Those crash dump files can then assist developers to fix BSOD system crashes. Users can send the crash dumps to developers when they file support tickets. Memory dump files can waste a lot of hard drive space. They can hog gigabytes of hard drive storage. Windows only automatically delete crash dump files when HDD space is limited. However, users can also erase crash dumps with cleanup utilities.
How do I delete crash dump files in Windows?
1. Delete Crash Dumps Via the Command Prompt
fsutil usn deletejournal /d /n c: del “%temp%” /s /f /q del “C:$Recycle.bin” /s /f /q del “%systemroot%temp*” /s /f /q vssadmin delete shadows /for=c: /all /quiet Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
2. Turn Off Crash Dumps
3. Delete system error memory dump files in Disk Cleanup
Users can erase crash dumps with Windows’ built-in Disk Cleanup. This tool allows you to perform a clean and safe cleanup on your PC.
Launch Run with the Windows key + R keyboard shortcut.
Enter cleanmgr in Run’s Open text box.
Press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to open Disk Cleanup as administrator.
Select the C: drive on the Drive selection window, and click the OK button.
Select the System error memory dump files check box.
Then click the OK button.
Users who can’t find a System error memory dump files option in Disk Clean-up should open that utility via an elevated Command Prompt. To do that, enter the following line in cmd: %SystemRoot%System32Cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:16 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:16
Press the Return key. Disk Cleanup will open with more checkbox options. Navigate to the System error memory dump files option and click to delete the files.
So, there are a few ways users can erase crash dumps in Windows. Deleting the crash dumps might free up quite a bit of hard drive storage space so make sure to do so. Let us know which was your method of choice in the comments section below.
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