A Practical Guide to Decluttering a Cluttered Computer

Less Marie Kondo, more Saturday afternoon. The three-pass cleanup that gets you from overwhelmed to organized without losing anything you care about: first pass is instant wins (Downloads, Desktop), second is duplicate removal, third is deep categorization. Each pass has specific tools and time estimates.

Key Topics Covered

• First pass: Downloads and Desktop — instant space wins
• Duplicate photo and document removal with preview-before-delete
• Third pass: deep categorization vs archive-and-forget
• System cache and temp file cleanup safety
• Time and space estimates for each cleanup phase
• FilePilot AI for the third pass on large libraries