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Get your Mac or PC storage space back<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Plus: Spotify’s playlist folders, private notes, and unbeatable portable power station pricing<\/h3>\n\n\n
Jared Newman<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>June 2, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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Hey there! I’m Jared Newman, a longtime tech journalist, and you’re reading the free edition of Advisorator, my weekly tech advice newsletter.<\/em> Did someone share this newsletter with you? Sign up<\/a> to get it every Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, I realized that my Mac Mini had barely any storage space left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This caught me by surprise as I don’t store many photos or videos on it\u2014I have external drives and cloud storage for that\u2014and it left me scrambling to clear things out so that my computer wouldn’t become unusable. With a little effort, though, I was able to get back nearly half of the Mac’s internal storage drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ordeal inspired me to create a guide to freeing up storage space on your computer<\/a>. Whether you have a Windows PC or a Mac, I’ve assembled some useful tools and clear steps to follow that can help reclaim your storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn to free up Windows and Mac storage space \u2192<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Permission Slip changes:<\/strong> I’ve previously recommended Consumer Reports’ Permission Slip<\/a> app as a way to automatically wipe your information from data brokers and stop companies from selling your data to marketers. Now, Consumer Reports is transferring ownership of the app to DeleteMe<\/a>, which operates its own data removal service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Permission Slip initially cost nothing, though it eventually turned its automated data broker requests into a $10 per month premium feature. Consumer Reports says DeleteMe has more resource to support the app, which isn’t going away even if its long-term future just got murkier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Perhaps this is a story for another day, but something about these data removal firms always rubs me the wrong way. Maybe it’s that Consumer Reports once found that DeleteMe was largely ineffective at getting your data removed from people search sites <\/a>. Or that the CEO of one data removal service had established dozens of sleazy people search sites himself<\/a>. Or that if you want to keep your information hidden online, you can get most of the way there without paying for it<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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