Since Chromebook systems don’t usually come with a large amount of local storage, the files inside download files are subject to automatic deletion if the system runs out of space it needs to operate.
As such, you may want to delete or back up certain files and folders in the Downloads before that happens or you simply won’t have any use for those files anymore.
Step 1: Choose My documents map.
Step 2: Choose Downloads.
Step 3: Select the files and folders you want to remove from the system by right-clicking on them and then select Delete option.
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For more helpful Chromebook guides, especially if you’re new to the ecosystem, check out our guides on how to add, disable, and remove apps in Chrome OS, and how to compress and unzip files.
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