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Low Disk Space Error on Windows 11, How Do I Fix? Your Guide Is Here

Are you running out of disk space in Windows 11? Here, we'll show you how to fix Windows 11 low disk space errors using 5 efficient ways by adding storage to the target drive, freeing up disk space, moving files to other disks, transfer apps, etc.

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Updated by Cici on Jan 16, 2024
Written by Tracy King

Disk Space, known as disk storage or storage capacity, is the logical storage space for storing data and install applications on an internal hard drive/SSD, external hard drive, USB, etc., devices. You can use various ways to check total disk space in Windows 11. When the storage space runs out, you'll get a warning message, telling you that your drive is low disk space.

So how will you fix this issue? We are about here to guide you in resolving this issue on the latest Windows 11. If you've updated to Windows 11, follow the fixes below for help.

Windows 11 low disk space error

 If you are using Windows 10 or older operating system, follow this tip for help: 12 Ways to Fix Low Disk Space Error

How to Fix Low Disk Space on Windows 11 - 5 Ways

What to do when your computer warns of low disk space error on Windows 11? 

  • First, stop using your disk and don't save further new files into the disk. 
  • Second, turn to a reliable method that can get rid of this error from your PC.

To make things easy, here we collected 5 tried and efficient ways that can help to fix Windows 11 low disk space error:

#1. Extend Disk Space, Adding More Storage Space
#2. Free Up Disk Space
#3. Clean Up Temporary Files
#4. Transfer Installed Apps to Other Drive
#5. Move Files to Cloud/External Disk

Besides the above 5 normal ways, you can also try the following tips to get rid of low disk space issue:

  • Clean up junk files, large files
  • Empty recycle bin
  • Delete duplicate files
  • Run anti-virus software

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Besides the above solutions, it's important that you make good use of the hard disk space on your computer. For a detailed guide, refer to this page for help.

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Editors' Suggestion: Among the 5 methods, to ensure that you fix this error quickly and losslessly, we suggest you pick Method 1 for help. 

Method 1. Extend Disk Space by Adding More Storage Space

Duration: 1-3 minutes.

Tool: Partition manager software - EaseUS Partition Master

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EaseUS Partition Master enables you to flexibly adding more storage space to extend the target disk space. Here you have two options to get rid of this issue:

#1. Adjust with 1-Click to Move Unallocated to Target Drive

The Adjust with 1-Click feature in EaseUS Partition Master allows you to easily move unallocated space on the disk and add them into the target drive. Even if the unallocated space is not neighbored, you can still add the unused space in the other drives to your target volume.

Here are the steps:

Step 1. Go to Partition Manager, hover your mouse on target drive with low disk space, and click "Adjust with 1-Click".

When your partition is out of space and shows read, EaseUS Partition Master will pop up low disk space warning and offer "Adjust with 1-click" option.

how to fix low disk space on your drive or partition step 1

Step 2. Click "OK" to automatically extend partition. 

EaseUS Partition Master will extend the partition to solve the low space issue intelligently, and you only need to click "OK" to continue.  

how to fix low disk space on your drive or partition step 2

You can also click "Manual Adjustment" to extend the partition size manually if the Smart Space Adjustment cannot satisfy your needs. Then, click "OK" to continue.

how to fix low disk space on your drive or partition manually

Step 3. Execute operations to extend low disk space partition.

Click the "Execute Task" button at the top corner and keep all changes by clicking "Apply".

how to fix low disk space on your drive or partition step 3

#2. Allocate Free Space to Target Drive

The Allocate Disk Space feature in EaseUS Partition Master enables you to flexibly allocate free space from one partition to the target drive. Here is how to do so:

Step 1. Locate the Target Partition.

Go to Partition Manager, locate the target partition and select "Resize/Move".

Select target partition to extend

Step 2. Extend the Target Partition.

Drag the partition panel rightward or leftward to add the unallocated space into your current partition and click "OK" to confirm.

choose another drive to allocate space

Extra Option: Get Space from Another Drive

If there is not enough unallocated space on your disk, right-click on a big partition with enough free space, select "Allocate space".

Then select the target partition that you want to extend at the allocate space to column.

choose another drive to allocate space

Step 3. Execute Operations to Extend Partition.

Drag the dots of the target partition into the unallocated space and click "OK".

finish extending partition

Then Click the "Execute Task" button and click "Apply" to keep all the changes. 

Method 2. Free Up Disk Space via Storage Sense

Duration: 3-5 minutes

Tool: Storage Sense - Windows built-in tool.

Storage Sense is a built-in tool that comes from Windows 10, it continuously works on Windows 11. It allows you to free up disk space by deleting unnecessary files, empty recycle bin, and other content on your disk.

When the low disk space issue comes up, you can apply this tool for help:

Step 1. Click the start button, select Settings.

Open Storage Sense

Step 2. Go to System > Storage > Enable Storage Sense.

Enable Storage Sense

Step 3. Check what is taking up space on your disk.

Check what is taking up space

Here, you can manually check each section and clean the relative content by hand.

Or, you can enable the automatic cleanup feature in Storage Sense with the next step.

Step 4. Click the right arrow next to the Storage Sense switch, choose the files that you want to delete from your target disk drive automatically.

Check to delete and free up disk

Step 5. Select Configure Storage Sense, check the box under Cleanup of temporary files, and enable Automatic User content cleanup.

Configure storage sense to delete selected items automatically

Step 6. Set when to run Storage Sense and how often that you would like to delete files in Recycle Bin, etc.

Set the date to fre up disk space and fix low disk error on disk

Windows 11 will automatically start cleaning up files based on the configuration settings above.

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Method 3. Clean Up Temporary Files with Disk Cleanup Tool

Duration: 2-5 minutes

Tool: Disk Cleanup - Windows built-in tool

Disk Cleanup tool is another Windows built-in tool for freeing up disk space. It enables you to delete temporary files, system files, and some downloaded files online.

Here is how to fix low disk issues using Disk Cleanup:

Step 1. Press Windows + S keys, type disk cleanup, select to open Disk Cleanup from the list.

Open Disk Cleanup tool

Step 2. Select the drive which contains low disk space error to clean up, click OK to continue.

Select the drive with low disk space error to free up

Step 3. Check the boxes next to the type of files that you want to delete. Click OK to confirm.

You can check Downloaded Programs, Temporary Internet Files, Thumbnails, Recycle Bin, etc., to remove from your target disk.

Check items to free up

Method 4. Transfer (C Drive) Installed Apps to Other Drive

Duration: 2-5 minutes

Tool: Application transfer tool - EaseUS Todo PCTrans

On most Windows computers, installed applications, programs, and software are taking huge storage space on the system disk. If there is a tool that can transfer installed software and programs from C drive to other drives, it will release huge storage space on your OS disk.

How to do so? Professional application transfer tools like EaseUS Todo PCTrans can help. Here are the steps of fixing low disk error on the C drive by moving installed apps:

Method 5. Move Files to Cloud/External Disk

Duration: 5-30 minutes

Tool: File backup tool or cloud backup app

The last way that can solve the low disk space error on Windows 11 is to back up and move files to a Cloud or external hard drive. You can either manually copy and paste files, or upload large files to a cloud drive. 

EaseUS file backup software can execute both operations and back up large files to the target location by taking up very small storage space. 

Step 1. To initiate a backup, click the Select backup contents option.

create file backup step1

Step 2. There are four data backup categories, File, Disk, OS, and Mail, click File.

create file backup step2

Step 3. On the left, both local and network files will be shown. You may extend the directory to pick the backup files.

File backup

Step 4. Follow the on-screen instructions and choose a location to store the backup.

File backup step4

Click Options to encrypt the backup with a password in Backup Options, then click Backup Scheme to specify the backup schedule and start the backup at a certain event. There are also other additional choices you may choose to tailor the backup process to your requirements.

Backup options

Step 5. The backup may be stored on a local disk, EaseUS' online service, or NAS.

file backup step4

Step 6. EaseUS Todo Backup enables customers to back up data to a third-party cloud drive as well as its own cloud drive.

If you want to back up data to a cloud drive provided by a third party, choose Local Drive, scroll down to add Cloud Device, and then add and log in to your account.

Backup to cloud
You can also choose the EaseUS cloud drive. Sign up for an EaseUS Account, then click EaseUS Cloud and log in.

backup to easeus cloud

Step 7. Click Backup Now to begin the backup process. The backup job will be presented as a card on the left side of the panel after it has been finished. Right-click the backup job to handle it further.

File backup step7

When the backup operation completes, you can delete the big files on your drive. Then the low disk space error will be gone.

Windows 11 Low Disk Space Issue Is Fixable, Follow to Remove It from Your PC Now

On this page, we collected 5 effective ways with detailed steps to help you remove the low disk space error from Windows 11 computers. 

Apart from the above fixes, here are some tips that work to prevent this issue from happening on your computer:

  1. 1. Add and leave enough storage space to the target disk drive.
  2. 2. Timely remove and delete temporary files, recycle bin, and useless large files on disk.
  3. 3. Transfer installed programs to a non-system drive.
  4. 4. Backup files to an external or cloud drive.

Last, allocating disk space properly is the key point that prevents not enough disk space, insufficient disk space, or low disk space error from happening. And EaseUS Partition Master can simply do this for you in only a few clicks.

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In a word, Windows 11 low disk space error is not complex that you can fix it on your own. Go and follow the methods above to remove it from your PC immediately.

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Updated by Cici

Cici is the junior editor of the writing team of EaseUS. She accepted the systematic training on computers at EaseUS for over one year. Now, she wrote a lot of professional articles to help people resolve the issues of hard drive corruption, computer boot errors, and disk partition problems.

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Written by Tracy King

Tracy became a member of the EaseUS content team in 2013. Being a technical writer for over 10 years, she is enthusiastic about sharing tips to assist readers in resolving complex issues in disk management, file transfer, PC & Mac performance optimization, etc., like an expert.

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